Journal profile
S I M O N
ISSN 2408-9192 · Vienna Wiesenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies (VWI) · Austria
S I M O N: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 30 weeks (community reports); 36 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
S I M O N is published by Vienna Wiesenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies (VWI). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration, Polish-Jewish Holocaust Memory Studies and European history and politics, together about 46% of its articles. Its main subfields are Political Science and International Relations. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
S:I.M.O.N. aims at both a transnational and comparative history of the Holocaust and Jewish studies in Central and Eastern Europe within the broader contexts of the European history of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, including its antecedents, consequences, and legacies as well as the history of memory.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Éva KovácsPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Memory, Trauma, and CommemorationPsychology16.8%
- Polish-Jewish Holocaust Memory StudiesArts and Humanities15.7%
- European history and politicsSocial Sciences13.6%
- Central European national historySocial Sciences9.5%
- Memory, Trauma, and TestimonyPsychology7.4%
- German legal, social, and political studiesSocial Sciences5.9%
- Religion, Theology, History, Judaism, ChristianitySocial Sciences5.2%
- World Wars: History, Literature, and ImpactSocial Sciences4%
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
Indexing the journal's website claims
EBSCO, CrossrefPublisher 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
- 3OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.07OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 221 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 18 | 18 | 14 |
| 2025 | 36 | 36 | 5 |
| 2024 | 19 | 19 | 6 |
| 2023 | 27 | 27 | 7 |
| 2022 | 17 | 17 | 3 |
| 2021 | 25 | 25 | 10 |
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 30 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 30 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single 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-SA | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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)
Article types accepted3
- articlesARTICLESLength not stated
- data & documentationDATA & DOCUMENTATIONLength not stated
- interviewINTERVIEWLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Publication ethics PUBLICATION ETHICS & OPEN ACCESS STATEMENT
Every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of information published in S:I.M.O.N. Any infringements of professional ethical codes, such as cases of plagiarism, the fraudulent use of data, and bogus claims of authorship are taken very seriously by the editors, who apply a principle of zero tolerance. S:I.M.O.N. follows the Code of Conduct of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), and uses COP…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright COPYRIGHT NOTICE
S:I.M.O.N. operates under the Creative Commons Licence CC-BY-SA (Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives). This allows for the reproduction of all articles, free of charge, for non-commercial use, and with appropriate citation information. Authors publishing with S:I.M.O.N. should accept these as the terms of publication. The copyright of all articles remains with the author of the article. The …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access PUBLICATION ETHICS & OPEN ACCESS STATEMENT
Immediate open access for academic work. Model summary
Every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of information published in S:I.M.O.N. Any infringements of professional ethical codes, such as cases of plagiarism, the fraudulent use of data, and bogus claims of authorship are taken very seriously by the editors, who apply a principle of zero tolerance. S:I.M.O.N. follows the Code of Conduct of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), and uses COP…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review PEER REVIEW POLICY
Peer review process: initial editor screening and anonymised refereeing by at least two external scholars. Model summary
S:I.M.O.N. applies a single-blind review system. Reviewers are invited by the editors or – if necessary – by suggestion of the Editorial Board. The reviewers are experts in the given field and are neither institutionally nor personally associated with the author. Reviews are provided by way of a uniform editorial form. Reviewers should decline to review manuscripts in which they have a competing i…
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
- Vienna Wiesenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies (VWI)
- Country or region
- Austria
- Language
- English, German
- ISSN
- 2408-9192
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 13, Issue 1 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- 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 S I M O N
How long does peer review take at S I M O N?
Authors report an average review time of about 30 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 S I M O N?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, S I M O N is indexed in DOAJ.
Is S I M O N open access, and what is the APC?
S I M O N 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: .