Journal profile · HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Papers of the British School at Rome
ISSN 0068-2462 · eISSN 2045-239X · Cambridge University Press
Papers of the British School at Rome: CAS Zone 3 · History (2025 upgraded edition); hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,550; 32 articles in 2025; indexed in AHCI and Scopus; the journal's website says it has ceased publication; the journal's website says it has moved to a new publisher.
The journal's website says it has ceased publication: Cambridge University Press will have ceased publication of Papers of the British School at Rome on completion of Volume 93/ 2025. Source ↗Publisher website ·
The journal's website says it has moved to a new publisher: No longer published by Cambridge University Press Source ↗Publisher website ·
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Papers of the British School at Rome is published by Cambridge University Press and is in Zone 3 of History in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History, Historical and Religious Studies of Rome and Classical Antiquity Studies, together about 44.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Archeology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Published on behalf of the British School at RomeThe Papers of the British School at Rome is a peer reviewed international journal devoted to research on Italy from the whole range of the humanities disciplines. It contains articles on the entire period from prehistory to the contemporary, and with important archaeological news, including the latest discoveries in the city of Rome.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Editor-in-chief Florian MussgnugPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and HistoryArts and Humanities19.1%
- Historical and Religious Studies of RomeArts and Humanities12.9%
- Classical Antiquity StudiesSocial Sciences12.4%
- Archaeological Research and ProtectionEarth and Planetary Sciences6.4%
- Archaeology and Historical StudiesArts and Humanities5.1%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.9%
- Byzantine Studies and HistoryArts and Humanities4.4%
- Maritime and Coastal ArchaeologyArts and Humanities3.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)History Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | History | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Humanities, Multidisciplinary | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)History Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | History | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Humanities, Multidisciplinary | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Sociology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Humanities, Multidisciplinary | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
AHCIScopusLetPub
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
- 0.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.17LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.31LetPub ·
- h-index
- 66OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 324OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.22OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 50%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 21.74%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 15LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,679 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 | 5 | 0 |
| 2024 | 32 | 14 | 14 |
| 2023 | 41 | 9 | 7 |
| 2022 | 28 | 6 | 9 |
| 2021 | 32 | 6 | 40 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with PubMed · to
Too few articlesOnly 1 articles from the last 24 months carry both submission and acceptance dates, too few for a median
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,550 / GBP 2,460 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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 websiteOpen access
- Open access
Cambridge University Press ceased publication of Papers of the British School at Rome on completion of Volume 93/2025. From 2026, the journal is published by Open Book Publishers. Model summary
Cambridge University Press will have ceased publication of Papers of the British School at Rome on completion of Volume 93/ 2025. From 2026, the journal is published by Open Book Publishers.
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
- Cambridge University Press
- ISSN
- 0068-2462
- Electronic ISSN
- 2045-239X
- Society / sponsor
- British School at Rome
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Papers of the British School at Rome
What CAS zone is Papers of the British School at Rome in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Papers of the British School at Rome is in Zone 3 of History, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Humanities, Multidisciplinary. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of History. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index Papers of the British School at Rome?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Papers of the British School at Rome is indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Is Papers of the British School at Rome open access, and what is the APC?
Papers of the British School at Rome is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,550.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .