Journal profile
New Voices
ISSN 1833-5233 · eISSN 2204-194X · The Japan Foundation, Sydney · Australia
New Voices: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 30 weeks (community reports); 0 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
New Voices is published by The Japan Foundation, Sydney. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Japanese History and Culture, EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning and Asian Culture and Media Studies, together about 46.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Cultural Studies and Language and Linguistics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
New Voices in Japanese Studies (formerly New Voices) is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by The Japan Foundation, Sydney. All contributors are emerging scholars, ranging from Honours graduates to PhD level, with a research interest in Japan. All papers are sole-authored and cover a range of subjects from the humanities and social sciences. Readers of New Voices in Japanese Studies are from a similarly broad range of academic backgrounds, united by a shared scholarly interest in Japan. To facilitate reading across the journal’s catalogue, care is taken during the editorial process to ensure that all articles are accessible to non-specialist readers. Contributions are welcome from emerging scholars with ties to Australia and New Zealand, which are under the regional remit of The Japan Foundation, Sydney. For details, see the Call for Papers page.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Japan 4, Australia 1, New Zealand 1 (6 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Japanese History and CultureSocial Sciences34.3%
- EFL/ESL Teaching and LearningArts and Humanities6.6%
- Asian Culture and Media StudiesSocial Sciences5.5%
- Diaspora, migration, transnational identitySocial Sciences4.4%
- Comparative and World LiteratureArts and Humanities3.9%
- Asian American and Pacific HistoriesSocial Sciences3.3%
- Australian History and SocietySocial Sciences3.3%
- Linguistics and Language AnalysisArts and Humanities3.3%
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
- 10OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 10OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 112 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| 2021 | 11 | 11 | 21 |
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 30 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 30 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 | Publisher's own license | |
| 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
- academic papersNew Voices in Japanese Studies only accepts original, sole-authored academic papers and reviews that have not been published or submitted elsewhere.Length not stated
- reviewsNew Voices in Japanese Studies only accepts original, sole-authored academic papers and reviews that have not been published or submitted elsewhere.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism
- Authorship
Only original, sole-authored work not published or submitted elsewhere. Model summary
New Voices in Japanese Studies only accepts original, sole-authored academic papers and reviews that have not been published or submitted elsewhere.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Open Access, Creative Commons
New Voices in Japanese Studies is committed to open-access publishing. All content in New Voices in Japanese Studies is free to access, and no publication fees are required from authors. In the spirit of furthering open access, all content in New Voices in Japanese Studies will be licensed under a Creative Commons CC-BY- NC-ND 4.0 licence starting from Volume 8.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access, Creative Commons
New Voices in Japanese Studies is committed to open-access publishing. All content in New Voices in Japanese Studies is free to access, and no publication fees are required from authors. In the spirit of furthering open access, all content in New Voices in Japanese Studies will be licensed under a Creative Commons CC-BY- NC-ND 4.0 licence starting from Volume 8.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Double-blind peer review
Double-blind peer review by at least two experts, plus internal review by Guest Editor and Series Editor. Model summary
New Voices in Japanese Studies is a refereed journal. All submissions are double-blind peer-reviewed by at least two independent academic experts to meet the Australian HERDC requirements for refereed journal status, and also benefit from feedback from the academic guest editor.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism Policy
New Voices in Japanese Studies is committed to ensuring that all papers published are original contributions to literature in their field. Originality is vetted through supervisor recommendation at the submission stage and a rigorous peer review process. Beginning with Volume 10, the journal also employs Ithenticate plagiarism detection software to ensure the originality of published work. New Voi…
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
- The Japan Foundation, Sydney
- Country or region
- Australia
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1833-5233
- Electronic ISSN
- 2204-194X
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about New Voices
How long does peer review take at New Voices?
Authors report an average review time of about 30 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 New Voices based?
Of the 6 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Japan (4), Australia (1) and New Zealand (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index New Voices?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, New Voices is indexed in DOAJ.
Is New Voices open access, and what is the APC?
New Voices 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: .