Journal profile
Posts
ISSN 1390-9797 · eISSN 2631-2670 · Universidad San Francisco de Quito · Ecuador
Posts: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 32 weeks (community reports); 40 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Posts is published by Universidad San Francisco de Quito. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Artistic and Creative Research, Art, Politics, and Modernism and Posthumanist Ethics and Activism, together about 34.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Visual Arts and Performing Arts. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
post(s) is a peer-reviewed academic journal published biannually that engages with contemporary debates in cultural studies and artistic practices, fostering interdisciplinary approaches to the study and production of visual culture and contemporary thought across local, regional, and international contexts. The journal is published by the Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Artistic and Creative ResearchArts and Humanities14.6%
- Art, Politics, and ModernismArts and Humanities11.4%
- Posthumanist Ethics and ActivismSocial Sciences8.2%
- Arts and Performance StudiesArts and Humanities8.2%
- Theatre and Performance StudiesArts and Humanities5.9%
- Indigenous Studies in Latin AmericaSocial Sciences5.3%
- Ecocriticism and Environmental LiteratureArts and Humanities4.3%
- Visual Culture and Art TheoryArts and Humanities4.3%
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
- 3OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.03OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 214 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 17 | 17 | 8 |
| 2025 | 40 | 40 | 6 |
| 2024 | 18 | 18 | 7 |
| 2023 | 15 | 15 | 19 |
| 2022 | 17 | 17 | 2 |
| 2021 | 16 | 16 | 6 |
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 32 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 32 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Editorial review, Single 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 websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Self-archiving
- License & copyright Copyright Notice
post(s) is a publication of the Colegio de Comunicación y Artes Contemporáneas of Universidad San Francisco de Quito and USFQ Press. Copyright remains the property of the authors of each article. All content published in the journal, unless otherwise indicated, is released under the condition that authors accept the terms of the Creative Commons License Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Int…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
post(s) operates under an open access policy. All articles are freely and immediately available upon publication and can be accessed and downloaded from http://posts.usfq.edu.ec.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving Self-Archiving Policy
This journal allows and encourages authors to deposit versions of their submitted and published articles on personal websites or institutional repositories, both before and after publication, provided that proper bibliographic citation to the journal is included.
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
- Universidad San Francisco de Quito
- Country or region
- Ecuador
- Language
- English, Spanish
- ISSN
- 1390-9797
- Electronic ISSN
- 2631-2670
- 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
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Posts
How long does peer review take at Posts?
Authors report an average review time of about 32 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 Posts?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Posts is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Posts open access, and what is the APC?
Posts 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: .