Journal profile · HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
October
ISSN 0162-2870 · eISSN 1536-013X · MIT Press
October: CAS Zone 3 · Arts (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; 28 articles in 2025; indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
October is published by MIT Press and is in Zone 3 of Arts in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Art, Politics, and Modernism, Cinema and Media Studies and Visual Culture and Art Theory, together about 42% of its articles. Its main subfields are Visual Arts and Performing Arts. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Art, Politics, and ModernismArts and Humanities23%
- Cinema and Media StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance10.6%
- Visual Culture and Art TheoryArts and Humanities8.4%
- Photography and Visual CultureArts and Humanities7.6%
- Art, Technology, and CultureArts and Humanities5.8%
- Italian Fascism and Post-war SocietySocial Sciences4.7%
- Art History and Market AnalysisArts and Humanities4%
- French Historical and Cultural StudiesArts and Humanities3.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Arts Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Arts | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Humanities, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Arts Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Arts | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Humanities, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Humanities, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
AHCIScopusLetPub
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
- 0.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.13LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.34LetPub ·
- h-index
- 77OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 428OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.22OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 21LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,662 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 24 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 28 | 2 | 1 |
| 2024 | 37 | 4 | 18 |
| 2023 | 32 | 5 | 8 |
| 2022 | 28 | 2 | 13 |
| 2021 | 35 | 1 | 75 |
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.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- MIT Press
- ISSN
- 0162-2870
- Electronic ISSN
- 1536-013X
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about October
What CAS zone is October in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, October is in Zone 3 of Arts, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Humanities, Multidisciplinary. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Arts. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index October?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, October is indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Is October open access, and what is the APC?
October is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; 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: .