Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
RIDE
ISSN 2363-4952 · Institut für Dokumentologie und Editorik e. V. · Germany
RIDE: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 40 weeks (community reports); indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
RIDE is published by Institut für Dokumentologie und Editorik e. V.. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Digital Humanities and Scholarship, Early Modern Spanish Literature and Publishing and Scholarly Communication, together about 66.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Literature and Literary Theory. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
RIDE aims to direct attention to digital editions and to provide a forum in which expert peers criticise and discuss the efforts of digital editors in order to value their work and also to improve current practices and advance future developments.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Arts and Humanities-Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Digital Humanities and ScholarshipArts and Humanities33.3%
- Early Modern Spanish LiteratureArts and Humanities16.7%
- Publishing and Scholarly CommunicationArts and Humanities16.7%
- Library Science and InformationComputer Science16.7%
- Classical Studies and PhilologyArts and Humanities16.7%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) | Q4 | 655/692 | 5th |
| Computer Science (miscellaneous) | Q4 | 177/179 | 1st |
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
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
- 0LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.1LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0LetPub ·
- h-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
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 40 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 40 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 | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- 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 prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 2,000 words
Article types accepted2, with length limits
- reviewssed by the reviewer. The length of the review can vary depending on how much the resource offers that is worthy of discussion (with a minimum of 2,000 words). …main text ≤ 2,000 words
- review articlesRIDE publishes reviews in a variety of languages; all reviews, however, are accompanied by an English abstract.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- License & copyright
Reviews and questionnaires are encoded in XML/TEI and can be read in an HTML version on the webpage or downloaded as PDF; citability of reviews is currently achieved through persistent URLs and DOIs. Model summary
The reviews and questionnaires are encoded in XML/TEI and can be read in an HTML version on our webpage or downloaded as PDF; citability of reviews is currently achieved through persistent URLs und DOIs.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
No article submission or processing fees. Model summary
We do not charge article submission or processing fees.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double-blind peer review; reviews are blinded and referred to at least one peer-reviewer before a decision is made to either publish the review, to reject it, or to refer it back to the reviewer for improvement. Model summary
On submission, reviews are blinded and referred to at least one peer-reviewer before a decision is made to either publish the review, to reject it, or to refer it back to the reviewer for improvement.
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
- Institut für Dokumentologie und Editorik e. V.
- Country or region
- Germany
- Language
- French, Spanish, German, Italian, English
- ISSN
- 2363-4952
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about RIDE
How long does peer review take at RIDE?
Authors report an average review time of about 40 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 RIDE?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, RIDE is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is RIDE open access, and what is the APC?
RIDE 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: .