CAS major category
Arts A&HCI Journals
The Arts major category of the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition) holds 515 journals. This page ranks them by impact factor and gives each one's CAS zone, review time, APC and open-access status (as of October 2026). Largest minor categories: Art (143), Music (99), Architecture (88), Humanities, Multidisciplinary (59), Film, Radio, Television (57), Theater (44), Dance (10), Philosophy (8).
Arts A&HCI Journals by impact factor
Colloquia Humanistica
ISSN 2081-6774 · Institute of Slavic Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences · PolandHUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
IF 70CAS Zone 4 · ArtsReview: about 24 weeksNo APCDiamond OA20 articles/yrESCI · Scopus · DOAJ
View journal profile →Research Studies in Music Education
ISSN 1321-103X · SAGEMUSIC
IF 7.2CAS Zone 1 · Arts · TopReview: about 107 days (submission to acceptance, publisher)APC about USD 3,650Hybrid OA31 articles/yrESCI · Scopus
View journal profile →Frontiers of Architectural Research
ISSN 2095-2635 · KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. · ChinaARCHITECTURE
IF 4.4CAS Zone 1 · Arts · TopReview: about 30 weeksAPC about USD 1,500Gold OA141 articles/yrAHCI · Scopus · DOAJ
View journal profile →Digital Creativity
ISSN 1462-6268 · Taylor & FrancisART
IF 4.3CAS Zone 3 · ArtsReview: median 420 days to acceptanceAPC charged, amount not publishedHybrid OA29 articles/yrAHCI · Scopus
View journal profile →Architectural Science Review
ISSN 0003-8628 · Taylor & FrancisARCHITECTURE
IF 2.5CAS Zone 4 · ArtsReview: median 209 days to acceptanceAPC charged, amount not publishedHybrid OA63 articles/yrAHCI · Scopus
View journal profile →Journal of Conservation and Museum Studies
ISSN 2049-4572 · Ubiquity Press · United KingdomHUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
IF 2.5CAS Zone 2 · ArtsReview: about 32 weeksAPC charged, amount not publishedGold OA1 articles/yrESCI · Scopus · DOAJ
View journal profile →CoDesign-International Journal of CoCreation in Design and the Arts
ISSN 1571-0882 · Taylor & FrancisART
IF 2.4CAS Zone 1 · Arts · TopReview: median 227 days to acceptanceAPC charged, amount not publishedHybrid OA102 articles/yrAHCI · Scopus
View journal profile →Museum Management and Curatorship
ISSN 0964-7775 · Taylor & FrancisHUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
IF 2.4CAS Zone 1 · Arts · TopReview: median 169 days to acceptanceAPC charged, amount not publishedHybrid OA52 articles/yrAHCI · Scopus
View journal profile →Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism
ISSN 0021-8529 · Oxford University PressMultiple
IF 2.3CAS Zone 1 · Arts · TopAPC about USD 3,492Hybrid OA52 articles/yrAHCI · Scopus
View journal profile →Music Theory Spectrum
ISSN 0195-6167 · Oxford University PressMUSIC
IF 2.2CAS Zone 1 · Arts · TopAPC about USD 4,303Hybrid OA31 articles/yrAHCI · Scopus
View journal profile →Design Journal
ISSN 1460-6925 · Taylor & FrancisART
IF 1.7CAS Zone 4 · ArtsReview: median 280 days to acceptanceAPC charged, amount not publishedHybrid OA78 articles/yrAHCI · Scopus
View journal profile →Journal of Architectural Conservation
ISSN 1355-6207 · Taylor & FrancisARCHITECTURE
IF 1.6CAS Zone 4 · ArtsAPC charged, amount not publishedHybrid OA7 articles/yrAHCI · Scopus
View journal profile →Journal of Interior Design
ISSN 1071-7641 · Wiley-BlackwellARCHITECTURE
IF 1.5CAS Zone 3 · ArtsReview: about 211 days (submission to acceptance, publisher)APC about USD 3,650Hybrid OA20 articles/yrAHCI · Scopus
View journal profile →VITRUVIO-International Journal of Architectural Technology and Sustainability
ISSN 2444-9091 · Universidad Politécnica de Valencia · SpainARCHITECTURE
IF 1.4CAS Zone 4 · ArtsReview: about 20 weeksNo APCDiamond OA16 articles/yrESCI · Scopus · DOAJ
View journal profile →Museums & Social Issues-A Journal of Reflective Discourse
ISSN 1559-6893 · Taylor & FrancisHUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
IF 1.3CAS Zone 1 · Arts · TopReview: about 150 days (first decision after review, publisher)APC charged, amount not publishedHybrid OA13 articles/yrESCI · Scopus
View journal profile →Architecture and Culture
ISSN 2050-7828 · Taylor & FrancisARCHITECTURE
