Journal profile
Mantichora
ISSN 2240-5380 · Edizioni Museo Pasqualino · Italy
Mantichora: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 90 weeks (community reports); 12 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Mantichora is published by Edizioni Museo Pasqualino. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Theatre and Performance Studies, Arts and Performance Studies and Italian Literature and Culture, together about 54% of its articles. Its main subfields are Visual Arts and Performing Arts. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Mantichora is an Italian open-access, peer-reviewed academic journal devoted to Performance Studies. It publishes original research on performance, performativity, and the relationships between artistic practices, cultural forms, and contemporary society. The journal promotes interdisciplinary and methodologically rigorous approaches capable of addressing the open, interconnected, and constantly evolving nature of contemporary culture.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Theatre and Performance StudiesArts and Humanities26.2%
- Arts and Performance StudiesArts and Humanities20.5%
- Italian Literature and CultureArts and Humanities7.3%
- Classical Antiquity StudiesSocial Sciences5%
- Visual Culture and Art TheoryArts and Humanities4.5%
- Cinema History and CriticismArts and Humanities4.5%
- Theater, Performance, and Music HistoryArts and Humanities3.8%
- Narrative Theory and AnalysisArts 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
- 2OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 204 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 16 | 16 | 0 |
| 2025 | 12 | 12 | 1 |
| 2024 | 12 | 12 | 3 |
| 2023 | 9 | 9 | 6 |
| 2022 | 11 | 11 | 8 |
| 2021 | 11 | 11 | 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 90 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 90 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 | — |
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 prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Keywords
- ≤ 5
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism
- Authorship Authorship and Acknowledgements
Authorship must be limited to those who have made a substantial contribution to the conception, design, organisation, execution, interpretation, or writing of the research. All individuals who have made a substantial contribution must be listed as co-authors. Individuals who have contributed to specific aspects of the research but do not meet the criteria for authorship should be acknowledged appr…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflicts of Interest and Use of Unpublished Material
Editors must not use unpublished information, arguments, data, or interpretations contained in a submitted manuscript for their own research without the author’s explicit written consent. An editor who has a personal, professional, financial, or academic conflict of interest in relation to a submission must withdraw from the editorial process. Responsibility for the manuscript will then be assigne…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement
Mantichora is committed to maintaining high standards of academic integrity and editorial transparency. Editors, reviewers, and authors are expected to observe the ethical principles set out below throughout the submission, review, and publication process.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Articles and conference papers published in Mantichora are distributed under the terms and conditions of a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. Correspondingly, 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 …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
Mantichora provides immediate and unrestricted open access to all its published content. The journal is founded on the principle that making scholarly research freely available supports the circulation of knowledge, encourages academic dialogue, and contributes to a wider global exchange of ideas. Readers may access the journal’s content without subscription or registration fees.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer-Review Process
All scholarly articles submitted to Mantichora undergo a double-blind peer-review process. Each submission is initially assessed by the Editorial Board to determine whether it falls within the journal’s scholarly scope, meets its academic and editorial standards, and is suitable for external review. Manuscripts that successfully pass this preliminary assessment are sent to two independent anonymou…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Originality and Plagiarism
Authors must ensure that their submissions are original in every respect. All sources, quotations, ideas, arguments, data, and materials derived from the work of others must be accurately identified and appropriately cited. Any contribution made by another person must be explicitly acknowledged. Plagiarism in any form—including the unauthorised reproduction of text, ideas, data, images, or argumen…
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 Museo Pasqualino
- Country or region
- Italy
- Language
- Italian
- ISSN
- 2240-5380
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 15 (2025)
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Mantichora
How long does peer review take at Mantichora?
Authors report an average review time of about 90 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 Mantichora?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Mantichora is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Mantichora open access, and what is the APC?
Mantichora 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: .