Journal profile
VAKKI Publications
ISSN 2242-6841 · eISSN 2242-685X · VAKKI Communication Research Association · Finland
VAKKI Publications: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 30 weeks (community reports); 12 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
VAKKI Publications is published by VAKKI Communication Research Association. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Translation Studies and Practices, Discourse Analysis in Language Studies and Linguistics and Discourse Analysis, together about 27.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Language and Linguistics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Translation Studies and PracticesArts and Humanities9.9%
- Discourse Analysis in Language StudiesArts and Humanities9%
- Linguistics and Discourse AnalysisArts and Humanities8.3%
- Multilingual Education and PolicySocial Sciences7.6%
- Linguistic and Sociocultural StudiesSocial Sciences6.7%
- linguistics and terminology studiesArts and Humanities6.5%
- Second Language Learning and TeachingArts and Humanities6.1%
- EFL/ESL Teaching and LearningArts and Humanities5.8%
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
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
- 2OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.35OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 268 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 2025 | 12 | 12 | 22 |
| 2024 | 8 | 8 | 19 |
| 2023 | 17 | 17 | 25 |
| 2022 | 11 | 11 | 17 |
| 2021 | 9 | 9 | 17 |
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-NC, CC0 | |
| OpenAlex | USD 0 | — | — | |
| 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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship
- Authorship
The site uses a proof-of-work anti-bot challenge (Anubis) to protect against aggressive scraping. Model summary
Anubis uses a Proof-of-Work scheme in the vein of Hashcash, a proposed proof-of-work scheme for reducing email spam.
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
- VAKKI Communication Research Association
- Country or region
- Finland
- Language
- Finnish, German, Swedish, English
- ISSN
- 2242-6841
- Electronic ISSN
- 2242-685X
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about VAKKI Publications
How long does peer review take at VAKKI Publications?
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 VAKKI Publications?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, VAKKI Publications is indexed in DOAJ.
Is VAKKI Publications open access, and what is the APC?
VAKKI Publications 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: .