Journal profile
Opera slavica
ISSN 1211-7676 · eISSN 2336-4459 · Masaryk University · Czechia
Opera slavica: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 30 weeks (community reports); 21 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Opera slavica is published by Masaryk University. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Central European Literary Studies, Russian Literature and Bakhtin Studies and Linguistics and Language Studies, together about 28.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Language and Linguistics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Opera Slavica is a peer-reviewed scientific journal whose main mission is to make a broad communication platform covering all Slavic languages and literatures for researching Slavic philology with overlaps to translatology, cultural studies, and many other humanities and social sciences, and to cultivate main topics and new methodological approaches in the area of European Slavonic Studies. Issues of the journal are therefore open to not only purely linguistic or literary topics but also papers with significant interdisciplinary overlap. The Reviews section systematically monitors and critically reviews the relevant works of linguistic and literary Slavic Studies. The journal is published by Masaryk University (The Department of Slavonic Studies, Faculty of Arts of MU) from 1991. There are published two issues a year in print and electronic form. The journal has four sections: Studies (including thematic block), Discussion and Review Articles, Reviews and News. The thematic block includes at least 4 longer papers on a pre-selected and well in advance announced topic, reflecting current research issues, ongoing debates, important scholarly and cultural events, and anniversaries. This thematic block is then followed by other papers. The recommended length of each type of contribution is as follows: research papers: 20,000–45,000 characters with spaces, discussion and review articles: max. 36,000 characters with spaces, reviews and news: min. 3,600 and max. 18,000 characters with spaces. The journal accepts texts written in any Slavic language as well as in English and German. All papers in Studies section (including thematic block) undergo anonymous peer review, which is carried out at the request of the Executive Editorial Board by a group of lecturers comprising Czech and foreign scholars.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Poland 6, Czechia 4, Croatia 4, Germany 3, Russia 2 (26 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Central European Literary StudiesSocial Sciences9.5%
- Russian Literature and Bakhtin StudiesSocial Sciences9.3%
- Linguistics and Language StudiesArts and Humanities9.3%
- Linguistic research and analysisArts and Humanities7%
- Musicology and Musical AnalysisArts and Humanities6.3%
- Linguistics and language evolutionArts and Humanities4.7%
- Classical Studies and PhilologyArts and Humanities4.7%
- Ukrainian Cultural and Linguistic StudiesSocial Sciences4.4%
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
Indexing the journal's website claims
ERIH PLUSPublisher website
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- 2OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.01OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 359 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025 | 21 | 21 | 1 |
| 2024 | 47 | 47 | 0 |
| 2023 | 54 | 54 | 5 |
| 2022 | 50 | 50 | 1 |
| 2021 | 44 | 44 | 1 |
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 30 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 30 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-SA | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Page charges
- No page charges
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 accepted4
- discussion and review articlesArticles are published in four sections: Studies (including thematic block), Discussion and Review Articles, Reviews and News.Length not stated
- newsArticles are published in four sections: Studies (including thematic block), Discussion and Review Articles, Reviews and News.Length not stated
- reviewsArticles are published in four sections: Studies (including thematic block), Discussion and Review Articles, Reviews and News.Length not stated
- studies (including thematic block)Articles are published in four sections: Studies (including thematic block), Discussion and Review Articles, Reviews and News.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism
- License & copyright 1. Information about CC BY-SA 4.0 International
CC BY-SA 4.0 International are publicly available licensing terms that define the conditions under which a work may be used. These conditions must be respected - non-compliance therewith results in infringement of copyright. CC BY-SA 4.0 International grant users certain rights and sets them certain obligations. CC BY-SA 4.0 International authorize the user to "share" the work, i.e. copy, distribu…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access policy
No publication fees (no APC). Model summary
This journal has open access. This journal adheres the Open Access policy and is a so-called "golden" journal that publishes contributions in "Libre Open Access" mode under the terms of the Creative Commons CC BY-SA 4.0 International license (full text available at: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode (CC BY-SA 4.0 International). 1. Information about CC BY-SA 4.0 International…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double-anonymous peer review by two independent reviewers for Studies section; other sections not reviewed. Model summary
Treatises in the section Studies (including thematic block) are reviewed anonymously by two independent reviewers, other sections are not reviewed
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Original work only; not published or under consideration elsewhere. Model summary
The paper has not yet been published, nor is it currently submitted to another journal for consideration
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
- Masaryk University
- Country or region
- Czechia
- Language
- Russian, Polish, Slovak, Bulgarian, Czech
- ISSN
- 1211-7676
- Electronic ISSN
- 2336-4459
- 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
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Opera slavica
How long does peer review take at Opera slavica?
Authors report an average review time of about 30 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 Opera slavica based?
Of the 26 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Poland (6), Czechia (4) and Croatia (4). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Opera slavica?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Opera slavica is indexed in DOAJ. The journal's website also lists ERIH PLUS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Opera slavica open access, and what is the APC?
Opera slavica 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: .