Journal profile
Palaver
ISSN 2280-4250 · Università del Salento · Italy
Palaver: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 11 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Palaver is published by Università del Salento. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are European Linguistics and Anthropology, Italian Literature and Culture and Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies, together about 22.5% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Palaver publishes scientific articles related to the various fields encompassed by Cultural Anthropology, Linguistics, Modern Foreign Languages, and covers issues concerned with cultural dynamics, intercultural relations, diasporas and related literary production, migration, and translation.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Italy 13, Canada 1, Portugal 1, Russia 1 (16 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- European Linguistics and AnthropologySocial Sciences8.7%
- Italian Literature and CultureArts and Humanities7%
- Folklore, Mythology, and Literature StudiesArts and Humanities6.8%
- Balkans: History, Politics, SocietySocial Sciences6.3%
- Musicology and Musical AnalysisArts and Humanities5.8%
- Cultural Heritage Management and PreservationArts and Humanities5.3%
- Cultural Identity and HeritageArts and Humanities5.1%
- Postcolonial and Cultural Literary StudiesArts and Humanities4.8%
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
ANVURPublisher 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
- 4OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.02OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 334 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 26 | 26 | 4 |
| 2025 | 11 | 11 | 6 |
| 2024 | 25 | 25 | 8 |
| 2023 | 17 | 17 | 5 |
| 2022 | 12 | 12 | 6 |
| 2021 | 24 | 24 | 14 |
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 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 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-NC-ND | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Publication ethics Publication Ethics
Palaver takes the commitment to comply all possible measures against any publication malpractices and plagiarism. All authors submitting their manuscripts to Palaver for publication as original articles, short notes, reviews or invited papers, attest that they are based on authors’ contributions and have not been copied or plagiarized in whole or in part from other works. The authors should declar…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Authors who publish with this publication accept all the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons license at the link below. Gli autori che pubblicano in questa rivista accettano i termini e le condizioni specificate nella licenza Creative Commons di cui al link sottostante. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/it/legalcode
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
This publication provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.There is no APC or submission fee to publish a work in this journal.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
Double-blind peer review Model summary
All article submission will be forwarded to two reviewers for 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
- Università del Salento
- Country or region
- Italy
- Language
- English, Italian
- ISSN
- 2280-4250
- 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 Palaver
How long does peer review take at Palaver?
Authors report an average review time of about 12 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 Palaver 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 Italy (13), Canada (1) and Portugal (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Palaver?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Palaver is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Palaver open access, and what is the APC?
Palaver 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: .