Journal profile
Athena
ISSN 2724-6299 · University of Bologna · Italy
Athena: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 14 weeks (community reports); 16 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Athena is published by University of Bologna. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Political Philosophy and Ethics, Political Theory and Democracy and Evolving Legal Systems and Governance, together about 27.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Political Science and International Relations and Law. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Athena is a diamond open access, double-blind peer review scholarly journal that analyzes Globalization's problems and global concerns from legal, philosophical, historical, political, and social perspectives, aiming to provide theoretical answers to these challenges. The Journal functions as an interdisciplinary laboratory that welcomes contributions from philosophy of law, political thought, cultural anthropology, international law, political philosophy, ethics, moral and theoretical philosophy, philosophy of technology, history and legal history. Through a multidisciplinary approach, the journal endeavors to provide theoretical answers to the complex issues of contemporary global reality, developing widely shared perspectives and formulations that address these challenges. Athena aims to critically examine contemporary challenges: the crisis of the nation-state, the encounter between different civilizations, migration flows, human rights, global constitutionalism, global justice, multiculturalism, new identities, technological acceleration, business and human rights, and the emergence of new forms of power and regulation. Athena seeks to move beyond traditional Western dogmatism by recognizing the particularities and relationships with other cultures, without claiming positions of superiority.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Gustavo GozziPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Italy 22, United Kingdom 2, Netherlands 2, United States 1, India 1 (31 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Political Philosophy and EthicsSocial Sciences9%
- Political Theory and DemocracySocial Sciences9%
- Evolving Legal Systems and GovernanceSocial Sciences9%
- Comparative constitutional jurisprudence studiesSocial Sciences8.3%
- International Law and Human RightsSocial Sciences7.5%
- International Relations and Foreign PolicySocial Sciences6%
- Comparative and International Law StudiesSocial Sciences4.5%
- Legal Rights and Human RightsSocial Sciences4.5%
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
Indexing the journal's website claims
ERIH PLUSPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- 2OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.06OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 66 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6 | 6 | 1 |
| 2025 | 16 | 16 | 3 |
| 2024 | 14 | 14 | 2 |
| 2023 | 13 | 13 | 2 |
| 2022 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| 2021 | 12 | 12 | 1 |
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 14 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication
- 112 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 14 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 | — |
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 prepare5 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 150–200 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 5
- Reference style
- Author–date
- Templates
- Word
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
Article types accepted7, with length limits
- book reviewPapers: between 7,000 and 15,000 words. Book Reviews: maximum 5,000 words (including abstract, footnotes, and references), correspondmain text ≤ 5,000 words
- book reviewsBook Reviews: maximum 5,000 words (including abstract, footnotes, and references), corresponding to approximately 30,000 characters.Length not stated
- conference papering to approximately 90,000 characters. Conference Papers: between 7,000 and 15,000 words. Book Reviews: maximum 5,000 words (including abstract, foomain text ≤ 15,000 words
- conference papersConference Papers: between 7,000 and 15,000 words.Length not stated
- editoriale the following specifications for each editorial section: Thematica: between 9,000 and 15,000 words (including abstract, footnotes, and references), correspondmain text ≤ 15,000 words
- miscellaneaMiscellanea: between 9,000 and 15,000 words (including abstract, footnotes, and references), corresponding to approximately 90,000 characters.Length not stated
- thematicaThematica: between 9,000 and 15,000 words (including abstract, footnotes, and references), corresponding to approximately 90,000 characters.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteConflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Self-archiving
- Conflicts of interest
Declaration of no competing interests Model summary
You have to declare that no known competing financial interests or personal relationships could have appeared to influence the work reported in the submitted manuscript.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability
Funding disclosure required Model summary
You have to indicate the source of research funding or other institutional support that facilitated the research (Supporting Agencies)
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
No simultaneous or multiple submissions Model summary
Athena does not accept simultaneuos submissions and multiple submissions.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
CC BY 4.0 license Model summary
Copyrights and publishing rights of all the texts on this journal belong to the respective authors without restrictions. This journal is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (full legal code). See also our Open Access Policy. Metadata All the metadata of the published material is released in the public domain and may be used by anyone free of charge. This include…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
Metadata in public domain Model summary
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. It releases its articles under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). This license allows anyone to download, reuse, re-print, modify, distribute and/or copy the contributions. The …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Quality Assessment and Peer Review
Included in ANVUR scientific journals' lists (Areas 11a, 12, 14). Model summary
As part of the initial quality assessment and prior to peer review, each manuscript undergoes plagiarism detection through IThenticate software. If no plagiarism is detected, each anonymized manuscript is sent to two external, independent reviewers with appropriate scholarly expertise in the relevant research field for scientific evaluation (double-blind peer review). This process typically takes …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving Archiving and Self-Archiving Policy
As part of AlmaDL Journals, the Journal adopts a strategy to ensure long term preservation of the published content (PKP-PN). Please see the archiving policy of the publishing service AlmaDL Journals. The Journal’s Repository Policy for auto-archiving is recorded on Open Policy Finder
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 Bologna
- Country or region
- Italy
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2724-6299
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 6, Issue 1 (2026)
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Athena
How long does peer review take at Athena?
Authors report an average review time of about 14 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 Athena?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 150–200 words; Keywords: ≥ 5; Reference style: Author–date; Templates: Word; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not 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 Athena based?
Of the 31 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Italy (22), United Kingdom (2) and Netherlands (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Athena?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Athena is indexed in DOAJ. The journal's website also lists ERIH PLUS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Athena open access, and what is the APC?
Athena 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .