About this journal
Aims and scope
Symbolae Osloenses was first published in 1922 under the title Symbolae Arctoae. Its present title was established in 1924 (Vol.II), with the new subtitle added in 1997.
The journal covers all branches of research on ancient Greek and Latin languages and literature across all periods, including medieval, early modern, and modern times.
All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editors and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review. See our instructions for authors here.
Readership:
Researchers and students of texts written in ancient Greek and Latin, from antiquity to the present.
Journal metrics
Usage
- 14K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 0.1 (2023) Impact Factor
- 0.1 (2023) 5 year IF
- 0.4 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 0.192 (2023) SNIP
- 0.101 (2023) SJR
Understanding and using journal metrics
Journal metrics can be a useful tool for readers, as well as for authors who are deciding where to submit their next manuscript for publication. However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to support and not replace qualitative review.
We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
For more details, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
Journal metrics in brief
UUsage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six months, based on the prior six months. Speed data is only available where a journal has made more than 10 decisions of that type in the time period. Speed metrics are averages; some manuscripts will take longer than this. Citation metrics are updated annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of the following metrics (find out why).
- Usage: the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
- Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles published in the journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
- Impact Factor Best Quartile*: the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
- 5 Year Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal within a five-year window.
- CiteScore (Scopus)†: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over a four-year period.
- CiteScore Best Quartile†: the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
- SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper): the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation potential in the field.
- SJR (Scimago Journal Rank): Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
- From submission to first decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a first decision in the last six months. This includes manuscripts which are not sent for peer review (desk rejections). Manuscripts which are sent out for review can therefore have a significantly longer wait than this metric indicates.
- From submission to first post-review decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review. Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last six months.
- From acceptance to online publication: the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published in the last six months.
- Acceptance rate: articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
For more details on the data above, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
*Copyright: Journal Citation Reports®, Clarivate Analytics
†Copyright: CiteScore™, Scopus
Editorial board
Anastasia Maravela (Ancient Greek) and Han Lamers (Latin) - University of Oslo
Department of Philosophy
Classics, History of Art and Ideas
P.O. Box 1020 Blindern
NO-0315 Oslo, Norway
Editorial Board
Douglas Cairns (University of Edinburgh)
Catherine Conybeare (Bryn Mawr College)
Yasmin Haskell (Monash University, Melbourne)
Nikoletta Kanavou (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens)
Ingela Nilsson (Uppsala University)
Marianne Pade (Aarhus University)
Filippomaria Pontani (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice)
Bettina Reitz-Joosse (University of Groningen)
Joanne Stolk (Leiden University)
Isabelle Torrance (Aarhus University)
Staffan Wahlgren (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim)
Editorial Secretary
Gina Othelie Green
Abstracting and indexing
Symbolae Osloenses is indexed/tracked/covered by the following services:
Arts & Humanities Citation Index (Clarivate Analytics)
Bolletino Classico
Gnomon
L’Année philologique
MLA International Bibliography
Norske Tidsskriftartikler
Scopus (Elsevier)
Open access
Symbolae Osloenses is a hybrid open access journal that is part of our Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.
Why choose open access?
- Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
- Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
- Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
- Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
- Rigorous peer review for every open access article
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
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1 issue per year
Currently known as:
- Symbolae Osloenses: Norwegian Journal of Greek and Latin Studies (1924 - current)
Formerly known as
- Symbolae Arctoae (1922 - 1923)
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