Journal profile
MatLit Materialidades da Literatura
ISSN 2182-8830 · Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra · Portugal
MatLit Materialidades da Literatura: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 20 weeks (community reports); 25 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
MatLit Materialidades da Literatura is published by Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Cultural Insights and Digital Impacts, Digital Humanities and Scholarship and Art, Technology, and Culture, together about 36.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Literature and Literary Theory and Visual Arts and Performing Arts. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
MATLIT: Materialidades da Literatura é uma revista em linha, arbitrada por pares e em acesso aberto, publicada pela Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra e pelo Centro de Literatura Portuguesa da Universidade de Coimbra. A revista aborda as mediações tecnológicas e materiais das práticas literárias, focando em particular a tipograficalidade, a digitalidade, a auralidade e a intermedialidade. O seu campo de investigação vai dos estudos literários aos estudos comparados dos média e à s humanidades digitais. MATLIT usa como línguas de trabalho o português, o inglês e o espanhol. Adotando uma perspetiva interdisciplinar e transmedial, a revista organiza-se em números temáticos. Para cada número é produzida uma Call for Papers. Fundada em 2013 por Manuel Portela e Osvaldo Manuel Silvestre, a revista MATLIT oferece acesso aberto integral a todos os números. A revista não cobra quaisquer custos pelo processamento dos artigos. Os autores que publicam nesta revista concordam com os princípios seguintes: (1) os autores mantêm a posse do copyright e concedem à revista o direito de fazer a primeira publicação do seu trabalho nos termos de uma licença Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0), que permite a terceiros partilharem o trabalho com a condição de atribuição de autoria e de referência à publicação inicial na revista; (2) os autores podem fazer contratos adicionais para a distribuição não-exclusiva da versão do trabalho publicada pela revista (por exemplo, publicá-la num repositório institucional ou num livro), com a condição de referirem a publicação inicial nesta revista; (3) os autores são livres de depositar todas as versões do seu trabalho (versão submetida, aceite ou publicada) num repositório institucional ou outro da sua escolha, sem embargo. O sistema LOCKSS (Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe) para assegurar arquivamento seguro e permanente da revista é suportado pelo OJS. MATLIT é indexada e arquivada pela Biblioteca Digital da Universidade de Coimbra (UC Digitalis) e encontra-se também disponível aqui: https://digitalis.uc.pt/matlit Informação adicional: História da revista (2013-2019). Esta publicação é financiada por fundos nacionais através da FCT “ Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, no mbito do Projeto UIDB/00759/2020 (DOI 10.54499/UIDB/00759/2020).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Cultural Insights and Digital ImpactsComputer Science15.9%
- Digital Humanities and ScholarshipArts and Humanities12%
- Art, Technology, and CultureArts and Humanities9.1%
- Visual Culture and Art TheoryArts and Humanities8.8%
- Libraries, Manuscripts, and BooksArts and Humanities6.8%
- Artistic and Creative ResearchArts and Humanities5.3%
- Literary Theory and Cultural HermeneuticsArts and Humanities4.5%
- Literature, Culture, and CriticismArts and Humanities3.9%
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
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
IndexadoPublisher website
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
- 8OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 8OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.27OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 338 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 2025 | 25 | 25 | 31 |
| 2024 | 19 | 19 | 14 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 58 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| 2021 | 24 | 24 | 62 |
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 20 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 20 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 prepare7 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 100–150 words
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 7,000 words
- Reference style
- Chicago
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Highlights
- Optional
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
Article types accepted2, with length limits
- book reviewrds) and a list of up to 6 keywords. 2. Book reviews should be between 1000 and 1500 words, titled and include full bibliographical details (author, tmain text ≤ 1,500 words
- secção temática | thematic sectionSecção Temática | Thematic SectionLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright
- License & copyright
Esta revista está licenciada com uma Licença Creative Commons - Atribuição 4.0 Internacional. Model summary
Esta revista está licenciada com uma Licença Creative Commons - Atribuição 4.0 Internacional.
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
- Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra
- Country or region
- Portugal
- Language
- English, Spanish, Portuguese
- ISSN
- 2182-8830
- 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 MatLit Materialidades da Literatura
How long does peer review take at MatLit Materialidades da Literatura?
Authors report an average review time of about 20 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 MatLit Materialidades da Literatura?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 100–150 words; Manuscript length: ≤ 7,000 words; Reference style: Chicago; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Optional; Highlights: Optional; Graphical abstract: Optional. 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.
Which databases index MatLit Materialidades da Literatura?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, MatLit Materialidades da Literatura is indexed in DOAJ.
Is MatLit Materialidades da Literatura open access, and what is the APC?
MatLit Materialidades da Literatura 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: .