Journal profile
Volupte
ISSN 2515-0073 · Volupté · United Kingdom
Volupte: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 26 weeks (community reports); 24 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Volupte is published by Volupté. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Decadence, Literature, and Society, French Literature and Poetry and Modernist Literature and Criticism, together about 43.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Literature and Literary Theory. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Volupté is an MLA-indexed online journal of decadence from antiquity to the present. It appears each year in Spring and Autumn, and brings together in themed issues creative and critical approaches to the fast-growing field of decadence studies. The aim of Volupté is to enhance and broaden the scope of decadence studies and stimulate discussion in relation to literary decadence and other forms of discourse, including Philosophy, Psychology, Religion, and Science. Peer-reviewed essays and book reviews will be published alongside new translations, poetry, short fiction, and visual art. Based at Goldsmiths, University of London, Volupté is dedicated to promoting cutting-edge work by creative writers and artists and publishing the best research on decadence by early career and established scholars.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Jane DesmaraisPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Decadence, Literature, and SocietySocial Sciences23.4%
- French Literature and PoetryArts and Humanities10.4%
- Modernist Literature and CriticismArts and Humanities9.7%
- Literature and Culture StudiesArts and Humanities9.7%
- French Literature and CriticismArts and Humanities6.5%
- Comparative and World LiteratureArts and Humanities5.4%
- Translation Studies and PracticesArts and Humanities3%
- Poetry Analysis and CriticismArts and Humanities2.6%
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
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
- 2OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 257 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 28 | 28 | 1 |
| 2025 | 24 | 24 | 1 |
| 2024 | 17 | 17 | 15 |
| 2023 | 42 | 42 | 1 |
| 2022 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| 2021 | 55 | 55 | 3 |
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 26 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 26 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-SA | |
| 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)
Article types accepted1, with length limits
- book reviewords in length, including endnotes, and book reviews should be no more than 2000 words. All textual material must be in Microsoft Word format andmain text ≤ 2,000 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePeer review
- Peer review
Blind peer review: submissions must be anonymous. Model summary
keep your actual submission anonymous to allow for blind peer review
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
- Volupté
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English, French
- ISSN
- 2515-0073
- 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 Volupte
How long does peer review take at Volupte?
Authors report an average review time of about 26 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 Volupte?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Volupte is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Volupte open access, and what is the APC?
Volupte 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .