Journal profile
Versants
ISSN 2504-2750 · Bern Open Publishing · Switzerland
Versants: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 30 weeks (community reports); 33 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Versants is published by Bern Open Publishing. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are French Literature and Criticism, French Literature and Critical Theory and Spanish Literature and Culture Studies, together about 31.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Literature and Literary Theory. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Versants, Revista suiza de literaturas románicas, pretende promover la investigación de las lenguas y literaturas románicas, en el ámbito nacional e internacional, proponiéndose como plataforma de diálogo. El título de la revista refleja su apuesta por la pluralidad, sea la literaria y lingüística propia de las lenguas románicas suizas (francés, italiano, español y romanche), sea la de la enorme variedad de metodologías y aproximaciones científicas que tienen cabida en ella. Se edita anualmente en tres fascículos en francés, italiano y español, que se estructuran de forma similar, ya que constan siempre de una sección más amplia de carácter monográfico y otra más reducida de naturaleza “Varia”. La revista no publica reseñas. Aun cuando haya nacido como foro para los romanistas suizos, Versants se honra de acoger también trabajos de críticos y autores extranjeros, siempre y cuando sean inéditos y estén escritos en una de las lenguas románicas de la revista. Y muestra su decidido apoyo a las nuevas generaciones de investigadores mediante la publicación de aquellos estudios de jóvenes académicos que reúnan sus niveles de excelencia habituales. Versants está patrocinada por el Collegium Romanicum (Asociación de los romanistas suizos) y subvencionada por la Academia Suiza de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales (ASSH/ SAGW).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- French Literature and CriticismArts and Humanities11.7%
- French Literature and Critical TheoryArts and Humanities10.2%
- Spanish Literature and Culture StudiesArts and Humanities10%
- Italian Literature and CultureArts and Humanities9.2%
- Comparative Literary Analysis and CriticismArts and Humanities7.1%
- Poetry Analysis and CriticismArts and Humanities6.1%
- French Literature and PoetryArts and Humanities5.6%
- Renaissance Literature and CultureArts and Humanities5.6%
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
redalycPublisher 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
- h-index
- 4OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.01OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 364 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| 2025 | 33 | 33 | 13 |
| 2024 | 32 | 32 | 11 |
| 2023 | 36 | 36 | 10 |
| 2022 | 36 | 36 | 9 |
| 2021 | 36 | 36 | 11 |
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 review, Unspecified 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
- Bern Open Publishing
- Country or region
- Switzerland
- Language
- Spanish, French, Italian
- ISSN
- 2504-2750
- Print ISSN
- 0256-9604
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- 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 Versants
How long does peer review take at Versants?
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 Versants?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Versants is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Versants open access, and what is the APC?
Versants 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: .