Journal profile
Scrineum Rivista
ISSN 1128-5656 · Firenze University Press · Italy
Scrineum Rivista: fully open access; no APC; review about 22 weeks (community reports); 0 articles in 2025; the journal's website says it has moved to a new publisher.
The journal's website says it has moved to a new publisher: ⓘ This journal is no longer published by Firenze University Press; starting in 2021, it will be published by our friends at SHARE Journals. Please visit this link to browse the latest Issues. Source ↗Publisher website ·
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Scrineum Rivista is published by Firenze University Press. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Medieval Literature and History, Medieval and Early Modern Justice and Libraries, Manuscripts, and Books, together about 54.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are History. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Scrineum Rivista is the first green open access journal in the field of manuscript studies at an international level. It was founded in 2003 by a group of scholars of Diplomatics, Palaeography and Codicology working at variousItalian Universities, who since 1999 have managed the internet portal “Scrineum. Saggi e materiali on-line di scienze del documento e del libro medievali” (On-line essays and resources on the history of Medieval books and documents). In 2012 it was ranked as a ‘class A’ journal by the Italian National Agency for the Evaluation of Research and Universities (ANVUR). Scrineum Rivista aims to publish original research articles in a wide range of fields, reflecting the of perspectives from which the history of written culture, meant as a more general history of men and ideas, can be investigated. Contributions to Scrineum Rivista are welcome from both established and early-career scholars. The journal offers: • double-blind peer-review by international referees; • unlimited, free open access to its contents; • wide dissemination of the articles within the national and international scientific community, also through online search and indexing tools.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief LAURA PANIPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Medieval Literature and HistoryArts and Humanities26%
- Medieval and Early Modern JusticeSocial Sciences15.9%
- Libraries, Manuscripts, and BooksArts and Humanities13%
- Historical and Religious Studies of RomeArts and Humanities11.7%
- Renaissance and Early Modern StudiesArts and Humanities5.8%
- Medieval and Early Modern IberiaArts and Humanities4.2%
- Digital and Traditional Archives ManagementArts and Humanities2.9%
- Historical Legal Studies and SocietySocial Sciences2.9%
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
Indexed in: no record yet.
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
DOAJPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, OCLC
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
- 6OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 4OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 107 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| 2021 | 7 | 7 | 8 |
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 22 weeksLetPub ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewLetPub
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
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 accepted1
- reviewAny changes we may make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on this page and, if appropriate, notified to you by e-mail. Please check back freque…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Authors retain the copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY-4.0) that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgment of the work's authorship and initial publication. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
The journal is no longer published by Firenze University Press; starting in 2021, it is published by SHARE Journals. Model summary
This journal is no longer published by Firenze University Press; starting in 2021, it will be published by our friends at SHARE Journals.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
Submissions are first evaluated by the members of the Scientific Board within 4 weeks. If the manuscript is considered suitable for publication, it is sent to at least two reviewers. The peer review process is double blind: both referees and authors are kept anonymous. Referees are asked to evaluate the manuscript within 3 weeks. If the reviews are positive but the paper requires to be revised and…
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
- Firenze University Press
- Country or region
- Italy
- Language
- Italian
- ISSN
- 1128-5656
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Scrineum Rivista
How long does peer review take at Scrineum Rivista?
Authors report an average review time of about 22 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 Scrineum Rivista?
The journal's website lists DOAJ; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Scrineum Rivista open access, and what is the APC?
Scrineum Rivista is a fully open-access journal. It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, 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: .