Journal profile
Monstrum
ISSN 2561-5629 · Montreal Monstrum Society · Canada
Monstrum: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 25 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Monstrum is published by Montreal Monstrum Society. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Gothic Literature and Media Analysis, Cinema History and Criticism and Utopian, Dystopian, and Speculative Fiction, together about 64.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Literature and Literary Theory. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Monstrum is part of the Collective for Research on Epistemologies and Ontologies of Embodied Risk ( CORÉRISC ) and is grateful for the generous support of the Social Sciences and Humanities...
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Gothic Literature and Media AnalysisSocial Sciences35.6%
- Cinema History and CriticismArts and Humanities21.3%
- Utopian, Dystopian, and Speculative FictionArts and Humanities7.8%
- Gender and Feminist StudiesSocial Sciences4.4%
- Ethics, Aesthetics, and ArtArts and Humanities3.9%
- Folklore, Mythology, and Literature StudiesArts and Humanities3.6%
- Cinema and Media StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.2%
- Artistic and Creative ResearchArts and Humanities2.2%
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
- 3OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 160 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 9 | 9 | 4 |
| 2025 | 25 | 25 | 9 |
| 2024 | 17 | 17 | 8 |
| 2023 | 74 | 74 | 3 |
| 2022 | 16 | 16 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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 | |
| 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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Montreal Monstrum Society
- Country or region
- Canada
- Language
- English, French, Italian
- ISSN
- 2561-5629
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Monstrum
How long does peer review take at Monstrum?
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 Monstrum?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Monstrum is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Monstrum open access, and what is the APC?
Monstrum 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: .