Journal profile
Research in Film and History
ISSN 2627-5848 · University of Bremen · Germany
Research in Film and History: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 12 weeks (community reports).
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Research in Film and History is a peer-reviewed online journal edited and published by staff and postdoctoral researchers in Film and History at the University of Bremen, Germany.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
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
- 0OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 2,025Publisher website ·
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 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 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, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| 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 prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 300 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism
- License & copyright Copyright and Licensing Policy
Content licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Model summary
Copyright and publishing rights on articles is retained by the author(s). All articles are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License or Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.Please read the full text of the Creative Commons Licensing Statement here and here.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
Open access; no submission or article processing charges; authors retain copyright; CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 or CC BY 4.0 licensing; plagiarism checked with PlagScan; archiving in media/rep/, State and University Library Bremen, and German National Library. Model summary
Research in Film and History is an open-access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the users or their institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This is in accordance wit…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review and Editorial Process
Fully peer-reviewed online journal with a non-commercial open access policy. Model summary
Each submitted text that is deemed eligible for publication is sent for double-blind peer review to external reviewers, experts in a particular field or subject. If double-blind peer review is not possible, the editors reserve the right to use a single-blind, open, or transparent peer review process to ensure the quality of publications. On the basis of the reviews, the editors then make a decisio…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism Policy
Research in Film and History respects intellectual property. Articles submitted for the publication are checked with the PlagScan software.
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 Bremen
- Country or region
- Germany
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2627-5848
- 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
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Research in Film and History
How long does peer review take at Research in Film and History?
Authors report an average review time of about 12 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 Research in Film and History?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Research in Film and History is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Research in Film and History open access, and what is the APC?
Research in Film and History 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, Publisher website, DOAJ; 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: .