Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-Conservation
Proceedings from the Document Academy
ISSN 2473-215X · University of Akron · United States
Proceedings from the Document Academy: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 10 weeks (community reports); 29 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Proceedings from the Document Academy is published by University of Akron. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Digital and Traditional Archives Management, Information Science and Libraries and Library Science and Information, together about 47.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Information Systems. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Proceedings from the Document Academy publishes 1–2 issues a year as a record of the activities of the Document Academy, including peer-reviewed conference proceedings and special issues. The Document Academy is an international network of scholars, artists, and professionals in various fields, who are interested in the exploration of the concept of the document as a resource for scholarly, artistic, and professional work. The Document Academy fosters a multidisciplinary space for experimental and critical research on the document in the widest sense, drawing on scholarship, traditions, and experiences from the arts, humanities, social sciences, education, and natural science, and from diverse fields, such as information, media, museum, archives, culture and science studies. The Document Academy originated as a co-sponsored effort by the Program of Documentation Studies, University of Tromsø, Norway, and the School of Information, University of California, Berkeley. Learn more about the Document Academy at https://documentacademy.org/ The Proceedings language is English.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Arts and Humanities-Conservation
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Digital and Traditional Archives ManagementArts and Humanities21.1%
- Information Science and LibrariesComputer Science15.5%
- Library Science and InformationComputer Science10.7%
- Libraries and Information ServicesArts and Humanities5.9%
- Digital Humanities and ScholarshipArts and Humanities5.6%
- Library Science and AdministrationSocial Sciences3.6%
- Cultural Insights and Digital ImpactsComputer Science2.9%
- Library Science and Information SystemsComputer Science2.7%
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.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conservation | Q3 | 63/108 | 42nd |
| Library and Information Sciences | Q4 | 236/296 | 20th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.12LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.11LetPub ·
- h-index
- 8OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 4OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.35OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 299 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 46 |
| 2025 | 29 | 29 | 42 |
| 2024 | 33 | 33 | 55 |
| 2023 | 24 | 24 | 52 |
| 2022 | 25 | 25 | 39 |
| 2021 | 21 | 21 | 38 |
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 10 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 10 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Unspecified 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 | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
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 prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 150–200 words
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 5,000 words
- Reference style
- APA
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Authorship
Word limit Model summary
Unless stated otherwise, manuscripts should be 2,500–5,000 words.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Statement of Publication Ethics
COPE Model summary
The Document Academy and its journal, Proceedings from the Document Academy, follow the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Core Practices. As part of this, the journal upholds the following policies. The editors of the journal are responsible for deciding which submissions to the journal get published. These decisions are made without regard to authors' ethnicity, race, gender, sexual orientat…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright
CC-BY license Model summary
Works published in Proceedings from the Document Academy are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, specifically CC-BY.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Open access Model summary
Proceedings from the Document Academyis an open-access publication. All of the journal's contents are available online free of charge immediately upon publication.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Peer review Model summary
Articles in Proceedings from the Document Academy are peer-reviewed.
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 Akron
- Country or region
- United States
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2473-215X
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 12, Issue 2 (2025)
- 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 Proceedings from the Document Academy
How long does peer review take at Proceedings from the Document Academy?
Authors report an average review time of about 10 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 Proceedings from the Document Academy?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 150–200 words; Manuscript length: ≤ 5,000 words; Reference style: APA. 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 Proceedings from the Document Academy?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Proceedings from the Document Academy is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Proceedings from the Document Academy open access, and what is the APC?
Proceedings from the Document Academy 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: .