Journal profile
MaHKUscript
ISSN 2397-0863 · Ubiquity Press · United Kingdom
MaHKUscript: fully open access; no APC; review about 8 weeks (community reports); 0 articles in 2025; the journal's website says submissions are paused or closed.
The journal's website says submissions are paused or closed: This journal has now closed and is no longer accepting submissions. Source ↗Publisher website ·
The latest issue on the journal's website is from 2020 (Volume 4, Issue 1): the journal may have stopped publishing or moved platform in the last two years. Check its website before submitting.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
MaHKUscript is published by Ubiquity Press. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Art, Politics, and Modernism, Artistic and Creative Research and Visual Culture and Art Theory, together about 58.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Visual Arts and Performing Arts. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Starting from the specificity of Fine Art practice, MaHKUscript. Journal of Fine Art Research focuses on the situation and position of research and its meaning for art education and for dissemination and curatorial strategies.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Henk SlagerPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Netherlands 3, Taiwan, China 1, Switzerland 1, Sweden 1, Singapore 1 (7 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Art, Politics, and ModernismArts and Humanities27.2%
- Artistic and Creative ResearchArts and Humanities22.2%
- Visual Culture and Art TheoryArts and Humanities9.3%
- Art, Technology, and CultureArts and Humanities8%
- Contemporary art, education, critiqueSocial Sciences6.2%
- Art, Aesthetics, and PerceptionArts and Humanities5.6%
- Theatre and Performance StudiesArts and Humanities3.7%
- Photographic and Visual ArtsArts and Humanities1.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
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.
Database indexing
Indexed in: no record yet.
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
DOAJPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, Crossref, Sherpa Romeo
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
- h-index
- 4OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 62 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
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 ·
- Peer review
- Anonymous peer reviewLetPub
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
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
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)
What to prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 3,000 words
- Reference style
- Harvard
Article types accepted5, with length limits
- dialogueDialogues can cover such topics as contemporary discussions and developments in art and art education, as well as significant historical developments in these f…main text ≤ 5,000 words
- epilogue artistic contributionThis section is peer reviewed.Length not stated
- research essayResearch essays should outline and discuss current significant developments on a subject related to the journal's focus. The research essay should make a substa…main text ≤ 3,000 words
- research reporttory materials. Sources are referenced. Research reports should be no more than 5,000 words in length. This section is peer reviewed. Short Review Shormain text ≤ 5,000 words
- short reviewditor before submitting a manuscript. A short review should be no longer than 2,000 words in length. Dialogue Dialogues can cover such topics as contmain text ≤ 2,000 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access
- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.Authors are able to enter into separate, additiona…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. There is no embargo on the journal’s publications. Submission and acceptance dates, along with publication dates, are made available on the PDF format for each paper. Authors of articles published remain the copyright holde…
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
- Ubiquity Press
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2397-0863
- Print ISSN
- 2397-0855
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 4, Issue 1 (2020)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about MaHKUscript
How long does peer review take at MaHKUscript?
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.
What are the manuscript requirements of MaHKUscript?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Manuscript length: ≤ 3,000 words; Reference style: Harvard. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of MaHKUscript based?
Of the 7 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Netherlands (3), Taiwan, China (1) and Switzerland (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index MaHKUscript?
The journal's website lists DOAJ; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is MaHKUscript open access, and what is the APC?
MaHKUscript is a fully open-access journal. It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .