Journal profile · Multiple
Daedalus
ISSN 0011-5266 · eISSN 1548-6192 · MIT Press
Daedalus: CAS Zone 3 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.78; subscription journal; APC charged, amount not published; 70 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI, AHCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Daedalus is published by MIT Press and is in Zone 3 of Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are American Constitutional Law and Politics, Race, History, and American Society and Higher Education Governance and Development, together about 20.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Political Science and International Relations. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Drawing on the nation’s most prominent thinkers in the arts, sciences, humanities, and social sciences, as well as the professions and public life, Dædalus, the open access Journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, explores the frontiers of knowledge and issues of public importance.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editor-in-chief Phyllis S. BendellPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- American Constitutional Law and PoliticsSocial Sciences8.6%
- Race, History, and American SocietySocial Sciences6%
- Higher Education Governance and DevelopmentSocial Sciences5.7%
- Legal Education and Practice InnovationsSocial Sciences5.7%
- Social Media and PoliticsSocial Sciences4.9%
- Electoral Systems and Political ParticipationSocial Sciences4.7%
- Academic Freedom and PoliticsSocial Sciences4.7%
- Judicial and Constitutional StudiesSocial Sciences4.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Sociology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Humanities, Multidisciplinary | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Humanities, Multidisciplinary | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Sociology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Humanities, Multidisciplinary | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIAHCIScopusLetPub
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
- Impact factor
- 1.78LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.8Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2024
- 41Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.81LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.45LetPub ·
- h-index
- 83OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 613OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.51OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 5.6%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 56LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,704 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 52 | 52 | 5 |
| 2025 | 70 | 70 | 70 |
| 2024 | 76 | 76 | 422 |
| 2023 | 88 | 88 | 506 |
| 2022 | 58 | 58 | 1,734 |
| 2021 | 67 | 67 | 1,042 |
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.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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
- MIT Press
- ISSN
- 0011-5266
- Electronic ISSN
- 1548-6192
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 155, Issue 3 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Daedalus
What CAS zone is Daedalus in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Daedalus is in Zone 3 of Sociology, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Humanities, Multidisciplinary / Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary. 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.
What is the impact factor of Daedalus?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.78; CiteScore 7, h-index 83.
Which databases index Daedalus?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Daedalus is indexed in SSCI, AHCI and Scopus.
Is Daedalus open access, and what is the APC?
Daedalus is a subscription journal. APC charged, amount not published.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .