Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-Visual Arts and Performing Arts
Materia
ISSN 1579-2641 · eISSN 2385-3387 · Universitat de Barcelona · Spain
Materia: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 40 weeks (community reports); 15 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Materia is published by Universitat de Barcelona. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Historical Art and Architecture Studies, Visual Culture and Art Theory and Art, Politics, and Modernism, together about 39.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Visual Arts and Performing Arts. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Matèria. Revista internacional d'Art recull fonamentalment investigacions i aportacions inèdites d'especialistes en la història de l'art dins d'un ventall de temes molt diversos d'història i teoria de l'art, incloses les arts escèniques, la música i el cinema.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Arts and Humanities-Visual Arts and Performing Arts
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Historical Art and Architecture StudiesArts and Humanities21.8%
- Visual Culture and Art TheoryArts and Humanities10.6%
- Art, Politics, and ModernismArts and Humanities7%
- Musicology and Musical AnalysisArts and Humanities6.3%
- Art, Aesthetics, and PerceptionArts and Humanities5.5%
- Historical Art and Culture StudiesArts and Humanities4.8%
- Medieval European History and ArchitectureArts and Humanities4.4%
- Spanish Literature and Culture StudiesArts and Humanities4%
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.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Visual Arts and Performing Arts | Q3 | 485/697 | 30th |
| Music | Q4 | 159/196 | 19th |
| Communication | Q4 | 510/541 | 5th |
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
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
- 0.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.1LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.82LetPub ·
- h-index
- 4OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.02OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 412 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 26 | 26 | 0 |
| 2025 | 15 | 15 | 7 |
| 2024 | 18 | 18 | 23 |
| 2023 | 25 | 25 | 23 |
| 2022 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| 2021 | 23 | 23 | 17 |
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 40 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 40 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-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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Universitat de Barcelona
- Country or region
- Spain
- Language
- French, Italian, Catalan, Spanish
- ISSN
- 1579-2641
- Electronic ISSN
- 2385-3387
- 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
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Materia
How long does peer review take at Materia?
Authors report an average review time of about 40 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 Materia?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Materia is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Materia open access, and what is the APC?
Materia 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: .