Obiter
ISSN 1682-5853 · Academy of Science of South Africa · ZA · active 2002–2026
Metrics
“Cites per paper” is a two-year cited-by rate computed from OpenAlex. It is not a Clarivate Journal Impact Factor — we neither compute nor license that metric. Citation rates differ enormously between fields, so compare within a discipline.
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Responding time
Turnaround figures are indicative, not a guarantee: DOAJ values are self-reported by the journal (average weeks, submission to publication); library estimates are medians of the received/accepted dates printed in papers we hold. Editorial times vary by article type and season — confirm on the journal’s own site.
Indexing & access
Access status: gold. Where this comes from publisher-level signals rather than works-level data it is a heuristic — confirm on the journal’s own site, especially regarding any article processing charge.
Article processing charge (APC): 3,600 ZAR per accepted article (DOAJ).
Scope
Frequently asked
Is Obiter a predatory journal?
Our screening does not flag Obiter. That is not a guarantee of quality — it means the venue is not on Beall's archive (frozen since 2017) and does not match our name-pattern heuristic. It is listed in DOAJ, which is a positive signal.
Is Obiter indexed in Scopus or Web of Science?
Per our venue index, Obiter appears in: DOAJ. Index membership changes over time — confirm on the index's own site before relying on it.
What is the impact factor of Obiter?
Papers in Obiter are cited about 0.2 times each within two years of publication, with an h-index of 10. Those are the open equivalents: the Clarivate Journal Impact Factor is a proprietary metric we neither compute nor license, so we show the two-year citation rate and Scimago quartile instead — they answer the same question of how heavily the journal is cited. A citation rate is a property of a field as much as of a journal.
Is Obiter open access?
Our index records its access status as "gold". Where this is derived from publisher-level signals rather than works-level data it is a heuristic, so confirm on the journal's own site — particularly if an article processing charge matters to you.
What is the article processing charge (APC) to publish in Obiter?
Article processing charge (APC): 3,600 ZAR per accepted article (DOAJ). The exact charge can vary by article type and any fee waiver, so confirm the current amount on the journal's own site.
How long does Obiter take to publish a paper?
Submission to publication for Obiter takes about ~40 wk — DOAJ self-reported. Treat it as indicative rather than a guarantee: editorial times vary by article type, reviewer availability and season, and a self-reported figure is the journal's own. We do not hold a peer-review acceptance rate for Obiter.