Journal profile
Nordisk Ostforum
ISSN 1891-1773 · Cappelen Damm Akademisk NOASP · Norway
Nordisk Ostforum: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 20 weeks (community reports); 25 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Nordisk Ostforum is published by Cappelen Damm Akademisk NOASP. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Soviet and Russian History, Eastern European Communism and Reforms and European Politics and Security, together about 42.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Political Science and International Relations. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Nordisk Østforum (NØF) dekker politisk, økonomisk og kulturell utvikling i Øst-Europa (inkludert Balkan), Russland, Sør-Kaukasus og Sentral-Asia.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Finland 3 (3 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Soviet and Russian HistorySocial Sciences19.2%
- Eastern European Communism and ReformsSocial Sciences11.9%
- European Politics and SecuritySocial Sciences11%
- European and Russian Geopolitical Military StrategiesSocial Sciences7.1%
- Sociopolitical Dynamics in RussiaSocial Sciences5.4%
- Post-Soviet Geopolitical DynamicsSocial Sciences4.7%
- Russia and Soviet political economySocial Sciences4.5%
- Historical Geopolitical and Social DynamicsSocial Sciences3.6%
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
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
- 16OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 31OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.32OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 950 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 2025 | 25 | 25 | 73 |
| 2024 | 28 | 28 | 105 |
| 2023 | 41 | 41 | 112 |
| 2022 | 43 | 43 | 125 |
| 2021 | 45 | 45 | 121 |
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 20 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 20 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 | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Other fees
- No other fees
- Page charges
- No page charges
- 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 prepare5 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 150–200 words
- Keywords
- 3–5
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 7,000 words
- Reference style
- APA
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access
- License & copyright
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY 4.0) Model summary
Dette tidsskriftet publiseres i henhold til lisensen Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY 4.0)
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Open access; journal no longer active but archives remain openly available online Model summary
Tidsskriftet er ikke lenger aktivt, men alle utgaver foreligger i digital form og vil fortsette å være åpent tilgjengelig på internett.
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
- Cappelen Damm Akademisk NOASP
- Country or region
- Norway
- Language
- Swedish, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål
- ISSN
- 1891-1773
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Nordisk Ostforum
How long does peer review take at Nordisk Ostforum?
Authors report an average review time of about 20 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Nordisk Ostforum?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 150–200 words; Keywords: 3–5; Manuscript length: ≤ 7,000 words; Reference style: APA; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Nordisk Ostforum based?
Of the 3 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Finland (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Nordisk Ostforum?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Nordisk Ostforum is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Nordisk Ostforum open access, and what is the APC?
Nordisk Ostforum 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: .