Journal profile
Valuation Studies
ISSN 2001-5992 · Linköping University Electronic Press · Sweden
Valuation Studies: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 33 weeks (community reports); 9 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Valuation Studies is published by Linköping University Electronic Press. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Value Engineering and Management, Financial Reporting and Valuation Research and Management and Organizational Studies, together about 27% of its articles. Its main subfields are Strategy and Management. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Mission Valuation Studies sets out to offer an academic platform for research and debate on the problem of valuation. Valuation indeed stands as a crucial problem for the social sciences and the humanities today, in more than one way. Understanding the tensions, determinants, contexts and effects of valuation practices appears indeed as a decisive requirement for the understanding of how our world is constructed, transformed or fractured. An interdisciplinary approach is required in order to investigate the technical cultures, the political imaginaries, the historical processes, the methodological problems and the institutional settings that shape the ways in which things are valued, and to identify relevant shifts, controversies and struggles. Sociological, anthropological, cultural, political, semiotic, historiographic, legal, institutional, critical, organisational approaches to the study of valuation phenomena are needed in order to establish tractable, actionable interdisciplinary knowledge on valuation as a problem. Submissions to Valuation Studies respond to broad calls for contributions curated by the journal’s editorial board. This is to ensure focus and debate, while offering the space to address each call’s purpose from many possible angles and in reference to various forms of evidence and demonstration. The journal assesses incoming manuscripts using double-blind peer review involving at least two reviewers. Accepted manuscripts are published as PDFs with full open access and authors retain the copyright to their work. Governing principles The following guiding principles are set out to assist in achieving the journal's overall aim: The journal shall be governed in such a way that different parties can participate in shaping the endeavour while retaining a clear definition over who is responsible for what. The work with the journal has to be kept at a manageable size for all involved parties since almost all work is done as a free community service. There shall be clear expectations on what the different parties will contribute to the endeavour. The journal shall be operated in such a way that it is able to accommodate initiatives that might not fit other more traditional journal outlets. Journal funding Contributing authors are not charged any processing fees, but are asked to themselves serve that final manuscripts need only limited copy-editing. Valuation Studies is a proud member of the open access initiative Libraria that research cooperat
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United Kingdom 10, United States 2 (12 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Value Engineering and ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting10.9%
- Financial Reporting and Valuation ResearchBusiness, Management and Accounting9.8%
- Management and Organizational StudiesBusiness, Management and Accounting6.3%
- Accounting Theory and Financial ReportingBusiness, Management and Accounting6.3%
- Economic Theory and InstitutionsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.6%
- Political Economy and MarxismSocial Sciences4.6%
- Higher Education Governance and DevelopmentSocial Sciences4%
- Global trade, sustainability, and social impactBusiness, Management and Accounting4%
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
ScopusPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, EBSCO (Academic Search Premier)
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
- 24OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 43OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.26OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 127 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 7 | 7 | 242 |
| 2025 | 9 | 9 | 313 |
| 2024 | 7 | 7 | 299 |
| 2023 | 9 | 9 | 303 |
| 2022 | 15 | 15 | 284 |
| 2021 | 6 | 6 | 282 |
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 33 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 40 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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 1,000 words
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 1,000 words
- Reference style
- Chicago
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access
- License & copyright Copyright
Copyright: Articles © The authors and license shown for each article. Model summary
Valuation Studies is completely open access and authors retain the copyright to their contributions. It is allowed to publish the published PDF of journal articles for self-archiving on institutional repositories, social media and other sites. It is encouraged to use the published version, even it is also allowed to use the post-print version of the article.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Open access; authors retain copyright. Model summary
Valuation Studies is completely open access and authors retain the copyright to their contributions.
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
- Linköping University Electronic Press
- Country or region
- Sweden
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2001-5992
- 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 Valuation Studies
How long does peer review take at Valuation Studies?
Authors report an average review time of about 33 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Valuation Studies?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 1,000 words; Manuscript length: ≤ 1,000 words; Reference style: Chicago; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Valuation Studies based?
Of the 12 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (10) and United States (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Valuation Studies?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Valuation Studies is indexed in DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Scopus; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Valuation Studies open access, and what is the APC?
Valuation 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, 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: .