Journal profile
Vicino Oriente
ISSN 2724-587X · eISSN 2532-5159 · Sapienza Università di Roma · Italy
Vicino Oriente: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 24 weeks (community reports); 6 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Vicino Oriente is published by Sapienza Università di Roma. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History, Ancient Near East History and Archaeology and Historical Studies, together about 43.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Archeology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and HistoryArts and Humanities20.6%
- Ancient Near East HistoryArts and Humanities14.5%
- Archaeology and Historical StudiesArts and Humanities8.7%
- Biblical Studies and InterpretationArts and Humanities7.3%
- Ancient Egypt and ArchaeologyArts and Humanities6.1%
- Archaeological and Historical StudiesArts and Humanities5.6%
- Ancient and Medieval Archaeology StudiesArts and Humanities5.2%
- Classical Antiquity StudiesSocial Sciences5.1%
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.
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
- 8OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 6OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.17OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 207 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 25 |
| 2025 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
| 2024 | 47 | 47 | 36 |
| 2023 | 8 | 8 | 39 |
| 2022 | 16 | 16 | 13 |
| 2021 | 9 | 9 | 42 |
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 24 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 24 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 | — |
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
- Sapienza Università di Roma
- Country or region
- Italy
- Language
- Italian, German, English, French, Spanish
- ISSN
- 2724-587X
- Electronic ISSN
- 2532-5159
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Vicino Oriente
How long does peer review take at Vicino Oriente?
Authors report an average review time of about 24 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 Vicino Oriente?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Vicino Oriente is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Vicino Oriente open access, and what is the APC?
Vicino Oriente 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .