Journal profile
Medievalista
ISSN 1646-740X · Instituto de Estudos Medievais · Portugal
Medievalista: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 14 weeks (community reports); 27 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Medievalista is published by Instituto de Estudos Medievais. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Medieval Literature and History, Medieval and Early Modern Iberia and Medieval Iberian Studies, together about 51.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Classics, History and Archeology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Medieval Literature and HistoryArts and Humanities19.7%
- Medieval and Early Modern IberiaArts and Humanities18.3%
- Medieval Iberian StudiesArts and Humanities13.9%
- Medieval Architecture and ArchaeologyArts and Humanities7%
- Historical, Literary, and Cultural StudiesArts and Humanities6.5%
- Medieval European History and ArchitectureArts and Humanities5.3%
- Medieval History and CrusadesArts and Humanities5.1%
- Historical Studies of Medieval IberiaArts and Humanities2.6%
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
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Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- h-index
- 8OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 5OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.23OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 644 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 22 |
| 2025 | 27 | 27 | 55 |
| 2024 | 49 | 49 | 49 |
| 2023 | 48 | 48 | 49 |
| 2022 | 45 | 45 | 41 |
| 2021 | 49 | 49 | 73 |
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 14 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 14 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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Publication ethics
- AI use
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Source ↗Publisher website ·
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Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Instituto de Estudos Medievais
- Country or region
- Portugal
- Language
- Spanish, Italian, English, French, Portuguese, German
- ISSN
- 1646-740X
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Medievalista
How long does peer review take at Medievalista?
Authors report an average review time of about 14 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 Medievalista?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Medievalista is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Medievalista open access, and what is the APC?
Medievalista 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; 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: .