Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-Literature and Literary Theory
Revista de Literatura Medieval
ISSN 1130-3611 · eISSN 2660-4574 · Universidad de Alcala de Henares, Departamento de Filologia · Spain
Revista de Literatura Medieval: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 14 weeks (community reports); 21 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Revista de Literatura Medieval is published by Universidad de Alcala de Henares, Departamento de Filologia. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Medieval Iberian Studies, Medieval Literature and History and Medieval European Literature and History, together about 63.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Classics, Language and Linguistics and History. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
La Revista de Literatura Medieval se publica en un volumen anual. Contiene estudios, notas y textos de interés sobre literatura de la Edad Media del occidente europeo. Su objetivo es el de acoger todas las manifestaciones del pensamiento en torno a la literatura medieval. Los originales pueden ser enviados en cualquier lengua románica de carácter científico –gallego, portugués, catalán, español, francés, italiano y rumano–, en alemán y en inglés. La Revista de Literatura Medieval no cobra tasas por envío de trabajos, ni tampoco cuotas por la publicación de sus artículos, ni a sus lectores. La Revista de Literatura Medieval cumple, entre otras exigencias, esos requerimientos, de acceso abierto y sin cargos para autores o lectores, tal y como se recoge en los datos de DOAJ: https://doaj.org/toc/2660-4574.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Arts and Humanities-Literature and Literary Theory
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Medieval Iberian StudiesArts and Humanities28.1%
- Medieval Literature and HistoryArts and Humanities19.4%
- Medieval European Literature and HistoryArts and Humanities15.9%
- Early Modern Spanish LiteratureArts and Humanities8.8%
- Historical, Literary, and Cultural StudiesArts and Humanities7.6%
- Medieval and Early Modern IberiaArts and Humanities4.5%
- Libraries, Manuscripts, and BooksArts and Humanities3.1%
- Renaissance and Early Modern StudiesArts and Humanities2.1%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Literature and Literary Theory | Q1 | 255/1186 | 78th |
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
Indexing the journal's website claims
PIO (Chadwick-Healey, ProQuest, UK), Dialnet (Rioja, SPA), ISOC (CSIC, SPA), Latindex (en Catálogo), European Reference Index for the HumanitiesPublisher 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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.14LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.59LetPub ·
- h-index
- 6OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.06OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 416 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 17 | 17 | 7 |
| 2025 | 21 | 21 | 16 |
| 2024 | 16 | 16 | 9 |
| 2023 | 18 | 18 | 13 |
| 2022 | 15 | 15 | 20 |
| 2021 | 16 | 16 | 34 |
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 14 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 14 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-SA | |
| 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
- ≤ 300 words
- Keywords
- 5–7
- Reference style
- Author–date
Article types accepted3
- artículosArtículosLength not stated
- reseñasReseñasLength not stated
- textosTextosLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright
- License & copyright
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) Model summary
Los trabajos se publican bajo los términos estipulados en la Licencia de Atribución-NoComercial-CompartirIgual 4.0 Internacional Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
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 de Alcala de Henares, Departamento de Filologia
- Country or region
- Spain
- Language
- Spanish, Italian, English, French, Portuguese
- ISSN
- 1130-3611
- Electronic ISSN
- 2660-4574
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Revista de Literatura Medieval
How long does peer review take at Revista de Literatura Medieval?
Authors report an average review time of about 14 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 Revista de Literatura Medieval?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 300 words; Keywords: 5–7; Reference style: Author–date. 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 Revista de Literatura Medieval?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Revista de Literatura Medieval is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Revista de Literatura Medieval open access, and what is the APC?
Revista de Literatura Medieval 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: .