Journal profile · HISTORY
Transcultural Studies
ISSN 2191-6411 · Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg · Germany
Transcultural Studies: CAS Zone 4 · History (2025 upgraded edition); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 30 weeks (community reports); 6 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Transcultural Studies is published by Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg and is in Zone 4 of History in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Chinese history and philosophy, Japanese History and Culture and Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies, together about 35.8% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): HISTORY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Chinese history and philosophySocial Sciences16.5%
- Japanese History and CultureSocial Sciences12.5%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6.8%
- Eurasian Exchange NetworksSocial Sciences5.1%
- Asian Culture and Media StudiesSocial Sciences5.1%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering5.1%
- Philippine History and CultureSocial Sciences4%
- Vietnamese History and Culture StudiesSocial Sciences4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)History Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | History | Zone 4 |
| Minor | History | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)History Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | History | Zone 3 |
| Minor | History | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- 0.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.13LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.19LetPub ·
- h-index
- 12OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 15OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.07OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 189 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | 6 | 1 |
| 2024 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| 2023 | 7 | 7 | 2 |
| 2022 | 12 | 12 | 0 |
| 2021 | 7 | 7 | 1 |
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
- 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 | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg
- Country or region
- Germany
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2191-6411
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- 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 Transcultural Studies
What CAS zone is Transcultural Studies in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Transcultural Studies is in Zone 4 of History, and in Zone 4 of the minor category History. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of History. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at Transcultural Studies?
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 Transcultural Studies?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Transcultural Studies is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Transcultural Studies open access, and what is the APC?
Transcultural Studies 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; 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: .