Journal profile
Res Facta Nova
ISSN 1897-824X · eISSN 2544-9303 · Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne (PWM) · Poland
Res Facta Nova: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 28 weeks (community reports); 38 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Res Facta Nova is published by Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne (PWM). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Musicology and Musical Analysis, Literature, Musicology, and Cultural Analysis and Music History and Culture, together about 63.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Music. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Res Facta Nova is an academic journal devoted to contemporary music. From the beginning (it was founded in 1967), regardless of the vicissitudes of Polish culture and cultural policies, it has been an important landmark in the musicological, critical-musical and music-related writings in Poland. Among the journal’s founders were Michał Bristiger, Stefan Jarociński, Józef Patkowski and Mieczysław Tomaszewski. Res Facta Nova concentrates on publishing articles concerning contemporary music compositions (from Poland and abroad), as well as texts on issues such as the semiotics, aesthetics, philosophy, sociology and psychology of music, with particular focus on contemporary art. Alongside original scholarly articles the journal also publishes translations of significant foreign texts on musicology that have attracted international discussions, as well as polemical reviews. From the year 2000 the journal has been including publications in English, and articles by foreign authors writing on Polish contemporary music play an important role among them. The history of Res Facta (Nova) reaches back to 1967. The journal’s leading idea was to offer Polish readers the most important and exceptional texts on contemporary ideas about music in their broadest sense, referring to the traditions of European and non-European cultures. Adhering to this principle, the founders and editors were aware of the growing need to acquaint the Polish musicological community (as well as the wider public) with what was being published and widely discussed outside Poland. It was in the columns of Res Facta and Res Facta Nova (from 1994) that the outstanding composers, musicologists, critics and philosophers who were to influence the future generations ofnative artists and intellectuals made their first appearance in Poland. They included John Cage, Olivier Messiaen, Witold Lutosławski, Carl Dahlhaus, Paul Ricoeur, Hans Georg Gadamer, Theodor Adorno, and now Karol Berger, Reinhold Brinkmann, Eero Tarasti, Gérard Grisey, Paweł Szymański and Paweł Mykietyn. After 1989, with the arrival of Maciej Jabłoński as editor, the journal was published as Res Facta Nova in Poznań, first by Ars Nova, and from its second issue (in 1997) by Poznańskie Towarzystwo Przyjaciół Nauk [the Poznań Society of Friends of Learning]. Since 2016 the journal has been published by its original publisher, Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne. In 2021 it was awarded 40 points in the index of academic journals of the Minister of S
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Małgorzata PawłowskaPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Musicology and Musical AnalysisArts and Humanities35%
- Literature, Musicology, and Cultural AnalysisSocial Sciences19.3%
- Music History and CultureArts and Humanities9.1%
- Music Technology and Sound StudiesComputer Science6.3%
- Sound Studies and AuralityPsychology5.1%
- Poetry Analysis and CriticismArts and Humanities3.9%
- Diverse Music Education InsightsArts and Humanities3.2%
- Neuroscience and Music PerceptionNeuroscience2%
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
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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
Indexing the journal's website claims
ERIH PLUSPublisher website
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
- h-index
- 2OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.08OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 93 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 38 | 38 | 5 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2022 | 12 | 12 | 2 |
| 2021 | 14 | 14 | 2 |
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 28 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 28 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-ND | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Other fees
- No other fees
- Page charges
- No page charges
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
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 prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 5
Article types accepted1
- editorial1. Editors must not use AI tools to process submitted manuscripts or to conduct communications relating to the peer-review process. In accordance with the princ…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism
- AI use 6. Wykorzystanie narzędzi sztucznej inteligencji / The Use of AI Tools
W zakresie wykorzystania narzędzi sztucznej inteligencji Res Facta Nova respektuje zasady Authorship and AI tools | COPE: Committee on Publication Ethics With regard to the use of artificial intelligence tools, Res Facta Nova respects the principles Authorship and AI tools | COPE: Committee on Publication Ethics Zasady dotyczące wykorzystania narzędzi sztucznej inteligencji (SI) w piśmie „Res Fact…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics 4. Etyka publikacyjna / Publication Ethics
Res Facta Nova respektuje zasady Core practices promowane przez Committee of Publication Ethics. Czasopismo stosuje także wytyczne zawarte w COPE Guidelines. Etyka publikacyjna obejmuje m.in. sposoby postępowania w przypadku podejrzenia o zbędną (zduplikowaną) publikację oraz sposoby postępowania w przypadku podejrzenia o plagiat. Obowiązki Autorów 1. Autorzy są zobowiązani przesyłać teksty napisa…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright 8. Prawo autorskie / Journal’s copyright terms
Autorzy tekstów przyjętych do publikacji w piśmie Res Facta Nova są zobowiązani do podpisania umowy, zgodnie z którą udziela Polskiemu Wydawnictwu Muzycznemu na czas nieoznaczony nieodpłatnej licencji niewyłącznej na wykorzystanie utworu na określonych w umowie polach eksploatacji.Authors of articles accepted for publication in the journal Res Facta Nova are required to sign an agreement, accordin…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access 7. Polityka otwartego dostępu / Open Access Policy
Res Facta Nova to czasopismo o otwartym dostępie, co oznacza, że wszystkie treści są dostępne bezpłatnie dla użytkowników. Przesyłając swój tekst, autorzy wyrażają zgodę na publikację tekstów zgodnie z klauzulą otwartego dostępu: teksty przechodzą pełny proces recenzji naukowej i są bezpłatnie udostępniane na stronie czasopisma i na platformie PRESSto. Wszystkie teksty można pobrać bezpłatnie.This…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Languages accepted: English, Italian, Polish Model summary
Przyjmujemy teksty w języku angielskim, włoskim i polskim.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism 5. Polityka antyplagiatowa / Anti-plagiarism measures
Od 2022 roku redakcja wykorzystuje zaawansowane narzędzia antyplagiatowe, w tym oprogramowanie iThenticate, aby zminimalizować ryzyko plagiatu i zapewnić wysoką jakość publikowanych tekstów. Zadaniem oprogramowania jest wskazanie na występujące w tekstach podobieństwa, porównując je z materiałami dostępnymi w internecie oraz w bazach danych. Wszystkie prace, w których system wykryje nieuczciwe zap…
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
- Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne (PWM)
- Country or region
- Poland
- Language
- Polish, English
- ISSN
- 1897-824X
- Electronic ISSN
- 2544-9303
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Res Facta Nova
How long does peer review take at Res Facta Nova?
Authors report an average review time of about 28 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 Res Facta Nova?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Keywords: ≥ 5. 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 Res Facta Nova?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Res Facta Nova is indexed in DOAJ. The journal's website also lists ERIH PLUS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Res Facta Nova open access, and what is the APC?
Res Facta Nova 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .