Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-History
Noctua
ISSN 2284-1180 · E-theca OnLineOpenAccess Edizioni · Italy
Noctua: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 30 weeks (community reports); 33 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Noctua is published by E-theca OnLineOpenAccess Edizioni. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Medieval Philosophy and Theology, Historical Philosophy and Science and Medieval Literature and History, together about 40.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Philosophy and History. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Noctua è una rivista a revisione paritaria che mira a rendere disponibili in formato Diamond Open Access (gratis per i lettori e per gli autori, con licenza CC BY) contributi che intendono rappresentare lo stato dell’arte sui problemi della storia del pensiero filosofico e scientifico dai suoi inizi all’età moderna. La rivista incoraggia l’invio di contributi su tutti gli aspetti della tradizione filosofica e scientifica dall’antichità all’età moderna in ambito occidentale, arabo, e bizantino, intesa in senso ampio (ovvero riguardante discipline marcatamente filosofiche come logica, metafisica, etica, oppure riguardante discipline scientifiche come fisica, medicina, storia naturale, nonché le loro applicazioni tecniche, e le loro intersezioni o trattazioni multidisciplinari), e sulle loro discussioni storiografiche. Sono egualmente pubblicati contributi in ambiti affini, quali la storia delle idee, la storia intellettuale e la storia culturale.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Arts and Humanities-History
Editor-in-chief Stefano CarotiPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Medieval Philosophy and TheologyArts and Humanities19.7%
- Historical Philosophy and ScienceArts and Humanities10.9%
- Medieval Literature and HistoryArts and Humanities9.9%
- Seventeenth-Century Political and Philosophical ThoughtArts and Humanities8.7%
- Classical Philosophy and ThoughtArts and Humanities7.1%
- Renaissance and Early Modern StudiesArts and Humanities6.3%
- Medieval and Classical PhilosophyArts and Humanities5.4%
- Augustinian Studies and TheologyArts 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.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| History | Q3 | 1131/1936 | 41st |
| Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) | Q3 | 438/692 | 36th |
| Philosophy | Q3 | 586/891 | 34th |
| History and Philosophy of Science | Q3 | 182/254 | 28th |
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
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
- 0.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.11LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.47LetPub ·
- h-index
- 3OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 297 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 18 | 18 | 13 |
| 2025 | 33 | 33 | 2 |
| 2024 | 28 | 28 | 6 |
| 2023 | 17 | 17 | 17 |
| 2022 | 13 | 13 | 5 |
| 2021 | 15 | 15 | 4 |
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
- 180 daysPublisher website ·
- 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 | |
| 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 accepted1, with length limits
- reviewes, bibliographic news, conferences, or review essays (max 6,000 words). Articles and editions are published in the Studi section,main text ≤ 6,000 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Conflicts of interest, Publication ethics, Peer review, Plagiarism
- AI use
Authors may use AI tools only to improve grammar and syntax; use must be declared. Model summary
Uso consentito: gli strumenti di intelligenza artificiale possono essere utilizzati esclusivamente per migliorare grammatica e sintassi, e il loro uso va comunque dichiarato da parte degli autori.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest
Reviewers must guarantee manuscript confidentiality; manuscripts must not be uploaded to AI software or portals. Model summary
Tutti i revisori sono tenuti a garantire la riservatezza del manoscritto. Ciò implica che il manoscritto non deve essere caricato su software o portali di intelligenza artificiale, poiché in tali casi è impossibile garantirne la riservatezza.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
Suspected AI misuse triggers editorial and ethical examination; outcomes may include rejection, formal retraction, and notification of stakeholders. Model summary
sospette violazioni relative all’uso dell’intelligenza artificiale comportano un esame editoriale ed etico del lavoro proposto o eventualmente già pubblicato, e richieste di chiarimento agli autori. Gli esiti di tale valutazione possono includere il rigetto del manoscritto, il suo ritiro formale dalla pubblicazione, e la notifica alle parti interessate.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double-blind peer review for external reviewers; author does not know reviewer identity and vice versa. Model summary
Nei confronti dei revisori esterni la rivista adotta un meccanismo di revisione “double-blind”, secondo il quale l’autore (inteso anche come curatore) non conosce l’identità del revisore e viceversa.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
All manuscripts are screened for plagiarism using Turnitin. Model summary
Ogni manoscritto è sottoposto a controllo antiplagio attraverso il software Turnitin.
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
- E-theca OnLineOpenAccess Edizioni
- Country or region
- Italy
- Language
- Spanish, Italian, English, French, Portuguese, German
- ISSN
- 2284-1180
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Noctua
How long does peer review take at Noctua?
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.
Which databases index Noctua?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Noctua is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Noctua open access, and what is the APC?
Noctua 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .