Journal profile · PHILOSOPHY
Filozofia
ISSN 0046-385X · eISSN 2585-7061 · Slovak Academy of Sciences · Slovakia
Filozofia: CAS Zone 4 · Philosophy (2025 upgraded edition); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 66 articles in 2025; indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Filozofia is published by Slovak Academy of Sciences 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 Education, Psychology, and Social Research, Religious, Philosophical, and Educational Studies and Classical Philosophy and Thought, together about 40.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science and Philosophy. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Filozofia is an academic journal publishing original articles in a wide range of areas including metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of mind, history of philosophy, social and political philosophy, and related disciplines, such as logic, methodology and ethics. Filozofia is a double-blind peer-reviewed journal and is open to all authors, independently of their methodology and/or theoretical background. Filozofia is published six times per year (February, April, May, September, October, and December).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PHILOSOPHY
Editor-in-chief Jon STEWARTPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named France 3, Czechia 3, United States 2, United Kingdom 2, Germany 2 (26 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Education, Psychology, and Social ResearchSocial Sciences20.2%
- Religious, Philosophical, and Educational StudiesSocial Sciences13.5%
- Classical Philosophy and ThoughtArts and Humanities7.3%
- Phenomenology and Existential PhilosophyPsychology5.2%
- Philosophical Ethics and TheoryArts and Humanities5%
- Eastern European Communism and ReformsSocial Sciences4.6%
- Linguistics and language evolutionArts and Humanities3.9%
- Critical Theory and PhilosophySocial Sciences3.5%
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 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Philosophy | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Philosophy | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Philosophy Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Philosophy | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Philosophy | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
AHCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceERIH PLUSCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, Sherpa Romeo, IBZ – Online (www.gbv.de), IBR – Online (www.gbv.de), Philosopher’s Index, Jisc - Open policy finder
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.2LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.42LetPub ·
- h-index
- 7OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 5OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.31OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 50%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 99.5%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 57LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 747 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 36 | 36 | 0 |
| 2025 | 66 | 66 | 7 |
| 2024 | 88 | 88 | 51 |
| 2023 | 83 | 83 | 29 |
| 2022 | 63 | 63 | 34 |
| 2021 | 75 | 75 | 43 |
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 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 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 | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
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
- Abstract
- ≤ 150 words
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
Article types accepted7
- book reviewsBook reviews: 7,200 – 9,000 characters including spacesLength not stated
- discussions – polemicsDiscussions – Polemics: 18,000 – 27,000 characters including spacesLength not stated
- interviewsInterviews: 12,000 - 18,000 characters including spacesLength not stated
- miscellaneous (scientific events, critical notes, …)Miscellaneous (Scientific events, Critical notes, …): up to 7,000 characters including spaces.Length not stated
- reflectionsReflections: 18,000 – 21,600 characters including spacesLength not stated
- research articlesResearch articles: 28,000 – 36,000 characters including spacesLength not stated
- review studiesReview studies: 18,000 – 27,000 characters including spacesLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Self-archiving
- License & copyright 4. Consent to public license
CC BY-NC 4.0 license. Model summary
By submitting their manuscript to Filozofia authors agree that their work will be licensed under a CC BY-NC 4.0. Authors give their permission to the editors and publishers of Filozofia to publish their articles in the journal. Authors also give permission to the journal Filozofia to be acknowledged as the original venue of publication.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access
Unrestricted open access in accordance with the Budapest Open Access Initiative. Model summary
Filozofia promotes the idea of open science and contributes to it by providing unrestricted open access to its published content in accordance with the Budapest Open Access Initiative. The journal Filozofia is fully funded by its publishers and operates on a non-profit basis. Because of this, all articles published in the journal are accessible to readers free of charge, and neither article proces…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Anonymous peer review required. Model summary
Submitted papers must be prepared for anonymous peer-review.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving
Authors are encouraged to self-archive the published version in institutional repositories and on personal websites. Model summary
Authors are encouraged to archive the published version of their work in institutional repositories and on their personal websites.
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
- Slovak Academy of Sciences
- Country or region
- Slovakia
- Language
- Czech, English, Slovak
- ISSN
- 0046-385X
- Electronic ISSN
- 2585-7061
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Filozofia
What CAS zone is Filozofia in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Filozofia is in Zone 4 of Philosophy, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Philosophy. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Philosophy. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at Filozofia?
Authors report an average review time of about 12 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 Filozofia?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 150 words; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required. 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Filozofia based?
Of the 26 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are France (3), Czechia (3) and United States (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Filozofia?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Filozofia is indexed in AHCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, ERIH PLUS and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Filozofia open access, and what is the APC?
Filozofia 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 2026-08-30). Last updated: .