Journal profile
Memo
ISSN 2523-2932 · University of Salzburg, Institute for Medieval and Early Modern Material Culture (IMAREAL) · Austria
Memo: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 5 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Memo is published by University of Salzburg, Institute for Medieval and Early Modern Material Culture (IMAREAL). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Medieval Literature and History, Libraries, Manuscripts, and Books and Medieval European History and Architecture, together about 34.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Archeology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
MEMO – Medieval and Early Modern Material Culture Online is an open access online journal with an interdisciplinary scope. Its aim is to provide sustainable academic communication: In addition to publishing traditional research papers, MEMO strives to be a platform for presenting new methods, new projects, and discussing innovative research approaches. Since its first issue in 2017, MEMO is currently still the only open access online journal dealing with medieval and early modern material culture.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Medieval Literature and HistoryArts and Humanities15.7%
- Libraries, Manuscripts, and BooksArts and Humanities10.1%
- Medieval European History and ArchitectureArts and Humanities8.4%
- Historical, Literary, and Cultural StudiesArts and Humanities7.3%
- Cultural Heritage Materials AnalysisArts and Humanities6.7%
- Religious Tourism and SpacesSocial Sciences6.2%
- Ancient and Medieval Archaeology StudiesArts and Humanities5.1%
- History and Theory of MathematicsMathematics3.9%
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
- 2OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 74 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 7 | 7 | 2 |
| 2025 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| 2024 | 8 | 8 | 3 |
| 2023 | 11 | 11 | 4 |
| 2022 | 27 | 27 | 0 |
| 2021 | 7 | 7 | 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 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-SA | |
| 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 websiteAuthorship, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Authorship
Authors retain usage rights and right to publish texts electronically free of charge permanently; MEMO retains only right of first publication. Model summary
MEMO grants the authors usage rights to their submitted texts and the right publish them electronically free of charge on a permanent basis. MEMO retains only the right of first publication.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
Journal references Rules of Good Scientific Practice (University of Salzburg) as a document for authors. Model summary
Rules of Good Scientific Practice (University of Salzburg)
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright
Articles published under CC BY-SA 4.0 (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International). Model summary
The articles are published according to the Creative Commons License (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access/Author’s rights/Licenses
Open access journal; publication free of charge for authors; readers access articles free of charge. Model summary
Publication in MEMO is free of charge for authors; interested readers can access all published articles free of charge. The articles are published according to the Creative Commons License (CC BY-SA 4.0). MEMO grants the authors usage rights to their submitted texts and the right publish them electronically free of charge on a permanent basis. MEMO retains only the right of first publication. The …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review The Peer Review Process
Double-blind peer review; each submission first evaluated by internal editorial board, then reviewed by up to two external reviewers; authors and reviewers do not know each other. Model summary
All articles published in MEMO are double-blind peer reviewed. This means that each received submission is first evaluated by the internal editorial board and then reviewed by up to two external reviewers. Authors and reviewers do not know each other; communication occurs through the editors or the editorial department. We strive to recruit experts with proven expertise in their respective fields …
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
- University of Salzburg, Institute for Medieval and Early Modern Material Culture (IMAREAL)
- Country or region
- Austria
- Language
- English, German
- ISSN
- 2523-2932
- 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 Memo
How long does peer review take at Memo?
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.
Which databases index Memo?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Memo is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Memo open access, and what is the APC?
Memo 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: .