Journal profile · HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Avant
ISSN 2082-7598 · eISSN 2082-6710 · Centre for Philosophical Research · Poland
Avant: CAS Zone 4 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); fully open access; no APC; review about 8 weeks (community reports); 27 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Avant is published by Centre for Philosophical Research and is in Zone 4 of Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Language and Culture, Education and Cultural Studies and Embodied and Extended Cognition, together about 29.8% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
GENERAL INFORMATION "Avant" is a peer-reviewed journal dedicated to current trends and methods in interdisciplinary studies with a focus on cognitive sciences, contemporary philosophy of science, methodology of interdisciplinary research, social studies of science, cognitive/cultural anthropology, and studies on art. Primarily, the journal provides reviews and review-like papers, balanced and insightful syntheses, analysis, hypotheses, comments, opinions, polemics, discussions, book reviews, and interviews. It presents the interactions of various disciplines, including philosophy, anthropology, neurobiology, psychology, robotics, sociology, linguistics, and others. "Avant" publishes mostly solicited papers. The journal is bilingual (primarily in English), published online in open access, with a frequency of three issues per year. Usually, two issues are fully international. PUBLISHERSInstitute of Philosophy of the Maria Curie-Sklodowska UniversityAvant Project ABSTRACTING AND INDEXINGScopus (Elsevier), Emerging Sources Citation Index (Web of Science), The European Reference Index for the Humanities and the Social Sciences (ERIH Plus), The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), ICI Journals Master List, Central and Eastern European Online Library (CEEOL, until 2022), The Central European Journal Of Social Sciences And Humanities (CEJSH), EBSCO Publishing, PhilPapers, BazHum: Virtual Library of Science, Academic Journals Database, WorldCat Catalog, Advanced Science Index, PBN - Polska Bibliografia Naukowa, ARIANTA, Polski Indeks Filozoficzny, Polish Ministry of Education and Science's List of Scored Journals, as well as academic and local registers. Impact Factor 2022: 0.1. The author of our Logo is Antoni Domański (Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw). “Avant” journal has been registered in District Court in Bydgoszcz, under number: R Pr 926.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Language and CultureSocial Sciences11.4%
- Education and Cultural StudiesSocial Sciences9.3%
- Embodied and Extended CognitionNeuroscience9.1%
- Central European Literary StudiesSocial Sciences7.6%
- Action Observation and SynchronizationPsychology6.4%
- Polish-Jewish Holocaust Memory StudiesArts and Humanities6%
- Polish Historical and Cultural StudiesSocial Sciences5.7%
- Diverse Academic Research StudiesSocial Sciences4.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Humanities, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Humanities, Multidisciplinary | 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
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceERIH PLUSPublisher website
Other: 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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.14LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.18LetPub ·
- h-index
- 13OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 20OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.16OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 50%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 25LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 450 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | 27 | 1 |
| 2024 | 29 | 29 | 8 |
| 2023 | 26 | 26 | 16 |
| 2022 | 21 | 21 | 26 |
| 2021 | 30 | 30 | 49 |
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 8 weeksLetPub ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewLetPub
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
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Page charges
- No page charges
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
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
- ≤ 300 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 5
- Reference style
- APA
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
- Cover letter
- Required
- Not considered
- preprint
Article types accepted6
- articles with posters* Articles with posters (1 000 – 3 000 words)Length not stated
- book reviews* Book reviews (1 500 – 5 500 words)Length not stated
- full length analysis and reviews* Full length analysis and reviews (6 000 – 16 500 words)Length not stated
- mini-reviews* Mini-reviews (2 000 – 4 000 words)Length not stated
- opinions, comments and discussions* Opinions, comments and discussions (1 000 – 4 000 words)Length not stated
- original research articles* Original research articles (3 000 – 12 000 words)Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship
- Authorship III. Authorship
1. The texts have to be original, not published and should not be sent simultaneously to peer review nor publishing to other journals.
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
- Centre for Philosophical Research
- Country or region
- Poland
- Language
- English, Polish
- ISSN
- 2082-7598
- Electronic ISSN
- 2082-6710
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Avant
What CAS zone is Avant in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Avant is in Zone 4 of Sociology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Humanities, Multidisciplinary. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at Avant?
Authors report an average review time of about 8 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 Avant?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 300 words; Keywords: ≥ 5; Reference style: APA; Graphical abstract: Optional; 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.
Which databases index Avant?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Avant is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science and ERIH PLUS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Avant open access, and what is the APC?
Avant is a fully open-access journal. It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, 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: .