Journal profile
piano b
ISSN 2531-9876 · University of Bologna · Italy
piano b: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 24 weeks (community reports); 2 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
piano b is published by University of Bologna. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Art, Politics, and Modernism, Visual Culture and Art Theory and Photographic and Visual Arts, together about 45.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Visual Arts and Performing Arts and Museology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
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From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Art, Politics, and ModernismArts and Humanities20.3%
- Visual Culture and Art TheoryArts and Humanities17.4%
- Photographic and Visual ArtsArts and Humanities7.7%
- Art, Aesthetics, and PerceptionArts and Humanities7.5%
- Art, Technology, and CultureArts and Humanities7%
- Photography and Visual CultureArts and Humanities4.4%
- Libraries and Information ServicesArts and Humanities3.7%
- Architecture, Modernity, and DesignEngineering3.5%
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
- 2OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.04OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 221 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 37 | 37 | 2 |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | 39 | 39 | 5 |
| 2023 | 12 | 12 | 4 |
| 2022 | 33 | 33 | 1 |
| 2021 | 14 | 14 | 4 |
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Publication ethics
code of ethics according to COPE guidelines Model summary
un codice etico secondo le linee guida del COPE
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International license Model summary
La rivista è rilasciata sotto una licenza Creative Commons Attribuzione-Non Commerciale-Condividi allo stesso modo 4.0 Internazionale
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Metadata (including bibliographic references) released to the public domain Model summary
Tutti i metadati dei materiali pubblicati sono rilasciati in pubblico dominio e possono essere utilizzati da ognuno per qualsiasi scopo. Questi includono i riferimenti bibliografici.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double blind peer review; codice etico secondo linee guida COPE Model summary
un sistema di double blind peer review e un codice etico secondo le linee guida del COPE
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 Bologna
- Country or region
- Italy
- Language
- English, Italian
- ISSN
- 2531-9876
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about piano b
How long does peer review take at piano b?
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.
Which databases index piano b?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, piano b is indexed in DOAJ.
Is piano b open access, and what is the APC?
piano b 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: .