Journal profile
Maniculae
ISSN 2702-9344 · Arbeitsgemeinschaft Handschriftencensus · Germany
Maniculae: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 10 weeks (community reports); 9 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Maniculae is published by Arbeitsgemeinschaft Handschriftencensus. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Libraries, Manuscripts, and Books, Medieval Literature and History and German Literature and Culture Studies, together about 61.9% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
MANICULAE will hier Abhilfe schaffen. Kurze, prägnant formulierte Beiträge sollen vor allem dem Ziel dienen, sich rasch und verlässlich über Neuigkeiten auf dem Gebiet der Handschriftenforschung zu informieren. Die Zeitschrift will den für die mediävistischen Fachdisziplinen sowie die Bibliotheks- und Geschichtswissenschaft unverzichtbaren Aspekten der historischen Grundwissenschaften eine den modernen wissenschaftlichen Standards entsprechende Plattform bieten. Mögliche Beiträge erstrecken sich u.a. auf folgende Gebiete: Fundbericht bisher unbekannter Handschriften und Fragmente Anzeige bibliothekarischer Digitalisierungsprojekte Identifikation bisher unbekannter Fragmente Beobachtungen zur Provenienz (z.B. Identifikation von Trägerbänden oder Auktionen) Allgemeine Neuigkeiten zu Handschriften und Fragmenten (z.B. Besitz- oder Zustandsveränderungen, Text-, Autor-, Schreiber- oder Besitzeridentifikationen etc.) Neue Beiträge zu Themen der Überlieferungsforschung mittelalterlicher Texte können jederzeit per Mail eingereicht werden.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Libraries, Manuscripts, and BooksArts and Humanities26.4%
- Medieval Literature and HistoryArts and Humanities26%
- German Literature and Culture StudiesArts and Humanities9.5%
- Historical, Literary, and Cultural StudiesArts and Humanities9.1%
- Classical Studies and PhilologyArts and Humanities8.7%
- Digital Humanities and ScholarshipArts and Humanities3%
- Medieval and Early Modern JusticeSocial Sciences3%
- Reformation and Early Modern ChristianityArts and Humanities2.6%
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
- 1OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.06OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 90 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 16 | 16 | 1 |
| 2025 | 9 | 9 | 2 |
| 2024 | 11 | 11 | 2 |
| 2023 | 18 | 18 | 0 |
| 2022 | 12 | 12 | 0 |
| 2021 | 15 | 15 | 1 |
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 10 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 10 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single 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-NC-ND | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePeer review, Plagiarism
- Peer review
Eine Entscheidung über die Annahme zur Veröffentlichung erfolgt zeitnah mittels eines Peer-Review-Verfahrens. Model summary
Eine Entscheidung über die Annahme zur Veröffentlichung erfolgt zeitnah mittels eines Peer-Review-Verfahrens.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Langzeitarchivierung durch die Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (DNB) Model summary
Die Langzeitarchivierung aller Beiträge ist durch die Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (DNB) gewährleistet.
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
- Arbeitsgemeinschaft Handschriftencensus
- Country or region
- Germany
- Language
- English, German
- ISSN
- 2702-9344
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Maniculae
How long does peer review take at Maniculae?
Authors report an average review time of about 10 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 Maniculae?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Maniculae is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Maniculae open access, and what is the APC?
Maniculae 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .