Journal profile
RBM
ISSN 1529-6407 · eISSN 2150-668X · Association of College and Research Libraries · United States
RBM: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 25 weeks (community reports); 11 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
RBM is published by Association of College and Research Libraries. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Digital and Traditional Archives Management, Libraries, Manuscripts, and Books and Libraries and Information Services, together about 61% of its articles. Its main subfields are Information Systems. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
RBM is a peer-reviewed journal publishing articles on the theory and practice of library special collections, archives, cultural heritage institutions, and related fields. Content in RBM generally assumes two forms: articles and reviews.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Digital and Traditional Archives ManagementArts and Humanities22.3%
- Libraries, Manuscripts, and BooksArts and Humanities21.2%
- Libraries and Information ServicesArts and Humanities17.5%
- Library Science and InformationComputer Science9.8%
- Information Science and LibrariesComputer Science4.1%
- Digital Humanities and ScholarshipArts and Humanities3.9%
- Library Science and Information LiteracySocial Sciences2.8%
- Library Collection Development and Digital ResourcesComputer Science2.6%
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
- 14OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 28OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.07OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 456 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 9 | 9 | 24 |
| 2025 | 11 | 11 | 43 |
| 2024 | 23 | 23 | 50 |
| 2023 | 16 | 16 | 65 |
| 2022 | 14 | 14 | 62 |
| 2021 | 14 | 14 | 66 |
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 25 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 25 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 | |
| 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 websiteAI use
- AI use Policy on Use of Generative AI (2026)
RBM: a Journal of Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Cultural Heritage publishes articles of interest to the special collections and archives professions on a wide variety of topics. In this field where we seek to collect, preserve, and provide access to the documentary record of human history, it is of particular importance to think carefully about how machine learning, and in particular, Generative AI…
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
- Association of College and Research Libraries
- Country or region
- United States
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1529-6407
- Electronic ISSN
- 2150-668X
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about RBM
How long does peer review take at RBM?
Authors report an average review time of about 25 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 RBM?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, RBM is indexed in DOAJ.
Is RBM open access, and what is the APC?
RBM 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: .