Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-Literature and Literary Theory
Revista Transilvania
ISSN 0255-0539 · eISSN 3061-2217 · Complexul National Muzeal Astra Sibiu · Romania
Revista Transilvania: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 16 weeks (community reports); 21 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Revista Transilvania is published by Complexul National Muzeal Astra Sibiu. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Central European Literary Studies, Literary Theory and Cultural Hermeneutics and Comparative and World Literature, together about 33.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Literature and Literary Theory. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Transilvania is an academic journal founded in 1868 that publishes studies and reviews on various subjects, in the research area of Humanities, such as literary studies, critical theory and thinking, socio-economic sciences, philosophy, politics, and religion.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Arts and Humanities-Literature and Literary Theory
Editor-in-chief Radu VancuPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Central European Literary StudiesSocial Sciences12.8%
- Literary Theory and Cultural HermeneuticsArts and Humanities11.8%
- Comparative and World LiteratureArts and Humanities9.2%
- Modernist Literature and CriticismArts and Humanities8.5%
- Eastern European Communism and ReformsSocial Sciences6.5%
- Contemporary Literature and CriticismArts and Humanities4.4%
- Cinema History and CriticismArts and Humanities3.6%
- Central European national historySocial Sciences3.5%
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 | 291/1186 | 75th |
| History | Q2 | 764/1936 | 60th |
| Cultural Studies | Q3 | 749/1434 | 47th |
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
EBSCO, ERIH+Publisher 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
- 0.19LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.37LetPub ·
- h-index
- 10OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 12OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.25OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 579 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 54 | 54 | 47 |
| 2025 | 21 | 21 | 72 |
| 2024 | 108 | 108 | 101 |
| 2023 | 112 | 112 | 81 |
| 2022 | 123 | 123 | 47 |
| 2021 | 129 | 129 | 106 |
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 16 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 16 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 |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- 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
- Keywords
- ≥ 5
- Reference style
- Chicago
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access
- License & copyright
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License Model summary
All of the studies published in our journal are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
Indexed in SCOPUS and EBSCO since 2009 Model summary
The journal is available online, and is free to anyone. The authors have copyright of their own work. Articles can accordingly be translated or reprinted in another format, providing full reference is made to Transilvania as the original place of publication.
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
- Complexul National Muzeal Astra Sibiu
- Country or region
- Romania
- Language
- English, Romanian, Spanish, French, German
- ISSN
- 0255-0539
- Electronic ISSN
- 3061-2217
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Revista Transilvania
How long does peer review take at Revista Transilvania?
Authors report an average review time of about 16 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 Transilvania?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Keywords: ≥ 5; Reference style: Chicago. 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 Transilvania?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Revista Transilvania is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Revista Transilvania open access, and what is the APC?
Revista Transilvania 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: .