Journal profile
Momentum Quarterly
ISSN 2226-5538 · Momentum - Verein für kritische Wissenschaft · Austria
Momentum Quarterly: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 25 weeks (community reports); 0 articles in 2025; the journal's website says submissions are paused or closed.
The journal's website says submissions are paused or closed: This journal is not accepting submissions at this time. Source ↗Publisher website ·
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Momentum Quarterly is published by Momentum - Verein für kritische Wissenschaft. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Employment, Labor, and Gender Studies, Social Policy and Reform Studies and Political Economy and Marxism, together about 27.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Momentum Quarterly (alternatively: Momentum Quarterly - Journal for Societal Progress) is a transdisciplinary scientific journal, aiming to improve the discursive and thematic connection between research and politics. Following this basic principle, Momentum Quarterly publishes specifically works that provide a well-founded scientific reflection of political topics and problems, thereby emphasizing thematic and disciplinary openness. By publishing progressive ideas and concepts as well as critical reflections of extant political praxis, Momentum Quarterly tries to balance conceptual autonomy and connection with politics. Momentum Quarterly was founded in 2012, has been published by innsbruck university press (iup) since 2017, and is released four times a year online. The ISSN (online) for the journal is: 2226-5538.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Austria 20, Germany 9, United Kingdom 3, Netherlands 1, Belgium 1 (34 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Employment, Labor, and Gender StudiesSocial Sciences12.5%
- Social Policy and Reform StudiesSocial Sciences8.3%
- Political Economy and MarxismSocial Sciences6.3%
- Quality of Life MeasurementSocial Sciences5.2%
- Income, Poverty, and InequalitySocial Sciences4.2%
- Social and Cultural DynamicsSocial Sciences4.2%
- Employment and Welfare StudiesHealth Professions4.2%
- Digital Economy and Work TransformationSocial Sciences4.2%
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
- 7OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 6OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 85 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 | 5 | 14 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 156 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | 27 |
| 2021 | 13 | 13 | 26 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with PubMed · to
Too few articlesOnly 1 articles from the last 24 months carry both submission and acceptance dates, too few for a median
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 25 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 25 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 | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
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)
Article types accepted2
- articleArticleLength not stated
- editorialEditorialLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Publication ethics Publication Ethics
Momentum Quarterly adheres to the Committee on Publication Ethics’ (COPE) Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors. Please also refer to our Publication Code of Ethics and Conduct. Momentum Quarterly is committed to maintaining an accurate and transparent academic record, including publishing corrections and retractions. Authors must contact the editors to identify and corr…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0) Model summary
All Momentum Quarterly contributions are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). Individual articles can thus be shared and adapted as long as appropriate credit is given to the authors, a link to the license is provided, any changes made to the material are indicated, and no additional restrictions are imposed.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access
Momentum Quarterly is a diamond/platinum open access journal. All contributions are fully and freely available online from the moment of publication. All contributions are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). Authors do not have to pay any submission or publication fees.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
No submission or publication fees Model summary
All articles published in Momentum Quarterly undergo a rigorous double-blind peer review process. This implies that the identities of the reviewers and the authors are always concealed from both parties. Submitted manuscripts are first screened by the editors. Those that fit within the Aims & Scope of the journal undergo peer review. Submitted manuscripts are treated confidentially by editors and …
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
- Momentum - Verein für kritische Wissenschaft
- Country or region
- Austria
- Language
- English, German
- ISSN
- 2226-5538
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 14, Issue 1 (2026)
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Momentum Quarterly
How long does peer review take at Momentum Quarterly?
Authors report an average review time of about 25 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 Momentum Quarterly based?
Of the 34 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Austria (20), Germany (9) and United Kingdom (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Momentum Quarterly?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Momentum Quarterly is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Momentum Quarterly open access, and what is the APC?
Momentum Quarterly 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: .