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Postmedieval-A Journal of Medieval Cultural Studies
ISSN 2040-5960 · eISSN 2040-5979 · Springer Nature · 4 issues per year
Postmedieval-A Journal of Medieval Cultural Studies: CAS Zone 4 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.52; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,190; median 399 days to acceptance (33 articles, last 24 months); 48 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI, AHCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Postmedieval-A Journal of Medieval Cultural Studies is published by Springer Nature and is in Zone 4 of Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Medieval Literature and History, Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies and Geographies of human-animal interactions, together about 35.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Classics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
postmedieval publishes theoretically driven scholarship on premodernity and its ongoing reverberations. Contributions are characterized by conceptual adventure, stylistic experiment, political urgency, or surprising encounter. The editors are committed to expanding the fields of knowledge and geography represented in the journal, by showcasing scholarship that reaches across disciplines, language traditions, locales, modes of inquiry, and levels of access. Our aim is to facilitate collaborative, ethical, and experimental engagements with the medieval – with its archives and art, its thought and practices, its traces and its enduring possibilities. In general, postmedieval is published four times a year. Some of these are themed, guest-edited issues; others are open-topic. The journal’s editors will consider submissions of individual essays as well as proposals for themed issues. If accepted, individual essays will be published as Online First publications, appearing first as independent articles on the journal website and later in one of the print issues. We will also entertain small, themed clusters of essays to be included in open issues as well as commissioned book-review essays.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 16, United Kingdom 6, India 1, France 1, Australia 1 (29 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Medieval Literature and HistoryArts and Humanities22.2%
- Folklore, Mythology, and Literature StudiesArts and Humanities7%
- Geographies of human-animal interactionsSocial Sciences6.1%
- Reformation and Early Modern ChristianityArts and Humanities4.3%
- Islamic Studies and HistorySocial Sciences4.1%
- Byzantine Studies and HistoryArts and Humanities4%
- Historical, Literary, and Cultural StudiesArts and Humanities3.7%
- Philippine History and CultureSocial Sciences3.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Cultural Studies | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Medieval & Renaissance Studies | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Cultural Studies | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Medieval & Renaissance Studies | Zone 3 |
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 | Medieval & Renaissance Studies | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Cultural Studies | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIAHCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
SCIECurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS
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
- Impact factor
- 0.52LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.5Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.14LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.86LetPub ·
- h-index
- 19OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 42OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.39OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 31.82%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 33LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 125,300Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 713 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 26 | 17 | 0 |
| 2025 | 48 | 23 | 7 |
| 2024 | 58 | 29 | 44 |
| 2023 | 41 | 18 | 34 |
| 2022 | 38 | 12 | 53 |
| 2021 | 14 | 5 | 20 |
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 Crossref · to
399 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 203 days – 513 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 68 days (72 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 437 days
- Sample
- 33 articles with submission and acceptance dates (88 in the window); the latest was accepted on
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".
Other sources
- Submission to first decision
- 27 daysPublisher website ·
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 3,190 / EUR 2,590 / GBP 2,290 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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 websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Self-archiving
- License & copyright Copyright and Permissions
Using third-party material in your articleAuthors are responsible for ensuring that any third-party material (e.g. figures, tables, photos, illustrations, trade literature, or data) is not used without permission. If such material is copyrighted, permission must be obtained and submitted with the final manuscript. The Editor and Publisher must be informed of any restricted-use content at submissio…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access & Self Archiving
Self-archiving (green open access)Where articles are published via the subscription route, authors are permitted to self-archive the accepted manuscript (the version post-peer review, but prior to copy-editing and typesetting) on their own personal website and/or in their funder or institutional repositories, for public release after an embargo period of 12 months after first publication.Learn mor…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double anonymized peer review. Model summary
In the peer review process for postmedieval both authors and reviewers will be anonymous.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Plagiarism screening with iThenticate. Model summary
Manuscripts submitted to the journal are subject to checks using iThenticate to detect instances of overlapping and similar text.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving Open Access & Self Archiving
Self-archiving (green open access)Where articles are published via the subscription route, authors are permitted to self-archive the accepted manuscript (the version post-peer review, but prior to copy-editing and typesetting) on their own personal website and/or in their funder or institutional repositories, for public release after an embargo period of 12 months after first publication.Learn mor…
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
- Springer Nature
- Frequency
- 4 issues per year
- ISSN
- 2040-5960
- Electronic ISSN
- 2040-5979
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 17, Issue 2 (June 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Postmedieval-A Journal of Medieval Cultural Studies
What CAS zone is Postmedieval-A Journal of Medieval Cultural Studies in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Postmedieval-A Journal of Medieval Cultural Studies is in Zone 4 of Sociology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Cultural Studies / Medieval & Renaissance Studies. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Postmedieval-A Journal of Medieval Cultural Studies?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.52; CiteScore 0.5, h-index 19.
How long does peer review take at Postmedieval-A Journal of Medieval Cultural Studies?
Based on the dates recorded on 33 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 399 days (interquartile range 203–513 days). 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 Postmedieval-A Journal of Medieval Cultural Studies based?
Of the 29 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (16), United Kingdom (6) and India (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Postmedieval-A Journal of Medieval Cultural Studies?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Postmedieval-A Journal of Medieval Cultural Studies is indexed in SSCI, AHCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists SCIE and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Postmedieval-A Journal of Medieval Cultural Studies open access, and what is the APC?
Postmedieval-A Journal of Medieval Cultural Studies is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,190.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .