Journal profile
Ckhid
ISSN 1728-9343 · eISSN 2411-3093 · Ukrainian Center for Cultural Studies · Ukraine
Ckhid: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 8 weeks (community reports); 50 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Ckhid is published by Ukrainian Center for Cultural Studies. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Soviet and Russian History, Central European national history and Religion and Society Interactions, together about 28.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Political Science and International Relations and Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The journal “Skhid” is a platform for discussions on social transformations as a process of structural changes in the state of society and a platform for developing optimal ways of their practical implementation. in particular: changes in established traditions; civilizational and cultural overcoming of the negative social consequences of the past; acceleration of qualitative changes and introduction of innovative experience; transition to a higher technological system; minimization of the negative impacts of the post-information society. The mission of the journal is to catalyze a scientific discussion on the social transformations of the past and present and trends in their future development; to create a new level of knowledge to enable social transformations of the existing world order, to model promising directions for the development of socio-humanitarian sciences in the future. The journal is aimed at the academic and expert-analytical community, and articles that are the result of theoretical or empirical research are published in the journal. All articles are subject to the peer-review process. Thematic areas: preconditions, causes and consequences of social transformations; historical and civilizational-cultural experience of social transformations; main stages of social development; processes of modernization and demodernization in the contemporary world; impact of the elite on the processes of social transformation; impact of social transformations on the processes of social identification; conceptualization of theoretical discourses in the countries of the “center”, “semiperiphery” and “periphery”; civilizational and cultural conflicts in the process of social development of “catch-up” societies; assurance of humanitarian security in the face of global challenges; theoretical approaches related to the emergence of the contemporary world-system / capitalist world-economy, rationalization of social processes; modernization, detraditionalization and decolonization in the contemporary world; collective and individual memory in the process of social transit: historical memory, polarization of traditional and modern identities in the contemporary world, mental transformations; social prognostics, strategies of social development, limits of social progress in the conditions of global changes; sacred, secular and post-secular societies; genesis of civil society institutions; sacred, secular and post-secular societies; methodological principles of rese
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Olena AleksandrovaPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Ukraine 12, Poland 2, Nigeria 1 (15 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Soviet and Russian HistorySocial Sciences15.3%
- Central European national historySocial Sciences7%
- Religion and Society InteractionsSocial Sciences6.7%
- European and Russian Geopolitical Military StrategiesSocial Sciences6.2%
- Economic Issues in UkraineEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6.1%
- Ukrainian Cultural and Linguistic StudiesSocial Sciences4.3%
- Philosophy and Historical ThoughtArts and Humanities4.1%
- European Politics and SecuritySocial Sciences4%
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
- 7OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.51OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 994 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 39 | 39 | 65 |
| 2025 | 50 | 50 | 93 |
| 2024 | 45 | 45 | 98 |
| 2023 | 31 | 31 | 67 |
| 2022 | 37 | 37 | 66 |
| 2021 | 54 | 54 | 58 |
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 ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 8 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-NC-ND | |
| 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 websiteAI use, Authorship, Data availability, License & copyright, Peer review, Plagiarism
- AI use
AI use must be declared via GAIDeT Declaration Generator; declaration required in metadata and manuscript text. Model summary
Authors must declare the use of AI using the GAIDeT Declaration Generator online tool. The corresponding declaration must be entered into the metadata during the submission process and included within the manuscript text itself.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship
Authors responsible for accuracy of facts, quotations, numbers, names. Model summary
1. Authors bear responsibility for the accuracy of facts, quotations, numbers and names used.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability
Privacy: registration names/emails used only for internal technical purposes and author communication; not shared with third parties. Model summary
The names and email addresses provided by users during registration on this journal’s website are used exclusively for internal technical purposes and for communication with authors; they are not disclosed or shared with third parties for marketing or any other purposes.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Copyright: authors retain authorship; first publication right granted to journal under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Model summary
1. Authors bear responsibility for the accuracy of facts, quotations, numbers and names used. 2. Manuscripts are not sent back. 3. The publisher does not always agree with the authors' opinion. 4. The authors reserve the right to authorship of the work and pass the first publication right of this work to the journal under the terms of a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Blind review: authors must follow Blind Review Guaranty instructions for peer-reviewed section. Model summary
If the material is submitted to the peer-reviewed section of the magazine, the Blind Review Guaranty's instructions were executed when filing the submission file.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Originality: submission must not be previously published or under consideration elsewhere. Model summary
This submission has not previously been published and was not sent to the editorial boards of other journals (or the comments for the editor below are necessary explanations).
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
- Ukrainian Center for Cultural Studies
- Country or region
- Ukraine
- Language
- English, Ukrainian, Russian
- ISSN
- 1728-9343
- Electronic ISSN
- 2411-3093
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Ckhid
How long does peer review take at Ckhid?
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.
Where are the editorial board members of Ckhid based?
Of the 15 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Ukraine (12), Poland (2) and Nigeria (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Ckhid?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Ckhid is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Ckhid open access, and what is the APC?
Ckhid 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: .