Journal profile
Medea
ISSN 2421-5821 · Università degli Studi di Cagliari · Italy
Medea: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 20 weeks (community reports); 0 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Medea is published by Università degli Studi di Cagliari. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Theatre and Performance Studies, Classical Antiquity Studies and Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism, together about 66.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Literature and Literary Theory. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Medea è la rivista internazionale di studi interculturali peer-reviewed e open access del Laboratorio "Xenoi: pratiche, immagini, parole" dell'Università di Cagliari e del Laboratorio Valdrada dell'Università di Perugia. La rivista si occupa della complessità del fare, del dire e del sentire umani, ponendo a confronto i modi diversi di comportarsi, di rapportarsi con l'ambiente, di stringere relazioni, di produrre, rappresentare e dare senso al mondo e alla vita, nel lontano passato come nel presente.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Theatre and Performance StudiesArts and Humanities33.3%
- Classical Antiquity StudiesSocial Sciences20.8%
- Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary CriticismArts and Humanities12.5%
- Classical Philosophy and ThoughtArts and Humanities8.3%
- German Literature and Culture StudiesArts and Humanities4.2%
- Contemporary Literature and CriticismArts and Humanities4.2%
- Poetry Analysis and CriticismArts and Humanities4.2%
- American and British Literature AnalysisArts and Humanities4.2%
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
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 9 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 19 | 19 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 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 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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePeer review
- Peer review
Peer-reviewed and open access journal Model summary
Medea è la rivista internazionale di studi interculturali peer-reviewed e open access del Laboratorio "Xenoi: pratiche, immagini, parole" dell'Università di Cagliari e del Laboratorio Valdrada dell'Università di Perugia.
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
- Università degli Studi di Cagliari
- Country or region
- Italy
- Language
- Spanish, Italian, English, French, German
- ISSN
- 2421-5821
- 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 Medea
How long does peer review take at Medea?
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.
Which databases index Medea?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Medea is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Medea open access, and what is the APC?
Medea 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: .