Journal profile
Aporia
ISSN 1918-1345 · University of Ottawa · Canada
Aporia: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 9 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Aporia is published by University of Ottawa. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Nursing education and management, Foucault, Power, and Ethics and Nursing Education, Practice, and Leadership, together about 23.3% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Aporia is a peer-reviewed, bilingual, and open access journal dedicated to scholarly debates in nursing and the health sciences. The journal is committed to a pluralistic view of science and to the blurring of boundaries between disciplines. Therefore the editorial team welcomes critical manuscripts in the fields of nursing and the health sciences that include (but not limited to) critique of dominant discourses related to the evidence-based movement, best practice guidelines, knowledge translation, managerialism, nursing and health care practices, ethics, politics of health care and policies, technology, bioethics, biopedagogies, biopolitics etc. Cutting-edge research results in nursing and health-related disciplines are also welcome. Aporia encourages the use of a wide range of epistemologies, philosophies, theoretical perspectives and research methodologies. In the critical analyses of health-related matters, Aporia advocates and embraces a wide range of epistemologies, philosophies and theories including but not limited to: cultural studies, feminism(s), neo-marxism, postmodernism, poststructuralism, postcolonialism and queer studies.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Amélie PerronPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Canada 5, Australia 1 (6 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Nursing education and managementNursing9%
- Foucault, Power, and EthicsSocial Sciences8.4%
- Nursing Education, Practice, and LeadershipNursing6%
- Epistemology, Ethics, and MetaphysicsArts and Humanities5.7%
- Gender and Feminist StudiesSocial Sciences5.7%
- Medicine, History, and PhilosophyMedicine5.1%
- Health, Medicine and SocietyHealth Professions4.8%
- Ethics and bioethics in healthcareMedicine4.8%
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.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
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
- h-index
- 14OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 20OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 3,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 311 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 10 | 10 | 42 |
| 2025 | 9 | 9 | 58 |
| 2024 | 9 | 9 | 76 |
| 2023 | 8 | 8 | 66 |
| 2022 | 10 | 10 | 55 |
| 2021 | 14 | 14 | 100 |
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 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Unspecified 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 | — |
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)
What to prepare6 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 200 words
- Keywords
- ≤ 5
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 7,000 words
- Reference style
- APA
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted1, with length limits
- commentaryrds in English or 8000 words in French. Commentaries and responses to published articles must not exceed 3,000 words in English or 3500 words in French. Manuscr…main text ≤ 3,000 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, License & copyright, Peer review
- Authorship Authorship Credit
Each author must have participated sufficiently in the work. Authorship credit is based on substantial contributions to:
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double-blind peer review process. Model summary
Aporia uses a double-blind peer review process.
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
- University of Ottawa
- Country or region
- Canada
- Language
- English, French
- ISSN
- 1918-1345
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 18, Issue 2 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Aporia
How long does peer review take at Aporia?
Authors report an average review time of about 12 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Aporia?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 200 words; Keywords: ≤ 5; Manuscript length: ≤ 7,000 words; Reference style: APA; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Cover letter: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Aporia based?
Of the 6 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Canada (5) and Australia (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Aporia?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Aporia is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Aporia open access, and what is the APC?
Aporia 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, Publisher website, OpenAlex, DOAJ; 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .