Journal profile
New Vistas
ISSN 2056-967X · eISSN 2056-9688 · University of West London · United Kingdom
New Vistas: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 10 weeks (community reports); 43 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
New Vistas is published by University of West London. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Higher Education Research Studies, Higher Education Governance and Development and Evaluation of Teaching Practices, together about 19.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Education. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
New Vistas is a fully open access, peer reviewed journal published by the University of West London. No access or submission fees are required (Diamond Open Access). It provides a forum to disseminate research, commentary, and scholarly work that engages with the complex research agenda in its local, national and global context. We welcome contributions from postgraduate students (master’s and doctoral students) and academic staff, with the explicit intention to give a voice to early-career researchers and scholars. Contributions can include but are not limited to: summaries of research full research paper. literature reviews methodological paper discipline-specific issue position/opinion papers Our teams of editors and reviewers are committed to provide constructive feedback. For more information, please contact the editor Caroline.Lafarge@uwl.ac.uk
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Higher Education Research StudiesSocial Sciences6.5%
- Higher Education Governance and DevelopmentSocial Sciences6.5%
- Evaluation of Teaching PracticesSocial Sciences6.5%
- Building Energy and Comfort OptimizationEngineering5.6%
- Musicology and Musical AnalysisArts and Humanities5.6%
- Music Technology and Sound StudiesComputer Science5.6%
- Education during COVID-19 pandemicSocial Sciences4.6%
- Higher Education Practises and EngagementSocial Sciences4.6%
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
Indexing the journal's website claims
Dimensions, Crossref, Sherpa RomeoPublisher 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
- h-index
- 6OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.25OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 169 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 47 | 47 | 28 |
| 2025 | 43 | 43 | 29 |
| 2024 | 14 | 14 | 16 |
| 2023 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
| 2022 | 11 | 11 | 14 |
| 2021 | 17 | 17 | 7 |
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 10 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 10 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, CC BY-ND, CC BY-NC | |
| 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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Peer review
- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Authors who publish with New Vistas 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 4.0) that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal. If you would prefer to publish your wo…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review
We operate a double-blind peer review system. In this model, the identities of both the reviewers and the authors are concealed from each other in an effort to guard against unintended bias. The handling editor is the only person who knows the identities of all involved. Manuscript files are also routinely stripped of any identifying metadata before they are sent to reviewers. Reviewer feedback is…
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 West London
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2056-967X
- Electronic ISSN
- 2056-9688
- 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 New Vistas
How long does peer review take at New Vistas?
Authors report an average review time of about 10 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 New Vistas?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, New Vistas is indexed in DOAJ.
Is New Vistas open access, and what is the APC?
New Vistas 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: .