Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-Museology
Museum Society
ISSN 1479-8360 · University of Leicester · United Kingdom
Museum Society: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 24 weeks (community reports); 26 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Museum Society is published by University of Leicester. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Museums and Cultural Heritage, Libraries and Information Services and Cultural Identity and Heritage, together about 68.2% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Museum & Society is an interdisciplinary journal with a wide-ranging interest in all issues associated with museums and other places of public culture concerned with collecting, exhibiting and display. Museum & Society appears three times a year (March, July, November) and is open access and free to all individuals and institutions. However, we request that users who wish to take advantage of the free access facility register with us first. Those wishing to receive e-mail updates on forthcoming volumes, events and associated publications may also wish to register. Museum & Society will publish articles covering a wide range of social science, humanities and practitioner research including: Museums in society Museum practice, funding and management Conservation Collecting and collections Museums, identity and difference Museums and social inclusion Audience research Access provision and practice Museums and education Politics and display Heritage studies History of museums/collections Government policy and museums Reviews of temporary exhibitions Book reviews We welcome submissions of articles and reviews in these and related areas of museum research. All articles submitted to the journal are peer reviewed before being considered for publication.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Arts and Humanities-Museology
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 2%); most named United Kingdom 30, United States 5, Canada 4, Australia 2, Mainland China 1 (49 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Museums and Cultural HeritageArts and Humanities30%
- Libraries and Information ServicesArts and Humanities28%
- Cultural Identity and HeritageArts and Humanities10.3%
- Memory, Trauma, and CommemorationPsychology7.8%
- Cultural Heritage Management and PreservationArts and Humanities6.6%
- Art, Politics, and ModernismArts and Humanities2.6%
- History of Science and Natural HistoryArts and Humanities1.7%
- Art Education and DevelopmentArts and Humanities1.5%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Museology | Q1 | 19/96 | 80th |
| Social Sciences (miscellaneous) | Q3 | 434/744 | 41st |
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
Google Scholar, Dimensions, CrossrefPublisher website
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
- 1.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.22LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.49LetPub ·
- h-index
- 32OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 164OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.6OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 638 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 26 | 26 | 335 |
| 2025 | 26 | 26 | 493 |
| 2024 | 40 | 40 | 421 |
| 2023 | 32 | 32 | 571 |
| 2022 | 25 | 25 | 405 |
| 2021 | 30 | 30 | 435 |
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 24 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 24 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 | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Other fees
- No other fees
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
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
- Reference style
- Harvard
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteConflicts of interest, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Self-archiving
- Conflicts of interest Intellectual property, plagiarism and conflicts of interest
Our open access policies recognize the rights of authors to their original work. To protect all authors, however, we also hold to strict guidelines regarding plagiarism and work that has been published elsewhere in any form. Specifically, we shall not publish such work, and we will not publish future work by violators. Following COPE guidelines, we may also contact authors’ supervisors or institut…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Copyright remains with authors; articles re-usable under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 unless otherwise stated. Model summary
Copyright remains with the author(s) of the article(s). Unless otherwise stated, all articles published in the journal can be re-used under the following licence: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. If you are funded by UKRI and need to publish under a different licence, we can accommodate this. Please let the editors know well in advance.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access policy
We are a fully open access journal: all articles are open access immediately on publication. We do not use article processing charges or charge submission fess: publishing in Museum and Society is free for all authors.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Policy
Double-anonymised peer review for article submissions. Model summary
Museum & Society follows a double-anonymised review policy for article submissions. The names of the authors are not known by the reviewers, and the names of the reviewers are not known by the authors.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Intellectual property, plagiarism and conflicts of interest
Our open access policies recognize the rights of authors to their original work. To protect all authors, however, we also hold to strict guidelines regarding plagiarism and work that has been published elsewhere in any form. Specifically, we shall not publish such work, and we will not publish future work by violators. Following COPE guidelines, we may also contact authors’ supervisors or institut…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving Self-archiving policy
Self-archiving of submitted/under-review papers allowed on author website, institutional archive, or not-for-profit pre-print repository. Model summary
Articles submitted and under review: A paper submitted by the author may be archived by the author. No mention should be made of Museum & Society until and if the paper is accepted for publication. Papers may be placed on:
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 Leicester
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1479-8360
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 24, Issue 1 (2026)
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Museum Society
How long does peer review take at Museum Society?
Authors report an average review time of about 24 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 Museum Society based?
Of the 49 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 2%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (30), United States (5) and Canada (4). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Museum Society?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Museum Society is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Museum Society open access, and what is the APC?
Museum Society 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: .