Journal profile
Balthazar
ISSN 2724-3079 · Università degli Studi di Milano · Italy
Balthazar: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 10 weeks (community reports); 13 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Balthazar is published by Università degli Studi di Milano. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Ethics, Aesthetics, and Art, Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy and Indian History and Philosophy, together about 23.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Philosophy. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Balthazar si propone come una rivista multidisciplinare, con particolare ma non esclusivo interesse per ricerche legate alla filosofia morale e politica, alla sociologia, all'antropologia e alla psicoanalisi. Oltre a ospitare contributi di studiose e studiosi riconosciute/i e di giovani promettenti, Balthazar intende raccogliere e diffondere anche voci esterne alla comunità accademica.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Ethics, Aesthetics, and ArtArts and Humanities9.4%
- Phenomenology and Existential PhilosophyPsychology7.6%
- Indian History and PhilosophyArts and Humanities6.6%
- Anarchism and Radical PoliticsSocial Sciences5.7%
- Franz Kafka Literary StudiesArts and Humanities5.7%
- Philosophical Ethics and TheoryArts and Humanities4.7%
- Borges, Kipling, and Jewish IdentityArts and Humanities4.7%
- Gender and Feminist StudiesSocial Sciences3.8%
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
- 1OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.13OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 64 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025 | 13 | 13 | 1 |
| 2024 | 10 | 10 | 1 |
| 2023 | 14 | 14 | 4 |
| 2022 | 27 | 27 | 6 |
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 10 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 | — |
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 websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- License & copyright Diritti d'autore e copyright
Le/Gli autrici/autori accordano alla rivista la licenza di pubblicare il loro lavoro, ma mantengono il copyright su di esso e possono ripubblicarlo liberamente, come pre-print o post-print con la stessa licenza Creative Commons di Balthazar.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
La rivista fornisce accesso aperto e immediato ai suoi contenuti, per il principio secondo cui rendere le ricerche disponibili liberamente al pubblico migliora la diffusione e la costruzione del sapere a livello globale.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Processo di Peer Review
Balthazar è una rivista dotata di Peer Review. Tutti gli articoli sono valutati da almeno due reviewer, scelte/i all’interno di un gruppo di studiose/i non appartenenti né al Comitato Direttivo né a quello Scientifico, e con elevata competenza nei settori della rivista. Le/I reviewer non sono autorizzate/i a vedere i nomi delle/gli autrici/autori, né viceversa (doppio cieco).
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
- Università degli Studi di Milano
- Country or region
- Italy
- Language
- English, Italian
- ISSN
- 2724-3079
- 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 Balthazar
How long does peer review take at Balthazar?
Authors report an average review time of about 10 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.
Which databases index Balthazar?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Balthazar is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Balthazar open access, and what is the APC?
Balthazar 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: .