Journal profile · PHILOSOPHY
Aisthesis-Pratiche Linguaggi e Saperi dell Estetico
ISSN 2035-8466 · Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile · Chile
Aisthesis-Pratiche Linguaggi e Saperi dell Estetico: CAS Zone 4 · Philosophy (2025 upgraded edition); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 40 weeks (community reports); indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Aisthesis-Pratiche Linguaggi e Saperi dell Estetico is published by Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and is in Zone 4 of Philosophy in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Italian Literature and Culture, Visual Culture and Art Theory and Diverse academic and cultural studies, together about 35% of its articles. Its main subfields are Philosophy. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Founded in 2008 by Fabrizio Desideri and Giovanni Matteucci, "Aisthesis. Pratiche, linguaggi e saperi dell’estetico" is a peer-reviewed Open Access Journal whose focal aim is to promote interdisciplinary and transcultural research and debate in Aesthetics and the arts. Transcending traditional subject boundaries and understanding the notion of "aesthetic" as a pervasive component of human cultures and life forms, Aisthesis innovatively integrates a major focus on the intersection between aesthetics and the contemporary sciences (biology, psychology, neurosciences) with an in-depth interest in the history of the discipline, its leading classics and great metaphysical questions. While adopting a renewed conception of aesthetics as the privileged point of view of its publications, "Aisthesis" nevertheless very willingly accepts proposals for collaboration relating to the entire spectrum of philosophical research, without disciplinary limitations. “Aisthesis” is published two times per year and welcomes insightful academic articles and timely book reviews. Each “Aisthesis” issue includes thematic sections, in the form of both a main topic and a special focus, as well as a Varia section, followed by a more agile section dedicated to Notes, discussions, book reviews. Call for papers related to main topic and to special focus are regularly announced on the journal website. "Aisthesis" is a Class-A Anvur Journal for the disciplines of the macro-sector 11/C Philosophy. It is indexed, among others, in The Philosopher's Index, SCOPUS, PhilPapers, Google Scholar, and WoS Clarivate. From 2008 to 2023 "Aisthesis" was published by Firenze University Press. The archive of all issues of “Aisthesis” from Vol. 1 to Vol. 16 is entirely accessible at this address:https://oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/aisthesis/issue/archiveFrom the first issue of 2024 "Aisthesis" is published by Mimesis. RIGOROUS PEER REVIEW Each submission to “Aisthesis” is subject to a rigorous quality control and peer-review evaluation process before receiving a decision. The initial in-house quality control check deals with issues such as competing interests; ethical requirements for studies involving human participants or animals; financial disclosures; full compliance with Aisthesis's data availability policy, etc. Submissions may be returned to authors for queries and will not be seen by our Editorial Board or peer reviewers until they pass this quality control check. OPEN ACCESS POLICY Aisthesis pro
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PHILOSOPHY
Editor-in-chief Fabrizio DesideriPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Italy 6, Germany 2, Greece 1 (9 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Italian Literature and CultureArts and Humanities16%
- Visual Culture and Art TheoryArts and Humanities10.9%
- Diverse academic and cultural studiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance8.1%
- Aesthetic Perception and AnalysisNeuroscience5.2%
- Educational and Social StudiesSocial Sciences5.2%
- Art, Politics, and ModernismArts and Humanities4.8%
- Walter Benjamin Studies CompilationArts and Humanities4.8%
- Philosophical and Theoretical AnalysisArts and Humanities3.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Philosophy Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Philosophy | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Philosophy | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Philosophy Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Philosophy | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Philosophy | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.12LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.36LetPub ·
- h-index
- 7OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 6OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.13OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 98.36%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 534 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15 | 15 | 2 |
| 2023 | 37 | 37 | 29 |
| 2022 | 32 | 32 | 32 |
| 2021 | 21 | 21 | 11 |
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 40 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 10 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 | No APC | — | — |
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints
- Open access OPEN ACCESS POLICY
Aisthesis provides immediate open access to its content. Our publisher, Mimesis, complies with the Budapest Open Access Initiative definition of Open Access: By “open access”, we mean the free availability on the public internet, the permission for all users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full text of the articles, crawl them for indexing, pass them as data to s…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review RIGOROUS PEER REVIEW
Each submission to “Aisthesis” is subject to a rigorous quality control and peer-review evaluation process before receiving a decision. The initial in-house quality control check deals with issues such as competing interests; ethical requirements for studies involving human participants or animals; financial disclosures; full compliance with Aisthesis's data availability policy, etc. Submissions m…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Original work; not published elsewhere or under consideration by another journal (or explanation provided to editor). Model summary
The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints
File format must be OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF. Model summary
The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
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
- Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
- Country or region
- Chile
- Language
- Spanish
- ISSN
- 2035-8466
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 21, Issue 1 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Aisthesis-Pratiche Linguaggi e Saperi dell Estetico
What CAS zone is Aisthesis-Pratiche Linguaggi e Saperi dell Estetico in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Aisthesis-Pratiche Linguaggi e Saperi dell Estetico is in Zone 4 of Philosophy, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Philosophy. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Philosophy. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at Aisthesis-Pratiche Linguaggi e Saperi dell Estetico?
Authors report an average review time of about 40 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Aisthesis-Pratiche Linguaggi e Saperi dell Estetico based?
Of the 9 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Italy (6), Germany (2) and Greece (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Aisthesis-Pratiche Linguaggi e Saperi dell Estetico?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Aisthesis-Pratiche Linguaggi e Saperi dell Estetico is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Aisthesis-Pratiche Linguaggi e Saperi dell Estetico open access, and what is the APC?
Aisthesis-Pratiche Linguaggi e Saperi dell Estetico 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: .