Journal profile
OnCulture
ISSN 2366-4142 · International Graduate Centre for the Study of Culture · Germany
OnCulture: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 26 weeks (community reports); 22 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
OnCulture is published by International Graduate Centre for the Study of Culture. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Art, Politics, and Modernism, Posthumanist Ethics and Activism and Gender and Feminist Studies, together about 21.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Visual Arts and Performing Arts and Literature and Literary Theory. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
On_Culture: The Open Journal for the Study of Culture is a biannual, peer-reviewed scholar-led journal created and edited by doctoral researchers, postdocs and professors working at the GCSC. It provides a platform and forum for pursuing and reflecting on the study of culture. It investigates, problematizes and develops key concepts and methods in the field. More often than not, developing such new approaches and emerging topics is a collaborative and collective process. On_Culture is dedicated to fostering such collective processes and the cultural dynamics at work in thinking about and reflecting on culture. The journal consists of three sections: academic _Articles (double-blind peer review), _Essays and _Perspectives such as video clips, interviews and visual statements, which can be submitted on a rolling basis. On_Culture is the result of collaborative processes and emergent structures in the field of e-publishing. On_Culture puts new approaches and emerging topics in the (trans)national study of culture 'on the line' and, in so doing, fills the gap____ between 'on' and 'culture'. There are numerous ways of filling the gap, and the plurality of approaches is something for which we strive with each new issue. The journal offers numerous opportunities to contribute: calls for abstracts released biannually seek contributors of peer-reviewed academic _Articles and (review) _Essays, while ideas for our shorter _Perspectives (textual, visual, graphic…you name it!) pertaining to any and all issue topics are welcome at any time.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Germany 1, Poland 1, Mexico 1 (3 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Art, Politics, and ModernismArts and Humanities8.2%
- Posthumanist Ethics and ActivismSocial Sciences7.4%
- Gender and Feminist StudiesSocial Sciences5.6%
- Visual Culture and Art TheoryArts and Humanities5.6%
- Contemporary Literature and CriticismArts and Humanities5.2%
- Cinema History and CriticismArts and Humanities5.2%
- Cultural Studies and PostmodernismSocial Sciences5.2%
- Literary Theory and Cultural HermeneuticsArts and Humanities5.2%
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
- 3OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.1OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 214 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 2025 | 22 | 22 | 15 |
| 2024 | 24 | 24 | 12 |
| 2023 | 22 | 22 | 11 |
| 2022 | 19 | 19 | 8 |
| 2021 | 96 | 96 | 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 26 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 26 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 | — |
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 accepted6
- _article_Article submissions are subject to a double-blind peer review process in which the identity of the reviewer and the author are concealed from both parties.Length not stated
- _articlesIt publishes original scholarly _Articles and _Essays biannually as well as _Perspectives in a wide range of genres and media formats and on a rolling basis.Length not stated
- _essay_Essays provide critical overviews of literature related to the topic of a respective issue.Length not stated
- _essaysIt publishes original scholarly _Articles and _Essays biannually as well as _Perspectives in a wide range of genres and media formats and on a rolling basis.Length not stated
- _perspective_Perspectives comprise all sorts of contributions (creative writing, interviews, opinion pieces, photo galleries, artwork, graphs, maps, etc.) in various media …Length not stated
- _perspectivesIt publishes original scholarly _Articles and _Essays biannually as well as _Perspectives in a wide range of genres and media formats and on a rolling basis.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access
Open Access refereed journal Model summary
On_Culture is an Open Access refereed journal focusing on conceptual and methodological approaches to the study of culture.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double-blind peer review for _Articles Model summary
academic _Articles (double-blind peer review)
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
- International Graduate Centre for the Study of Culture
- Country or region
- Germany
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2366-4142
- 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 OnCulture
How long does peer review take at OnCulture?
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.
Where are the editorial board members of OnCulture 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 Germany (1), Poland (1) and Mexico (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index OnCulture?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, OnCulture is indexed in DOAJ.
Is OnCulture open access, and what is the APC?
OnCulture 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: .