Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-History
Cliodynamics
ISSN 2373-7530 · University of California eScholarship Repository · United States
Cliodynamics: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 9 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Cliodynamics is published by University of California eScholarship Repository. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Language and cultural evolution, Historical Economic and Social Studies and Political Conflict and Governance, together about 33.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Cliodynamics is a transdisciplinary area of research integrating historical macrosociology, cultural and social evolution, economic history/cliometrics, mathematical modeling of long-term social processes, and the construction and analysis of historical databases. Cliodynamics: The Journal of Quantitative History and Cultural Evolution is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal that publishes original articles advancing the state of theoretical knowledge in this transdisciplinary area. In the broadest sense, this theoretical knowledge includes general principles that explain the functioning, dynamics, and evolution of historical societies and specific models, usually formulated as mathematical equations or computer algorithms. Cliodynamics also has empirical content that deals with discovering general historical patterns, determining empirical adequacy of key assumptions made by models, and testing theoretical predictions with data from actual historical societies. A mature, or ‘developed theory’ thus integrates models with data; the main goal of Cliodynamics is to facilitate progress towards such theory in history and cultural evolution.This journal is available for sharing and reuse under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) 4.0 International License which means that all content is freely available without charge to users and their institutions. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles in this journal without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author.Cliodynamics is a member of the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) and Scopus.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Arts and Humanities-History
Editor-in-chief Jack GoldstonePublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Language and cultural evolutionSocial Sciences15.5%
- Historical Economic and Social StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance9.4%
- Political Conflict and GovernanceSocial Sciences8.6%
- Evolutionary Game Theory and CooperationSocial Sciences7.5%
- Globalization, Historical Perspectives, and International RelationsSocial Sciences7%
- Culture, Economy, and Development StudiesSocial Sciences5.6%
- Evolutionary Psychology and Human BehaviorPsychology5.1%
- Philosophy, History, and HistoriographyArts and Humanities4.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
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CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
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CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| History | Q1 | 457/1936 | 76th |
| Cultural Studies | Q2 | 502/1434 | 65th |
| Sociology and Political Science | Q3 | 1020/1530 | 33rd |
| Modeling and Simulation | Q4 | 329/397 | 17th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- 0.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.15LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.66LetPub ·
- h-index
- 20OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 42OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.23OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 199 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 11 | 11 | 41 |
| 2025 | 9 | 9 | 68 |
| 2024 | 6 | 6 | 112 |
| 2023 | 7 | 7 | 216 |
| 2022 | 9 | 9 | 192 |
| 2021 | 3 | 3 | 156 |
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 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single 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
- License & copyright
Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) 4.0 International License; all content freely available without charge. Model summary
This journal is available for sharing and reuse under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) 4.0 International License which means that all content is freely available without charge to users and their institutions.
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 California eScholarship Repository
- Country or region
- United States
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2373-7530
- 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 Cliodynamics
How long does peer review take at Cliodynamics?
Authors report an average review time of about 12 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 Cliodynamics?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Cliodynamics is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Cliodynamics open access, and what is the APC?
Cliodynamics 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: .