Journal profile · HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Open Library of Humanities
ISSN 2056-6700 · Open Library of Humanities · United Kingdom
Open Library of Humanities: CAS Zone 2 · Arts (2025 upgraded edition); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 15 weeks (community reports); 39 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Open Library of Humanities is published by Open Library of Humanities and is in Zone 2 of Arts in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Intellectual Property Law, Utopian, Dystopian, and Speculative Fiction and Medieval Literature and History, together about 22.9% of its articles. (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
- Intellectual Property LawSocial Sciences9.6%
- Utopian, Dystopian, and Speculative FictionArts and Humanities6.8%
- Medieval Literature and HistoryArts and Humanities6.5%
- Library Science and Information SystemsComputer Science6.3%
- Cinema and Media StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.5%
- Digital Games and MediaSocial Sciences5%
- Irish and British StudiesSocial Sciences4.7%
- Contemporary Literature and CriticismArts and Humanities4.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Arts Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Arts | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Humanities, Multidisciplinary | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Arts Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Arts | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Humanities, Multidisciplinary | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- 1.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.27LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.64LetPub ·
- h-index
- 20OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 46OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.27OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 50%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 98.89%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 34LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 488 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 38 | 38 | 5 |
| 2025 | 39 | 39 | 6 |
| 2024 | 33 | 33 | 19 |
| 2023 | 29 | 29 | 39 |
| 2022 | 26 | 26 | 77 |
| 2021 | 44 | 44 | 123 |
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 15 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 15 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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Open Library of Humanities
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- Spanish, English
- ISSN
- 2056-6700
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Open Library of Humanities
What CAS zone is Open Library of Humanities in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Open Library of Humanities is in Zone 2 of Arts, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Humanities, Multidisciplinary. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Arts. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at Open Library of Humanities?
Authors report an average review time of about 15 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 Open Library of Humanities?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Open Library of Humanities is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Open Library of Humanities open access, and what is the APC?
Open Library of Humanities 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; 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: .