Journal profile · ETHNIC STUDIES
Critical Philosophy of Race
ISSN 2165-8684 · eISSN 2165-8692 · Penn State University Press
Critical Philosophy of Race: CAS Zone 2 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; 15 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Critical Philosophy of Race is published by Penn State University Press and is in Zone 2 of Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Race, History, and American Society, Political Philosophy and Ethics and Critical Race Theory in Education, together about 34.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): ETHNIC STUDIES
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Race, History, and American SocietySocial Sciences16.3%
- Political Philosophy and EthicsSocial Sciences9.4%
- Critical Race Theory in EducationSocial Sciences8.7%
- Feminist Epistemology and Gender StudiesSocial Sciences7.4%
- African cultural and philosophical studiesSocial Sciences5.9%
- Race, Genetics, and SocietyBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.6%
- Latin American and Latino StudiesSocial Sciences4.8%
- Postcolonial and Cultural Literary StudiesArts and Humanities3.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Sociology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Ethnic Studies | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Ethnic Studies | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
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
- 2.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.52LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.57LetPub ·
- h-index
- 27OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 64OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.85OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 7.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 4.55%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 14LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 338 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 11 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 15 | 6 | 11 |
| 2024 | 20 | 4 | 27 |
| 2023 | 17 | 0 | 112 |
| 2022 | 37 | 4 | 238 |
| 2021 | 19 | 0 | 72 |
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
- Penn State University Press
- ISSN
- 2165-8684
- Electronic ISSN
- 2165-8692
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Critical Philosophy of Race
What CAS zone is Critical Philosophy of Race in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Critical Philosophy of Race is in Zone 2 of Sociology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Ethnic Studies. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index Critical Philosophy of Race?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Critical Philosophy of Race is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Critical Philosophy of Race open access, and what is the APC?
Critical Philosophy of Race 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; 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: .