Journal profile
Medieval Worlds
ISSN 2412-3196 · Austrian Academy of Sciences Press · Austria
Medieval Worlds: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 24 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Medieval Worlds is published by Austrian Academy of Sciences Press. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Medieval Literature and History, Medieval History and Crusades and Historical, Literary, and Cultural Studies, together about 46.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are History and Classics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Medieval Worlds provides a new forum for interdisciplinary and transcultural studies of the Middle Ages. It encourages and links comparative research between different regions and fields and promotes methodological innovation in transdisciplinary studies.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Medieval Literature and HistoryArts and Humanities24.2%
- Medieval History and CrusadesArts and Humanities12.6%
- Historical, Literary, and Cultural StudiesArts and Humanities9.8%
- Byzantine Studies and HistoryArts and Humanities6.5%
- Eurasian Exchange NetworksSocial Sciences5.9%
- Libraries, Manuscripts, and BooksArts and Humanities3.9%
- Historical and Religious Studies of RomeArts and Humanities3.8%
- Indian and Buddhist StudiesArts and Humanities3%
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
CrossrefPublisher 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
- 14OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 18OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.32OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 310 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 15 | 15 | 59 |
| 2025 | 24 | 24 | 138 |
| 2024 | 24 | 24 | 118 |
| 2023 | 25 | 25 | 97 |
| 2022 | 43 | 43 | 69 |
| 2021 | 33 | 33 | 71 |
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 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 250–300 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 5
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright
- License & copyright Copyright Notice
medieval worlds is licensed under the Creative-Commons-Attribution NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). Thus you are free to share, i.e. copy and redistribute, the material in any medium of format as long as you follow the license terms: You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but …
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
- Austrian Academy of Sciences Press
- Country or region
- Austria
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2412-3196
- 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 Medieval Worlds
How long does peer review take at Medieval Worlds?
Authors report an average review time of about 12 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 Medieval Worlds?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 250–300 words; Keywords: ≥ 5. 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 Medieval Worlds?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Medieval Worlds is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Medieval Worlds open access, and what is the APC?
Medieval Worlds 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: .