Journal profile
Manazir Journal
ISSN 2673-4354 · Bern Open Publishing · Switzerland
Manazir Journal: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 24 weeks (community reports); 19 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Manazir Journal is published by Bern Open Publishing. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Art, Politics, and Modernism, Historical Art and Culture Studies and Visual Culture and Art Theory, together about 38.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Visual Arts and Performing Arts. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Manazir Journal is a peer-reviewed academic Diamond Open Access journal dedicated to visual arts, architecture and cultural heritage in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The journal was founded in 2019 in Switzerland as a collaboration between the University of Bern and the University of Geneva.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Laura HindelangPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Art, Politics, and ModernismArts and Humanities20.7%
- Historical Art and Culture StudiesArts and Humanities10.4%
- Visual Culture and Art TheoryArts and Humanities7.3%
- Architecture and Cultural InfluencesArts and Humanities6.1%
- Islamic Studies and HistorySocial Sciences5.5%
- Art, Aesthetics, and PerceptionArts and Humanities5.5%
- Public Spaces through ArtSocial Sciences4.9%
- North African History and LiteratureArts and Humanities4.3%
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
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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
- 2OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.16OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 65 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2025 | 19 | 19 | 5 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 10 | 10 | 2 |
| 2022 | 21 | 21 | 2 |
| 2021 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
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 24 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 24 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Unspecified 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 | 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)
Article types accepted2
- articlesArticlesLength not stated
- perspectivesPerspectivesLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Issues and articles published with Manazir Journal are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Manazir Journal, based at Bern Open Publishing with the University of Bern, Switzerland, is subject to Swiss copyright right and image right. Amongst other things, this implies that copyright expires 70 years after the death of the creator.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access-Policy
Diamond Open Access Model summary
Manazir Journal provides immediate open access to its content in accordance with the BOAI definition of open access on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. The content is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0) that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorsh…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Peer review Model summary
Manazir Journal is a peer-reviewed academic Diamond Open Access journal
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
- Bern Open Publishing
- Country or region
- Switzerland
- Language
- English, French, Italian, German
- ISSN
- 2673-4354
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 7 (2025)
- 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 Manazir Journal
How long does peer review take at Manazir Journal?
Authors report an average review time of about 24 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 Manazir Journal?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Manazir Journal is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Manazir Journal open access, and what is the APC?
Manazir Journal 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: .