Journal profile · HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Common Knowledge
ISSN 0961-754X · eISSN 1538-4578 · Duke University Press
Common Knowledge: CAS Zone 4 · Literature (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; 57 articles in 2025; indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Common Knowledge is published by Duke University Press and is in Zone 4 of Literature in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are American Constitutional Law and Politics, Classical Antiquity Studies and Medieval Literature and History, together about 17.9% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Since 1992 Common Knowledge has opened lines of communication among schools of thought in the academy, as well as between the academy and the community of thoughtful people outside its walls. Common Knowledge has formed a new intellectual model, one based on conversation and cooperation rather than on metaphors (adopted from war and sports) of "sides" that one must "take." The pages of Common Knowledge regularly challenge the ways we think about scholarship and its relevance to humanity. Read more...
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- American Constitutional Law and PoliticsSocial Sciences6.4%
- Classical Antiquity StudiesSocial Sciences5.9%
- Medieval Literature and HistoryArts and Humanities5.7%
- Religion and Society InteractionsSocial Sciences5.6%
- Reformation and Early Modern ChristianityArts and Humanities5.4%
- Poetry Analysis and CriticismArts and Humanities5%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering4.8%
- Legal case studies and regulationsSocial Sciences4.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Literature Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Humanities, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Literature Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Humanities, Multidisciplinary | Zone 1 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Humanities, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview 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
- 0.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.11LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.48LetPub ·
- h-index
- 61OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 290OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.12OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 15LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,140 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 57 | 0 | 4 |
| 2024 | 62 | 1 | 150 |
| 2023 | 63 | 1 | 182 |
| 2022 | 73 | 4 | 329 |
| 2021 | 61 | 4 | 102 |
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.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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
- Duke University Press
- ISSN
- 0961-754X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1538-4578
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 32, Issue 1 (January 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Common Knowledge
What CAS zone is Common Knowledge in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Common Knowledge is in Zone 4 of Literature, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Humanities, Multidisciplinary. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Literature. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index Common Knowledge?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Common Knowledge is indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Is Common Knowledge open access, and what is the APC?
Common Knowledge is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .