Journal profile · HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Index on Censorship
ISSN 0306-4220 · eISSN 1746-6067 · SAGE
Index on Censorship: CAS Zone 4 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; 149 articles in 2025; indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Index on Censorship is published by SAGE and is in Zone 4 of Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Freedom of Expression and Defamation, Law, Rights, and Freedoms and Journalism and Media Studies, together about 73.5% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Freedom of Expression and DefamationSocial Sciences32.1%
- Law, Rights, and FreedomsSocial Sciences26.4%
- Journalism and Media StudiesSocial Sciences15%
- Media, Journalism, and Communication HistoryArts and Humanities3.7%
- Eastern European Communism and ReformsSocial Sciences3.2%
- Soviet and Russian HistorySocial Sciences2.2%
- Media Influence and PoliticsSocial Sciences2%
- Academic Freedom and PoliticsSocial Sciences1.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Humanities, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Humanities, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Humanities, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| History | Q4 | 1876/1936 | 3rd |
| Philosophy | Q4 | 865/891 | 2nd |
| Sociology and Political Science | Q4 | 1511/1530 | 1st |
| Political Science and International Relations | Q4 | 740/745 | 0th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
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
- 0LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.1LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0LetPub ·
- h-index
- 27OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 118OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.07OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0.63%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 11LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 9,069 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 95 | 7 | 170 |
| 2025 | 149 | 16 | 282 |
| 2024 | 149 | 4 | 314 |
| 2023 | 150 | 38 | 273 |
| 2022 | 160 | 11 | 310 |
| 2021 | 132 | 2 | 351 |
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
- SAGE
- ISSN
- 0306-4220
- Electronic ISSN
- 1746-6067
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Index on Censorship
What CAS zone is Index on Censorship in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Index on Censorship is in Zone 4 of Sociology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Humanities, Multidisciplinary. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index Index on Censorship?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Index on Censorship is indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Is Index on Censorship open access, and what is the APC?
Index on Censorship 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 2026-08-30). Last updated: .