Journal profile
Parse Journal
ISSN 2002-0511 · eISSN 2002-0953 · University of Gothenburg · Sweden
Parse Journal: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 16 weeks (community reports); 28 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Parse Journal is published by University of Gothenburg. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Artistic and Creative Research, Literary Theory and Cultural Hermeneutics and Publishing and Scholarly Communication, together about 54.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Visual Arts and Performing Arts and Literature and Literary Theory. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Platform for Artistic Research Sweden publishes open access research and organises events which facilitate dialogue, publication and open peer review. Content aims to address academics, artists and art audiences who are curious about the contribution of research to the arts, and the contribution of the arts to knowledge-making. As a multidisciplinary platform, our purpose is to foster, publish and archive research across disciplines, in an international context.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Artistic and Creative ResearchArts and Humanities33.1%
- Literary Theory and Cultural HermeneuticsArts and Humanities12.8%
- Publishing and Scholarly CommunicationArts and Humanities9%
- Art, Politics, and ModernismArts and Humanities8.5%
- Posthumanist Ethics and ActivismSocial Sciences5%
- Libraries and Information ServicesArts and Humanities3.4%
- Poetry Analysis and CriticismArts and Humanities2.9%
- Visual Culture and Art TheoryArts and Humanities2.5%
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
- 6OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 4OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.03OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 361 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 19 | 19 | 15 |
| 2025 | 28 | 28 | 85 |
| 2024 | 28 | 28 | 10 |
| 2023 | 27 | 27 | 16 |
| 2022 | 53 | 53 | 17 |
| 2021 | 32 | 32 | 10 |
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 16 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 16 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Open 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)
What to prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 150–300 words
- Keywords
- 5–10
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 7,000 words
- Reference style
- Vancouver
Article types accepted8
- audio essayAudio essay, see e.g.: https://parsejournal.com/article/cranial-nerve-number-eight/Length not stated
- essayEssay: poetic, choreographic scoresLength not stated
- full paperFull Paper (max. 7,000 words): A traditional academic paper on the work presented at the conference.Length not stated
- projectProject Stitching Raby Diop’s Presence A Narrative Woven and Dyed in FabricLength not stated
- slideshowSlideshow: A structured visual presentation that communicates key ideas, research findings, or artistic processes.Length not stated
- textText A Conversation about Filmic FabulationsLength not stated
- video essayVideo Essay: A concise audiovisual work demonstrating artistic research in motion.Length not stated
- visual essayVisual Essay (max. 2,000 words + visual content): A combination of text and images presenting your work.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Peer review, Self-archiving
- License & copyright Copyright Notice
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license. Model summary
PARSE is an open access journal and is published under a creative commons license. The authors retain full copyright and publishing rights.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review
Open peer review. Model summary
Review Process (a) to establish suitability for publication in terms of content, relevance and quality (b) to provide critical feedback to enable the author(s) to finalise the article for publication in PARSE. The peer review process is based on an open review process in which there is no anonymity between the author(s) and the reviewer(s). Each contribution is referred to at least two peer review…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving
Authors retain copyright. Model summary
The authors retain full copyright and publishing rights.
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
- University of Gothenburg
- Country or region
- Sweden
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2002-0511
- Print ISSN
- 2002-0953
- Electronic ISSN
- 2002-0953
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Parse Journal
How long does peer review take at Parse Journal?
Authors report an average review time of about 16 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Parse Journal?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 150–300 words; Keywords: 5–10; Manuscript length: ≤ 7,000 words; Reference style: Vancouver. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Which databases index Parse Journal?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Parse Journal is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Parse Journal open access, and what is the APC?
Parse Journal 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: .