Journal profile
Mistral
ISSN 2772-4913 · University of Groningen Press · Netherlands
Mistral: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 18 weeks (community reports); 11 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Mistral is published by University of Groningen Press. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Latin American Literature Analysis, Cinema History and Criticism and Spanish Literature and Culture Studies, together about 37.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Literature and Literary Theory. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Editor-in-chief Camilla SutherlandPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 8, United Kingdom 5, Spain 1, Netherlands 1, Belgium 1 (19 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Latin American Literature AnalysisArts and Humanities19.7%
- Cinema History and CriticismArts and Humanities9.6%
- Spanish Literature and Culture StudiesArts and Humanities8%
- Latin American Literature StudiesSocial Sciences7.5%
- Cultural and Social Studies in Latin AmericaArts and Humanities6.9%
- Latin American and Latino StudiesSocial Sciences5.3%
- Memory, violence, and historyPsychology4.8%
- Gender and Feminist StudiesSocial Sciences3.7%
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
- 0.03OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 82 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 23 | 23 | 1 |
| 2025 | 11 | 11 | 4 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2023 | 12 | 12 | 2 |
| 2022 | 11 | 11 | 1 |
| 2021 | 25 | 25 | 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 18 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 18 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 prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 8,000 words
Article types accepted3, with length limits
- articlesArticles may be submitted in English, Portuguese, and Spanish. 6,000-8,000 words in length - including title, abstract, keywords, footnotes, works cited.Length not stated
- reviewy identify you as the article's author. Reviews should be approximately 1,000 words and can be written in English, Spanish, or Portuguese. Pleamain text ≤ 1,000 words
- reviewsReviews should be approximately 1,000 words and can be written in English, Spanish, or Portuguese.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Authors retain copyright; license CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Model summary
Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms: Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal. Authors are able to enter into…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Immediate open access; content licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Model summary
Mistral provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
Double-blind peer review by one or two external reviewers. Model summary
All submitted manuscripts are read by the Editor-in-Chief. Only those papers that are deemed most likely to meet our editorial criteria are sent for formal review. Those papers judged by the Editor-in-Chief to be of insufficient general interest or otherwise inappropriate are rejected promptly without external review.
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 Groningen Press
- Country or region
- Netherlands
- Language
- English, Spanish, Portuguese
- ISSN
- 2772-4913
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- 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 Mistral
How long does peer review take at Mistral?
Authors report an average review time of about 18 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Mistral based?
Of the 19 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (8), United Kingdom (5) and Spain (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Mistral?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Mistral is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Mistral open access, and what is the APC?
Mistral 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 2026-08-30). Last updated: .