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BRITISH JOURNAL OF AESTHETICS
ISSN 0007-0904 · eISSN 1468-2842 · Oxford University Press
BRITISH JOURNAL OF AESTHETICS: CAS Zone 1 · Arts (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,789; 61 articles in 2025; indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
BRITISH JOURNAL OF AESTHETICS is published by Oxford University Press and is in Zone 1 of Arts in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Ethics, Aesthetics, and Art, Visual Culture and Art Theory and Historical Art and Culture Studies, together about 35.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Visual Arts and Performing Arts. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Ethics, Aesthetics, and ArtArts and Humanities17.4%
- Visual Culture and Art TheoryArts and Humanities10%
- Historical Art and Culture StudiesArts and Humanities8.5%
- Art, Politics, and ModernismArts and Humanities8.4%
- Aesthetic Perception and AnalysisNeuroscience7.4%
- Artistic and Creative ResearchArts and Humanities4.6%
- Art, Technology, and CultureArts and Humanities4.4%
- Samuel Beckett and ModernismArts and Humanities3.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Arts Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Arts | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Art | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Philosophy | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Arts Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Arts | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Art | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Philosophy | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Arts Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Arts | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Art | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Philosophy | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
Database indexing
AHCIScopusLetPub
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
- 1.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.62LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.59LetPub ·
- h-index
- 75OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 736OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.42OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 22.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 34.71%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 49LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 4,964 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 21 | 13 | 2 |
| 2025 | 61 | 23 | 21 |
| 2024 | 74 | 29 | 199 |
| 2023 | 57 | 18 | 230 |
| 2022 | 52 | 14 | 155 |
| 2021 | 74 | 30 | 683 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with PubMed · to
Too few articlesOnly 7 articles from the last 24 months carry both submission and acceptance dates, too few for a median
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | GBP 2,873 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- ISSN
- 0007-0904
- Electronic ISSN
- 1468-2842
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about BRITISH JOURNAL OF AESTHETICS
What CAS zone is BRITISH JOURNAL OF AESTHETICS in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, BRITISH JOURNAL OF AESTHETICS is in Zone 1 of Arts, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Art / Philosophy; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Arts. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index BRITISH JOURNAL OF AESTHETICS?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, BRITISH JOURNAL OF AESTHETICS is indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Is BRITISH JOURNAL OF AESTHETICS open access, and what is the APC?
BRITISH JOURNAL OF AESTHETICS is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,789.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; 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: .