Journal profile
Medien Zeit
ISSN 0259-7446 · eISSN 2960-4125 · Arbeitskreis für historische Kommunikationsforschung (Working Committee for Historical Communication Research) · Austria
Medien Zeit: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 42 weeks (community reports); 15 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Medien Zeit is published by Arbeitskreis für historische Kommunikationsforschung (Working Committee for Historical Communication Research). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Media Studies and Communication, Journalism and Media Studies and Media, Journalism, and Communication History, together about 33.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Communication. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
1/2026 Thematic Section: Tu felix Austria? Politische Skandale und Affären inÖsterreichherausgegeben von Maximilian Eder & Hendrik Michael Maximilian Eder & Hendrik Michael: Editorial Christian von Sikorski & Emily Kubin: Victims of Their Own Making? The Democratic Risks of Strategic Victimhood in Political Scandals Gal Hertz: The Heldenplatz Scandal. Liberal Myth, Conservative Nostalgia Thomas Birkner & Christian Wasner & Alessandra Colaceci: The digital traces of Verhaberung.Political scandals and the (hidden) networks of politicians and journalists in Austria Gabriele Falböck & Christina Krakovsky: Enorme Fallhöhe oder eh schon immer gewusst? Die Verhandlung der Causa BUWOG und Karl-Heinz Grasser in digitalen Öffentlichkeiten Andrea Brait: Politische Skandale im Klassenzimmer? Eine Analyse der Darstellung in österreichischen Schulbüchern für Politische Bildung Rezensionen
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Media Studies and CommunicationSocial Sciences15.2%
- Journalism and Media StudiesSocial Sciences10.3%
- Media, Journalism, and Communication HistoryArts and Humanities8.5%
- German Literature and Culture StudiesArts and Humanities5.5%
- Gender and Feminist StudiesSocial Sciences4.9%
- Media and Communication StudiesSocial Sciences4.9%
- Media and Digital CommunicationComputer Science4.2%
- Music History and CultureArts and Humanities3.6%
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
- 0OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 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 | 17 | 17 | 0 |
| 2025 | 15 | 15 | 0 |
| 2024 | 26 | 26 | 0 |
| 2023 | 22 | 22 | 0 |
| 2022 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
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 42 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 42 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Editorial 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 | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
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 prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 150–200 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 4
- Reference style
- APA
Article types accepted2
- rezensionenDer Umfang beträgt typischerweise zwischen 1.000 und 1.800 Wörter (einschließlich bibliographischer Angaben).Length not stated
- vollbeiträgeVollbeiträge umfassen 7.000 Wörter (einschließlich Titel, Zusammenfassung, Tabellen, Abbildungen und Literaturverzeichnis).Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- License & copyright Copyright-Vermerk
Der Zugang zu den Artikeln der Fachzeitschrift medien & zeit ist öffentlich und kostenlos, ohne Kosten für die Autor*innen und steht allen Leser*innen unter der Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Lizenz zur Verfügung. Alle Versionen der Artikel können ohne Sperrfrist in einem institutionellen oder anderen Repositorium/Archiv der Wahl der Autor*innen hinterlegt werden. Die…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Open access, no APC, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Model summary
Der Zugang zu den Artikeln in der Zeitschrift medien & zeit ist öffentlich und kostenlos, ohne Kosten für die AutorInnen und steht allen Leser*innen unter der Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Lizenz zur Verfügung.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double blind peer review Model summary
Alle Artikel werden dabei einer Begutachtung durch die HeftherausgeberInnen sowie einem Double Blind Peer Review unterzogen.
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
- Arbeitskreis für historische Kommunikationsforschung (Working Committee for Historical Communication Research)
- Country or region
- Austria
- Language
- English, German
- ISSN
- 0259-7446
- Electronic ISSN
- 2960-4125
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- 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 Medien Zeit
How long does peer review take at Medien Zeit?
Authors report an average review time of about 42 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 Medien Zeit?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 150–200 words; Keywords: ≥ 4; Reference style: APA. 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 Medien Zeit?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Medien Zeit is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Medien Zeit open access, and what is the APC?
Medien Zeit 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: .