Journal profile
Peregrinations
ISSN 1554-8678 · International Society for the Study of Pilgrimage Art · United States
Peregrinations: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 24 weeks (community reports).
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Peregrinations is published by International Society for the Study of Pilgrimage Art. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Medieval Literature and History, Medieval European History and Architecture and Religious Tourism and Spaces, together about 55.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are History. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Begun in 2002, Peregrinations: Journal of Medieval Art and Architecture, ISSN 1554-8678 (online), is published periodically. Topics of research include: medieval art and architectural history, as well as medieval history and religion that pertain to medieval visual culture. It is open-access, peer-reviewed, and encourages more illustrations than a typical print journal. It also publishes photographs…
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Medieval Literature and HistoryArts and Humanities22.2%
- Medieval European History and ArchitectureArts and Humanities22.2%
- Religious Tourism and SpacesSocial Sciences11.1%
- Historical Art and Architecture StudiesArts and Humanities7.4%
- Biblical Studies and InterpretationArts and Humanities3.7%
- Early Modern Spanish LiteratureArts and Humanities3.7%
- Catholicism and Religious StudiesArts and Humanities3.7%
- Medieval and Early Modern IberiaArts and Humanities3.7%
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
Indexing the journal's website claims
EBSCO, Project MusePublisher 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
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 9 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 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 24 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 24 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-SA | |
| 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
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 9,000 words
- Reference style
- Chicago
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted6
- book reviewBook Reviews should be relatively short (no longer than 3,000) words and preferably illustrated. Book reviews will be solicited or assigned by the editors. Unso…Length not stated
- book reviewsBook Reviews should be relatively short (no longer than 3,000) words and preferably illustrated. Book reviews will be solicited or assigned by the editors.Length not stated
- juried articlesJuried Articles should not exceed 9,000 words (except by special request). Short notes as well as long articles are welcome. We are also interested in review ar…Length not stated
- non-juried articlesNon-juried Articles should generally be shorter (less than 4,000 words). These can be more popular or personal approaches to medieval art, travel accounts, prel…Length not stated
- photo essaysPhoto Essays can be scholarly or written in a more popular mode. They should contain images for which you own the copyright (i.e. you took the pictures yourself…Length not stated
- tiny articlesHave you made a worthy discovery, completed research on some form of medieval art or architecture that didn’t seem to cover enough material to warrant a full ar…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, License & copyright
- Authorship
Authors retain copyright; journal credited as site of original publication. Model summary
Authors will retain copyright to their own articles, but Peregrinations: Journal of Medieval Art & Architecture asks to be credited as the site of the original publication.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Issues
Published material under CC BY-NC-SA license. Model summary
Authors will retain copyright to their own articles, but Peregrinations: Journal of Medieval Art & Architecture asks to be credited as the site of the original publication. Unless otherwise stated, all published material in the journal is published under Creative Commons License Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA).
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
- International Society for the Study of Pilgrimage Art
- Country or region
- United States
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1554-8678
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 10, Issue 1 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- 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 Peregrinations
How long does peer review take at Peregrinations?
Authors report an average review time of about 24 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 Peregrinations?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Manuscript length: ≤ 9,000 words; Reference style: Chicago; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Cover letter: Required. 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 Peregrinations?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Peregrinations is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Peregrinations open access, and what is the APC?
Peregrinations 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: .