Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-Literature and Literary Theory
Magazen
ISSN 2724-3923 · Edizioni Ca’ Foscari · Italy
Magazen: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 8 weeks (community reports); 12 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Magazen is published by Edizioni Ca’ Foscari. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Digital Humanities and Scholarship, Digital and Traditional Archives Management and Cultural Insights and Digital Impacts, together about 42.4% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
magazén | International Journal for Digital and Public Humanities is the interdisciplinary journal of the Venice Centre for Digital and Public Humanities (VeDPH), which undergoes double-blind peer review and is published twice per year in open access and on-rolling-basis by Edizioni Ca’ Foscari. It is indexed in Scopus as Q1 for Literature and Literary Theory, while it has earned the Italian ANVUR classification as Grade A journal in the area 10/B1 for art history. Counting renowned scholars among its advisory editors and authors, the journal covers the international debate and methodological discourse in the field of digital and public humanities as the basis for collaborative development of durable, reusable, and shared resources for research, learning, and public outreach. Over the years, the journal developed into an open platform for Digital Textual Scholarship, Digital and Public Art History, Digital and Public History, Digital Cultural Heritage, and Digital and Public Archaeology, covering a wide range of topics – Western and Eastern Europe, Middle and Far East, and the Americas.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Arts and Humanities-Literature and Literary Theory
Editor-in-chief Franz FischerPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Digital Humanities and ScholarshipArts and Humanities27.5%
- Digital and Traditional Archives ManagementArts and Humanities9%
- Cultural Insights and Digital ImpactsComputer Science5.9%
- Museums and Cultural HeritageArts and Humanities5.4%
- Art, Technology, and CultureArts and Humanities5.4%
- 3D Surveying and Cultural HeritageEarth and Planetary Sciences4.5%
- Libraries and Information ServicesArts and Humanities4.5%
- Classical Studies and PhilologyArts and Humanities4.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Literature and Literary Theory | Q1 | 107/1186 | 91st |
| History | Q1 | 384/1936 | 80th |
| Museology | Q1 | 21/96 | 78th |
| Archeology (arts and humanities) | Q2 | 135/462 | 70th |
| Archeology | Q2 | 129/388 | 66th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
ERIH PLUSPublisher website
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.27LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.68LetPub ·
- h-index
- 7OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 4OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.19OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 115 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 2025 | 12 | 12 | 27 |
| 2024 | 14 | 14 | 24 |
| 2023 | 14 | 14 | 49 |
| 2022 | 17 | 17 | 20 |
| 2021 | 30 | 30 | 11 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 8 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 8 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Article types accepted6
- complete volume/issueComplete volume/issue: subject to peer reviewLength not stated
- editorialTo be accepted all manuscripts must comply with ECF’s editorial guidelines. Each document shall include: an English language abstract (whose length has to be no…Length not stated
- editorialsEditorials: no peer reviewLength not stated
- introductions, prefacesIntroductions, prefaces: no peer reviewLength not stated
- monographs/essays/articlesMonographs/essays/articles: subject to peer reviewLength not stated
- reviewsReviews: no peer reviewLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism
- Publication ethics
COPE Ethical Code Model summary
magazén. International Journal for Digital and Public Humanities is a peer-reviewed scientific journal whose policy is inspired by the COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) Ethical Code.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright and licences
Authors retain copyright and grant the Journal/Series right of first publication of the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Licence (CC). Model summary
bookAuthors who publish with this Journal/Series agree to the following terms 1 Authors retain copyright and grant the Journal/Series right of first publication of the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Licence (CC). This licence allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work’s authorship and initial publication in this Journal/Series, furnishing…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access statement
ECF is an Open Access publisher, which means that all content is freely and immediately available without charge to the users and their institution. Model summary
ECF is an Open Access publisher, which means that all content is freely and immediately available without charge to the users and their institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, link, print, search, or distribute the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission to the Publisher or the Author. This is in accordance with the BOAI…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review
Every scientific text is subject to double-blind peer review, with certain types of texts excluded such as introductions, prefaces, editorials, reviews and the like. Model summary
list 8 specialist readers that we should turn to for an academic opinion on your proposal; although it is important to include eminent people in your field, the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion are important to Edizioni Ca’ Foscari, so please take them into account for these suggestions; include names, institutions, and email addresses; do not include colleagues from your institutio…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Plagiarism check with Compilatio Model summary
Submitted articles, after having been checked for plagiarism by means of the anti-plagiarism software Compilatio that is used by the University and is made available to us, will be sent to at least two reviewers.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Edizioni Ca’ Foscari
- Country or region
- Italy
- Language
- Italian, English
- ISSN
- 2724-3923
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Magazen
How long does peer review take at Magazen?
Authors report an average review time of about 8 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index Magazen?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Magazen is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists ERIH PLUS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Magazen open access, and what is the APC?
Magazen is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .