Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-History
Zeitschrift fur OstmitteleuropaForschung
ISSN 0948-8294 · eISSN 2701-0449 · Verlag Herder Institut · Germany
Zeitschrift fur OstmitteleuropaForschung: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 50 weeks (community reports); indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Zeitschrift fur OstmitteleuropaForschung is published by Verlag Herder Institut. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Central European national history, Polish Historical and Cultural Studies and Historical and Cultural Studies of Poland, together about 41.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Political Science and International Relations and History. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Die Zeitschrift für Ostmitteleuropa-Forschung / Journal of East Central European Studies (ZfO) ist eine führende Fachzeitschrift für geschichtswissenschaftliche Studien über Ostmitteleuropa. Die Zeitschrift wird am Herder-Institut für historische Ostmitteleuropaforschung – Institut der Leibniz-Gemeinschaft, Marburg, von einem international besetzten Gremium renommierter Wissenschaftler*innen herausgegeben. Die ZfO erscheint im Druck sowie im Open Access. Sie veröffentlicht Originalbeiträge zur Geschichte und Kultur Polens, Tschechiens, der Slowakei, Ungarns, Estlands, Lettlands, Litauens, der Ukraine und Belarus’ sowie zu innovativen Ansätzen bezüglich der Methodologie und Konzeption der Geschichte Ostmitteleuropas insgesamt. In der ZfO erscheinen vierteljährlich Aufsätze und Buchbesprechungen in deutscher und englischer Sprache. Alle zur Veröffentlichung vorgesehenen Manuskripte unterliegen einem doppelt-blinden Begutachtungsverfahren.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Arts and Humanities-History
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Central European national historySocial Sciences17.7%
- Polish Historical and Cultural StudiesSocial Sciences12.8%
- Historical and Cultural Studies of PolandArts and Humanities10.8%
- Central European and Russian historical studiesSocial Sciences6.9%
- Historical Economic and Social StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.9%
- Reformation and Early Modern ChristianityArts and Humanities4.9%
- Medieval Literature and HistoryArts and Humanities3.9%
- Soviet and Russian HistorySocial Sciences3.9%
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.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| History | Q4 | 1590/1936 | 17th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
ERIH PLUSPublisher website
Other: CEEOL, EBSCO, Osmikon
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.11LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.22LetPub ·
- h-index
- 3OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 46 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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 50 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 50 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 | |
| OpenAlex | USD 0 | — | — | |
| 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 accepted2
- aufsätzeIn der ZfO erscheinen vierteljährlich Aufsätze und Buchbesprechungen in deutscher und englischer Sprache.Length not stated
- buchbesprechungenIn der ZfO erscheinen vierteljährlich Aufsätze und Buchbesprechungen in deutscher und englischer Sprache.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePeer review
- Peer review
Alle zur Veröffentlichung vorgesehenen Manuskripte unterliegen einem doppelt-blinden Begutachtungsverfahren. Model summary
Alle zur Veröffentlichung vorgesehenen Manuskripte unterliegen einem doppelt-blinden Begutachtungsverfahren.
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
- Verlag Herder Institut
- Country or region
- Germany
- Language
- English, German
- ISSN
- 0948-8294
- Electronic ISSN
- 2701-0449
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Zeitschrift fur OstmitteleuropaForschung
How long does peer review take at Zeitschrift fur OstmitteleuropaForschung?
Authors report an average review time of about 50 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 Zeitschrift fur OstmitteleuropaForschung?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Zeitschrift fur OstmitteleuropaForschung is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists ERIH PLUS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Zeitschrift fur OstmitteleuropaForschung open access, and what is the APC?
Zeitschrift fur OstmitteleuropaForschung 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: .