IF 1.2CAS Zone 3 · ArtsReview: about 610 days (first decision after review, publisher)APC charged, amount not publishedHybrid OA17 articles/yrESCI · Scopus
View journal profile →Journal of Aesthetics & Culture
ISSN 2000-4214 · Taylor & Francis Group · United KingdomMultiple
IF 1CAS Zone 1 · Arts · TopReview: median 212 days to acceptanceNo APCDiamond OA17 articles/yrESCI · Scopus · DOAJ
View journal profile →Journal of Architecture and Urbanism
ISSN 2029-7955 · Vilnius Gediminas Technical University · LithuaniaARCHITECTURE
IF 1CAS Zone 4 · ArtsReview: median 205 days to acceptanceNo APCDiamond OA16 articles/yrESCI · Scopus · DOAJ
View journal profile →Musicology Today
ISSN 1734-1663 · Sciendo · PolandMUSIC
IF 1CAS Zone 3 · ArtsReview: about 14 weeksNo APCDiamond OA7 articles/yrESCI · DOAJ
View journal profile →Research in Dance Education
ISSN 1464-7893 · Taylor & FrancisDANCE
IF 1CAS Zone 2 · ArtsReview: median 418 days to acceptanceAPC charged, amount not publishedHybrid OA107 articles/yrAHCI · Scopus
View journal profile →Fashion Theory-The Journal of Dress Body & Culture
ISSN 1362-704X · Taylor & FrancisHUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
IF 0.9CAS Zone 3 · ArtsReview: about 125 days (first decision after review, publisher)APC charged, amount not publishedHybrid OA87 articles/yrAHCI · Scopus
View journal profile →Journal of the American Institute for Conservation
ISSN 0197-1360 · Taylor & FrancisHUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
IF 0.9CAS Zone 3 · ArtsReview: median 289 days to acceptanceAPC charged, amount not publishedHybrid OA45 articles/yrAHCI · Scopus
View journal profile →Museum International
ISSN 1350-0775 · Wiley-BlackwellART
IF 0.9CAS Zone 4 · ArtsAPC charged, amount not publishedHybrid OA27 articles/yrAHCI · Scopus
View journal profile →Restaurator International Journal for the Preservation of Library and Archival Material
ISSN 0034-5806 · Walter de GruyterINFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE
IF 0.88CAS Zone 4 · ArtsAPC charged, amount not publishedHybrid OA18 articles/yrSSCI · Scopus
View journal profile →Arts journals: frequently asked questions
How many A&HCI journals are there in Arts?
As of October 2026, JournalCompass lists 515 journals in the Arts major category of the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition): 39 in Zone 1, 77 in Zone 2, 143 in Zone 3 and 237 in Zone 4, 48 of them Top journals. By database: SCIE 3, SSCI 2, A&HCI 241 and ESCI 231 (a journal can be indexed in more than one).
Which Arts journals are in CAS Zone 1?
By impact factor, the Zone 1 journals in Arts include Research Studies in Music Education (impact factor 7.2), Frontiers of Architectural Research (impact factor 4.4), Museum Management and Curatorship (impact factor 2.4), CoDesign-International Journal of CoCreation in Design and the Arts (impact factor 2.4), Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism (impact factor 2.3), 39 in all; see the full list of Zone 1 Arts journals.
Which Arts journals have fast peer review?
Across the 208 Arts journals with review-time data, the median review time is about 18 weeks. Among Zone 1–2 journals, fast ones include Musicology Australia (about 0.4 weeks, publisher figure), Music Analysis (about 1.9 weeks, publisher figure), Eikon Imago (about 6 weeks, community reports), French Screen Studies (about 9.9 weeks, publisher figure), Acta Musicologica (about 12 weeks, article statistics). Review times come first from article statistics (the median from submission to acceptance over the last 24 months), then from publisher figures and community reports; a single manuscript can take much longer or shorter.
Which Arts journals charge no APC?
129 journals in Arts charge authors no article processing charge (APC); those with the highest impact factors include Colloquia Humanistica (impact factor 70), VITRUVIO-International Journal of Architectural Technology and Sustainability (impact factor 1.4), Journal of Aesthetics & Culture (impact factor 1), Musicology Today (impact factor 1), Journal of Architecture and Urbanism (impact factor 1); see the list of Arts journals with no APC. Subscription journals usually charge no APC but may charge for colour figures or extra pages; check the journal's website before submitting.
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