Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-Visual Arts and Performing Arts
Medievalia
ISSN 0211-3473 · eISSN 2014-8410 · Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona · Mexico
Medievalia: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 16 weeks (community reports); 20 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Medievalia is published by Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Medieval Literature and History, Medieval Iberian Studies and Medieval and Early Modern Iberia, together about 45.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Classics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Medievalia es una revista anual publicada por el Institut d’Estudis Medievals (IEM), de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Fundada en 1980, su objetivo es servir de medio de difusión de ideas e investigaciones originales sobre la Edad Media desde una perspectiva de interciencia. También publica los simposios y mesas redondas organizados por el IEM, un amplio abanico de recensiones críticas de la bibliografía publicada en los últimos años, y los estudios y seminarios de los grupos de investigación vinculados al IEM.
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
- Medieval Literature and HistoryArts and Humanities18.7%
- Medieval Iberian StudiesArts and Humanities14%
- Medieval and Early Modern IberiaArts and Humanities12.8%
- Medieval European Literature and HistoryArts and Humanities8.8%
- Historical, Literary, and Cultural StudiesArts and Humanities7%
- Medieval and Early Modern JusticeSocial Sciences3.8%
- Medieval European History and ArchitectureArts and Humanities3.7%
- Medieval History and CrusadesArts and Humanities3.3%
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 | 358/697 | 48th |
| History | Q3 | 1157/1936 | 40th |
| Cultural Studies | Q3 | 1006/1434 | 29th |
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
- 0.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.17LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.56LetPub ·
- h-index
- 9OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 9OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.02OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 578 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 9 | 9 | 16 |
| 2025 | 20 | 20 | 22 |
| 2024 | 26 | 26 | 30 |
| 2023 | 23 | 23 | 30 |
| 2022 | 19 | 19 | 34 |
| 2021 | 22 | 22 | 37 |
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 16 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 16 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 | |
| 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 prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Keywords
- ≤ 10
- Reference style
- Author–date
Article types accepted2
- artículosEn esta sección se publicarán trabajos de investigación originales de una extensión máxima de xxx palabras, incluyendo las notas a pie de página y sin contar el…Length not stated
- reseñasAquí se publican reseñas críticas de libros y artículos aparecidos recientemente y de todas las áreas del medievalismo.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- License & copyright
Creative Commons BY-NC license. Model summary
Medievalia se publica bajo el sistema de licencias Creative Commons según la modalidad «Reconocimiento – NoComercial (by-nc): Se permite la generación de obras derivadas siempre que no se haga un uso comercial. Tampoco se puede utilizar la obra original con finalidades comerciales».
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Open Access. Model summary
Medievalia se adhiere al movimiento de revistas de Open Access y entrega la totalidad de sus contenidos a diversos repositorios bajo este protocolo
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double-blind peer review by two experts. Model summary
Los artículos serán revisados por dos expertos, mediante el sistema de doble ciego.
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
- Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
- Country or region
- Mexico
- Language
- Spanish
- ISSN
- 0211-3473
- Electronic ISSN
- 2014-8410
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- 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 Medievalia
How long does peer review take at Medievalia?
Authors report an average review time of about 16 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 Medievalia?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Keywords: ≤ 10; Reference style: Author–date. 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 Medievalia?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Medievalia is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Medievalia open access, and what is the APC?
Medievalia 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: .