Journal profile · Multiple
Film-Philosophy
ISSN 1466-4615 · Edinburgh University Press · United Kingdom
Film-Philosophy: CAS Zone 1 · Arts (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 52 weeks (community reports); 42 articles in 2025; indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Film-Philosophy is published by Edinburgh University Press and is in Zone 1 of Arts in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Cinema and Media Studies, Ethics, Aesthetics, and Art and Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism, together about 47.1% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Film-Philosophy is dedicated to the engagement between film studies and philosophy, exploring the ways in which films develop and contribute to philosophical discussion. The journal also provides a forum for the thoughtful re-evaluation of key aspects of both film studies and philosophy as academic disciplines.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Cinema and Media StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance32.5%
- Ethics, Aesthetics, and ArtArts and Humanities8.9%
- Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary CriticismArts and Humanities5.7%
- Italian Fascism and Post-war SocietySocial Sciences5.5%
- Art, Politics, and ModernismArts and Humanities5%
- Visual Culture and Art TheoryArts and Humanities4.9%
- Philosophy, Ethics, and ExistentialismArts and Humanities4.2%
- Photography and Visual CultureArts and Humanities2.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Arts Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Arts | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Film, Radio, Television | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Philosophy | Zone 3 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Arts Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Arts | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Film, Radio, Television | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Philosophy | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Arts Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Arts | Zone 3 |
| Minor | FILM, RADIO, TELEVISION FILM, RADIO, TELEVISION | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Philosophy | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
AHCIScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- 0.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.27LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.44LetPub ·
- h-index
- 16OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 38OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.27OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 16.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 32LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,116 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 33 | 33 | 0 |
| 2025 | 42 | 42 | 10 |
| 2024 | 39 | 39 | 21 |
| 2023 | 38 | 38 | 40 |
| 2022 | 30 | 30 | 28 |
| 2021 | 30 | 30 | 41 |
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 52 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 52 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-NC | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| 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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- AI use AI Policy
AI use must be disclosed at submission Model summary
Any use of AI in the development or writing of your manuscript must be disclosed to the editors at the point of submission. You can find the EUP AI disclosure form here. And you can read the full EUP AI policy here. Generative AI cannot be used in any aspect of the peer review process. Reviewers cannot upload unpublished manuscripts to any AI tools.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Authorship
Authorship criteria Model summary
In order to be considered an author or co-author of an article in Film-Philosophy, a person must: 1) have made substantial contributions to the work 2) be willing to accept accountability for the work that was done and its presentation in a publication. The contributions to the manuscript of anyone who does not meet this criteria should be listed in the acknowledgements section. For example, thing…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Author Copyright Form
Prospective authors, please click here to download the author copyright form for submission with your article.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access, archiving and social sharing
No submission or publication fees Model summary
All EUP journals are published on a Green Open Access basis, whereby authors are allowed to deposit a pre-publication version of their contribution on their personal or departmental web page and in their institutional repository. Authors are also permitted to deposit a pre-publication version of their contribution in a non-commercial subject repository one year following publication in print. The …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Review Process
Double-blind peer review Model summary
We operate a system of double-blind peer review. Book reviews, festival reports and interviews are not peer-reviewed. We ask our peer reviewers to respond critically but constructively to submissions. These are the questions that reviewers consider when evaluating submissions: Does the submission make an original contribution to the field, or does it cover well known material? Is the submission up…
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
- Edinburgh University Press
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1466-4615
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 30, Issue 1 (February 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Film-Philosophy
What CAS zone is Film-Philosophy in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Film-Philosophy is in Zone 1 of Arts, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Film, Radio, Television / Philosophy; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Arts. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at Film-Philosophy?
Authors report an average review time of about 52 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.
Which databases index Film-Philosophy?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Film-Philosophy is indexed in AHCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Film-Philosophy open access, and what is the APC?
Film-Philosophy 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .