Journal profile
Yearbook for Ritual and Liturgical Studies
ISSN 2589-3998 · University of Groningen Press · Netherlands
Yearbook for Ritual and Liturgical Studies: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 6 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Yearbook for Ritual and Liturgical Studies is published by University of Groningen Press. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Catholicism and Religious Studies, Religious and Theological Studies and Reformation and Early Modern Christianity, together about 36.2% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Focus, Aim and Scope The Yearbook for Ritual and Liturgical Studies annually offers a forum for high-quality innovative, national and international research in the field of ritual and liturgical studies. As with the book series Liturgia Condenda, the rationale of this journal is that liturgy and ritual are complex, multidimensional research objects that are to be investigated both contextually (in past and present) and from a variety of (sub)disciplinary perspectives. This rationale gives this journal a distinct multidisciplinary, societal and cultural oriented profile. Since 1996 the Yearbook is co-published by IRiLiS and the Institute for Christian Cultural Heritage at Groningen University. In 2009, the English subtitle of this multilingual series was added to its official Dutch title Jaarboek voor Liturgieonderzoek. As of 2017, the Yearbook no longer appears in print, but online via University of Groningen Press (open access). The Yearbook does not publish special issues. It seeks to minimise endogeny(lower than 25% per calendar year). Peer Review Process All submitted articles are subject to peer review. If a manuscript is not rejected when first received, it is sent out for review to (a minimum of) two external peer reviewers who are part of the series’ academic cadre of reviewers. Review by associate editors or staff may (only) compliment this process. This is done according to a double anonymous review procedure, in which the reviewer’s identities are withheld from the authors and vice versa. Once reviewers return their reports and recommendations, the editor-in-chief makes a decision (either on her own or in consultation with other editors) on whether to reject the manuscript (either outright or with encouragement to resubmit), to withhold judgment pending major or minor revisions, to accept it pending satisfactorily completed revisions, or to accept it as written. Once a manuscript that is not rejected has been revised satisfactorily, it will be accepted and put into the production process to be prepared for publication. Open Access Policy This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. Articles in this journal are published under a CC BY licence. To view a copy of this licence, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/ by/4.0 . Journal History In 1984, the Mededelingen (Announcements) of the Liturgical Institute of th
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Catholicism and Religious StudiesArts and Humanities17.9%
- Religious and Theological StudiesSocial Sciences11.2%
- Reformation and Early Modern ChristianityArts and Humanities7.1%
- Contemporary Christian Leadership and EducationArts and Humanities7%
- Study and Philosophy of ReligionArts and Humanities6.9%
- Musicology and Musical AnalysisArts and Humanities5.6%
- Medieval Literature and HistoryArts and Humanities4.9%
- Death, Funerary Practices, and MourningSocial Sciences4.5%
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
- 4OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 614 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2025 | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| 2024 | 5 | 5 | 23 |
| 2023 | 6 | 6 | 27 |
| 2022 | 11 | 11 | 44 |
| 2021 | 7 | 7 | 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 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 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 | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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 accepted3, with length limits
- articlesArticles should not normally exceed 8,000 words in length, including any notes, and should be submitted ready for publication.main text ≤ 8,000 words
- summaries of dissertationsSummaries of dissertations (normally published in the language of the thesis) should not exceed 5,000 words.main text ≤ 5,000 words
- summaries of phd thesesSummaries of PhD ThesesLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteData availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Data availability
Names and email addresses entered on the journal site are used exclusively for the journal's stated purposes and are not shared with any other party. Model summary
The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright
Articles are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). Model summary
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0)
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
Immediate open access to all content, based on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports greater global knowledge exchange. Model summary
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. Articles in this journal are published under a CC BY licence. To view a copy of this licence, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/ by/4.0 .
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
All submitted articles are subject to peer review; manuscripts not rejected when first received are sent to a minimum of two peer reviewers from the series' academic cadre of reviewers, with possible review by associate editors or staff complementing the process. Model summary
All submitted articles are subject to peer review. If a manuscript is not rejected when first received, it is sent out for review to (a minimum of) two external peer reviewers who are part of the series’ academic cadre of reviewers. Review by associate editors or staff may (only) compliment this process. This is done according to a double anonymous review procedure, in which the reviewer’s identit…
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
- University of Groningen Press
- Country or region
- Netherlands
- Language
- Afrikaans, English, French, German, Dutch
- ISSN
- 2589-3998
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 41 (2025)
- 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 Yearbook for Ritual and Liturgical Studies
How long does peer review take at Yearbook for Ritual and Liturgical Studies?
Authors report an average review time of about 12 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 Yearbook for Ritual and Liturgical Studies?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Yearbook for Ritual and Liturgical Studies is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Yearbook for Ritual and Liturgical Studies open access, and what is the APC?
Yearbook for Ritual and Liturgical 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: .