Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-Visual Arts and Performing Arts
TransAsia Photography Review
ISSN 2158-2025 · Michigan Publishing · United States
TransAsia Photography Review: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 26 weeks (community reports); 13 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
TransAsia Photography Review is published by Michigan Publishing. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Photographic and Visual Arts, Photography and Visual Culture and Historical Art and Culture Studies, together about 73.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Visual Arts and Performing Arts. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Trans Asia Photography is an international, refereed, open-access journal based at the University of Toronto. It provides a venue for the interdisciplinary exploration of photography and Asia, broadly conceived as a geography, network, and cultural imaginary. Bridging photography and area studies, TAP promotes scholarship at the intersections of photography studies, Asian studies, transpacific critique, visual studies, art history, diaspora studies, cultural studies, and history. By centering photographic practices beyond Euro-American frameworks, the journal foregrounds different ways of seeing and knowing, and rethinks transnational and transcultural approaches to the histories and theories of photography.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Arts and Humanities-Visual Arts and Performing Arts
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Photographic and Visual ArtsArts and Humanities34.5%
- Photography and Visual CultureArts and Humanities33.5%
- Historical Art and Culture StudiesArts and Humanities5.3%
- Japanese History and CultureSocial Sciences5.1%
- Art, Aesthetics, and PerceptionArts and Humanities3.7%
- Art, Politics, and ModernismArts and Humanities3.6%
- Visual Culture and Art TheoryArts and Humanities2.9%
- Participatory Visual Research MethodsSocial Sciences1.1%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Visual Arts and Performing Arts | Q2 | 299/697 | 57th |
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
Art & Architecture Source, Art, Design & Architecture Collection, Arts Premium Collection, European Reference Index for the Humanities (ERIH) PLUS, UlrichswebPublisher 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
- 0.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.12LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.84LetPub ·
- h-index
- 12OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 18OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.03OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 376 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| 2025 | 13 | 13 | 61 |
| 2024 | 18 | 18 | 97 |
| 2023 | 15 | 15 | 91 |
| 2022 | 16 | 16 | 110 |
| 2021 | 14 | 14 | 104 |
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 26 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 26 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-ND | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, License & copyright
- Authorship
No publication fees; authors retain copyright and full publishing rights. Model summary
Authors are not charged any fees for publication and retain copyright and full publishing rights without restrictions in their articles.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright
Creative Commons license (BY-NC-ND); open immediately upon publication. Model summary
Articles are published under a Creative Commons license (BY-NC-ND) and are open immediately upon 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
- Michigan Publishing
- Country or region
- United States
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2158-2025
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about TransAsia Photography Review
How long does peer review take at TransAsia Photography Review?
Authors report an average review time of about 26 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 TransAsia Photography Review?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, TransAsia Photography Review is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is TransAsia Photography Review open access, and what is the APC?
TransAsia Photography Review 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .