Journal profile
Pacific Arts
ISSN 1018-4252 · eISSN 2769-108X · eScholarship Publishing, University of California · United States
Pacific Arts: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 67 weeks (community reports); 28 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Pacific Arts is published by eScholarship Publishing, University of California. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Art, Politics, and Modernism, Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies and Indigenous Cultures and History, together about 37.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Visual Arts and Performing Arts. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Pacific Arts welcomes papers on the arts of Oceania and its diasporas focusing on visual arts, material cultures, and heritage arts. The scope is temporally broad, highlighting both historical and current topics while engaging with a wide range of creative mediums, forms, and subject matter. Pacific Arts is dedicated to providing an inclusive space for the expression of diverse perspectives, and encourages interdisciplinary approaches to the examination of the political, social, economic, cultural, aesthetic, and environmental stakes in the production and study of Indigenous visual and material cultures in Oceania, past and present.Pacific Arts accepts submissions for scholarly articles, research notes (short communications related to academic scholarship or creative practice), discussion forums, and reviews of books, exhibitions, and media. The journal occasionally includes special features focused on specific artists and exhibitions; we invite proposals and submissions for these as well.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 7, New Zealand 3, United Kingdom 2, Australia 2, Canada 1 (16 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Art, Politics, and ModernismArts and Humanities16.7%
- Pacific and Southeast Asian StudiesSocial Sciences11.7%
- Indigenous Cultures and HistorySocial Sciences9.2%
- Libraries and Information ServicesArts and Humanities9.2%
- Australian Indigenous Culture and HistorySocial Sciences7.5%
- Asian American and Pacific HistoriesSocial Sciences5.8%
- Island Studies and Pacific AffairsSocial Sciences5.8%
- Artistic and Creative ResearchArts and Humanities4.7%
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
- 2OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 163 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 13 | 13 | 3 |
| 2025 | 28 | 28 | 4 |
| 2024 | 13 | 13 | 6 |
| 2023 | 30 | 30 | 1 |
| 2022 | 42 | 42 | 6 |
| 2021 | 28 | 28 | 0 |
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 67 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 67 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous 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-NC-ND | |
| 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
- book reviewWander, Maggie Book review: Cassandra Coblentz, editor, Transformative Currents: Art and Action in the Pacific Ocean. X Artists’ Books and Oceanside Museum of A…Length not stated
- reviewBook Review: Transformative Currents: Art and Action in the Pacific Ocean, edited by Cassandra CoblentzWander, Maggie Book review: Cassandra Coblentz, editor, T…Length not stated
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
- eScholarship Publishing, University of California
- Country or region
- United States
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1018-4252
- Electronic ISSN
- 2769-108X
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- 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 Pacific Arts
How long does peer review take at Pacific Arts?
Authors report an average review time of about 67 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 Pacific Arts based?
Of the 16 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (7), New Zealand (3) and United Kingdom (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Pacific Arts?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Pacific Arts is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Pacific Arts open access, and what is the APC?
Pacific Arts 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: .