Journal profile
Confero Essays on Education Philosophy and Politics
ISSN 2001-4562 · Linköping University Electronic Press · Sweden
Confero Essays on Education Philosophy and Politics: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 30 weeks (community reports); 5 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Confero Essays on Education Philosophy and Politics is published by Linköping University Electronic Press. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Education, Philosophy, and Society, Education, Politics, and Culture Studies and Gender, Sexuality, and Education, together about 34% of its articles. Its main subfields are Education. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Confero: Essays on Education, Philosophy and Politics is a peer-reviewed interdisciplinary journal on issues related to education. The journal provides a space for essayistic writing and social critique in this area, and particularly welcomes philosophical and political contributions. In recent years we have witnessed the appearance of an economy of publications, transforming research into fixed frames and specific modes of expression. Out of these circumstances, Confero grew as a collective endeavour to open up a space for articles that are not only stringent and systematic, but also beautiful, esoteric and profound. The journal thus challenges the mainstream reliance on form and structure to guarantee validity in social scientific writing, believing it may obstruct originality and creativity. Confero publishes essays of high quality, understood in terms of consistency, persuasiveness, rich and thick descriptions and reflexivity. Confero is an open access journal, available for free to people engaged in social science research as well as a wider intellectual public. To be accepted for publication, the essay can be written from a wide range of theoretical perspectives including (but not limited to) branches of critical theory, feminism, Marxism, post-colonial critique, post-structuralism, structuralism, and psychoanalysis. The journal welcomes a broad range of empirical sources used to explore the issue or phenomenon at hand: unconventional sources such as art works, literature, movies as well as conventional empirical material like interviews and ethnographies. Confero publishes essays related to education and social critique written from various academic traditions, for example anthropology, literature, history, political science, psychology and sociology.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Education, Philosophy, and SocietyArts and Humanities19.5%
- Education, Politics, and Culture StudiesSocial Sciences7.6%
- Gender, Sexuality, and EducationSocial Sciences6.9%
- Critical and Liberation PedagogySocial Sciences6.3%
- Gender and Feminist StudiesSocial Sciences5.7%
- Educational Theory and Curriculum StudiesSocial Sciences5.7%
- Bullying, Victimization, and AggressionPsychology5%
- Educational Philosophies and PedagogiesSocial Sciences5%
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
Indexing the journal's website claims
Norwegian ListPublisher website
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- 14OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 21OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.09OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 101 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6 | 6 | 68 |
| 2025 | 5 | 5 | 83 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 61 |
| 2023 | 9 | 9 | 69 |
| 2022 | 2 | 2 | 88 |
| 2021 | 6 | 6 | 92 |
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 30 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 30 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 | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Submission fee
- Charged; see the journal's website for the amount
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)
What to prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Keywords
- 10–15
- Reference style
- MLA
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright
- License & copyright Copyright Notice
As Confero is an open access journal, this means that anyone who can access the Internet can freely download and read the journal. There are no commercial interests for Linköping University Electronic Press or Confero in publishing the journal. The core idea of open access is that copyright remains with the author(s). However, we publish with the agreement of the author that if she or he decides l…
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
- Linköping University Electronic Press
- Country or region
- Sweden
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2001-4562
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 11, Issue 1 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Confero Essays on Education Philosophy and Politics
How long does peer review take at Confero Essays on Education Philosophy and Politics?
Authors report an average review time of about 30 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Confero Essays on Education Philosophy and Politics?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Keywords: 10–15; Reference style: MLA. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Which databases index Confero Essays on Education Philosophy and Politics?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Confero Essays on Education Philosophy and Politics is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Confero Essays on Education Philosophy and Politics open access, and what is the APC?
Confero Essays on Education Philosophy and Politics 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: .