Journal profile
Old World
ISSN 2667-0755 · Brill · Netherlands
Old World: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 26 weeks (community reports); 16 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Old World is published by Brill. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Ancient Egypt and Archaeology, Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies and Ancient Near East History, together about 36% of its articles. Its main subfields are Archeology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Old World publishes contributions in all the humanities which deal with different aspects of the African and Eurasian past. It aims to enrich the academic discourse by promoting high-quality research that moves beyond the conventional Eurocentric paradigms. To achieve this goal, Old World particularly endorses two methodological approaches. On the one hand, the journal is interested in contributions that examine Africa and Eurasia as a networked space, prioritizing connections and exchange over the geographically constrained studies related to political and cultural 'centres' in the past or present. On the other, the journal encourages authors to creatively incorporate into their research elements of ontological frameworks and insightful concepts from the cultures of their study. Old World's emphasis on the study of premodern Africa and Eurasia as a networked space takes methodological inspiration from the Global History approach, which views the world in the past as an inter-connected area, without imposing on it the perspective of Western Europe or other hegemonistic areas. The editors of Old World believe that the insights of Global History apply to a broader range of disciplines, and they encourage authors to focus on the connections and exchange in their studies of such fields as Art History, Philosophy, Archaeology, Linguistics, and Literature. By encouraging the creative use of premodern ontological systems, Old World aims to overcome some of the constraints related to the imposition of the Eurocentric discourse on the study of historical societies. The ontological and terminological systems employed in premodern sources may reflect a more adequate way of explaining the realities of the time than what can be achieved using the conventional academic vocabulary. Therefore, Old World welcomes contributions that thoroughly examine and explain useful concepts from premodern cultures and adopt them as an analytical tool, and not merely as an object of study. Such concepts can be used to elucidate the societies where they had been conceived, as well as to explain realities of other regions and historical periods.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Zhi CHENPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Ancient Egypt and ArchaeologyArts and Humanities16%
- Ancient and Medieval Archaeology StudiesArts and Humanities12%
- Ancient Near East HistoryArts and Humanities8%
- Classical Antiquity StudiesSocial Sciences6.4%
- Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and HistoryArts and Humanities5.6%
- African Studies and GeopoliticsSocial Sciences4.8%
- Archaeology and ancient environmental studiesEarth and Planetary Sciences4%
- Archaeological and Geological StudiesArts and Humanities4%
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
- 5OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.29OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 51 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 2025 | 16 | 16 | 58 |
| 2024 | 8 | 8 | 16 |
| 2023 | 9 | 9 | 8 |
| 2022 | 7 | 7 | 4 |
| 2021 | 7 | 7 | 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 26 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 26 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Unspecified 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 | — |
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, with length limits
- review articleiography. Except special cases, such as review articles covering a broad range of primary and secondary sources, articles should not exceed 12,000 words. - Subm…main text ≤ 12,000 words
- review articlesReview articlesLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access
Open Access journal fully funded by RCHC. Model summary
OW is an Open Access journal, fully-funded by the Research Centre For History and Culture (RCHC).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double-blind peer review with at least two external reviewers per article, including special issues. Model summary
Peer Review Policy: Old World is a double-blind peer-reviewed journal. Each article published has been reviewed anonymously by at least two external reviewers. This includes articles published in special issues.
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
- Brill
- Country or region
- Netherlands
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2667-0755
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- 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 Old World
How long does peer review take at Old World?
Authors report an average review time of about 26 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 Old World?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Old World is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Old World open access, and what is the APC?
Old World 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: .