Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-Literature and Literary Theory
Methis
ISSN 1736-6852 · eISSN 2228-4745 · University of Tartu Press · Estonia
Methis: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 24 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Methis is published by University of Tartu Press. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Comparative and World Literature, Translation Studies and Practices and Theatre and Performance Studies, together about 31.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Literature and Literary Theory. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Academic Journal of the Institute of Cultural Research and Fine Arts of the University of Tartu and the Estonian Cultural History Archives of the Estonian Literary MuseumISSN 1736-6852 (print); ISSN 2228-4745 (Web). https://doi.org/10.7592/methis
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Arts and Humanities-Literature and Literary Theory
Editor-in-chief MARIN LAAKPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Comparative and World LiteratureArts and Humanities13.5%
- Translation Studies and PracticesArts and Humanities9.1%
- Theatre and Performance StudiesArts and Humanities8.7%
- German Literature and Culture StudiesArts and Humanities5.9%
- Literary Theory and Cultural HermeneuticsArts and Humanities4.8%
- Autobiographical and Biographical WritingArts and Humanities4.6%
- Arts and Performance StudiesArts and Humanities4.6%
- Poetry Analysis and CriticismArts and Humanities4.4%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Literature and Literary Theory | Q1 | 200/1186 | 83rd |
| Visual Arts and Performing Arts | Q2 | 181/697 | 74th |
| Cultural Studies | Q2 | 623/1434 | 56th |
| Library and Information Sciences | Q3 | 214/296 | 27th |
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
Indexing the journal's website claims
ERIH PLUSPublisher website
Other: Ulrich, MLA
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.16LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.33LetPub ·
- h-index
- 6OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.05OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 431 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 13 | 13 | 8 |
| 2025 | 24 | 24 | 15 |
| 2024 | 27 | 27 | 22 |
| 2023 | 17 | 17 | 54 |
| 2022 | 26 | 26 | 41 |
| 2021 | 16 | 16 | 22 |
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
- Unspecified 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 | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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 websiteLicense & copyright, Open access
- License & copyright Copyright
Creative Commons license; users may read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to full texts of articles. Model summary
Authors will be asked, upon acceptance of an article, to share copyright of the article with the Publisher. This will ensure the widest possible dissemination of information under copyright laws. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an ac…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
No page charges for authors or institutions; online access is free of cost. Model summary
No page charges are levied on authors and their institutions. The access to the online articles of Methis is kept free of cost.
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 Tartu Press
- Country or region
- Estonia
- Language
- English, Estonian
- ISSN
- 1736-6852
- Electronic ISSN
- 2228-4745
- 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 Methis
How long does peer review take at Methis?
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 Methis?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Methis is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists ERIH PLUS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Methis open access, and what is the APC?
Methis 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: .