Journal profile · PHILOSOPHY
Contemporary Pragmatism
ISSN 1572-3429 · eISSN 1875-8185 · Brill
Contemporary Pragmatism: CAS Zone 4 · Philosophy (2025 upgraded edition); hybrid open access; 25 articles in 2025; indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Contemporary Pragmatism is published by Brill and is in Zone 4 of Philosophy in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Pragmatism in Philosophy and Education, Critical Theory and Philosophy and Philosophy, Science, and History, together about 46.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Philosophy. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): PHILOSOPHY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Pragmatism in Philosophy and EducationArts and Humanities34.3%
- Critical Theory and PhilosophySocial Sciences7%
- Philosophy, Science, and HistoryArts and Humanities5%
- Political Philosophy and EthicsSocial Sciences4.8%
- Wittgensteinian philosophy and applicationsArts and Humanities4.6%
- Epistemology, Ethics, and MetaphysicsArts and Humanities4.1%
- Feminist Epistemology and Gender StudiesSocial Sciences3.8%
- Philosophy and Theoretical SciencePsychology3.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Philosophy Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Philosophy | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Philosophy | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Philosophy Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Philosophy | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Philosophy | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Philosophy Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Philosophy | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Philosophy | 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
- 0.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.24LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.88LetPub ·
- h-index
- 18OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 52OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.32OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 25%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 9.84%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 23LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 608 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 24 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 | 25 | 5 | 5 |
| 2024 | 24 | 10 | 18 |
| 2023 | 23 | 11 | 26 |
| 2022 | 31 | 6 | 16 |
| 2021 | 28 | 7 | 36 |
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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
- Brill
- ISSN
- 1572-3429
- Electronic ISSN
- 1875-8185
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Contemporary Pragmatism
What CAS zone is Contemporary Pragmatism in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Contemporary Pragmatism is in Zone 4 of Philosophy, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Philosophy. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Philosophy. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index Contemporary Pragmatism?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Contemporary Pragmatism is indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Is Contemporary Pragmatism open access, and what is the APC?
Contemporary Pragmatism is a hybrid journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .