Journal profile · PHILOSOPHY
Informal Logic
ISSN 0824-2577 · University of Windsor · Canada
Informal Logic: CAS Zone 3 · Philosophy (2025 upgraded edition); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 36 articles in 2025; indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Informal Logic is published by University of Windsor and is in Zone 3 of Philosophy in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics, Multi-Agent Systems and Negotiation and Education and Critical Thinking Development, together about 34.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Philosophy. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
INFORMAL LOGIC is a Diamond Open Access peer reviewed journal publishing articles and reviews on topics related to reasoning and argumentation in theory and practice. It is deliberately multi-disciplinary, welcoming theoretical and empirical research from any pertinent field, including, but not restricted to, philosophy, rhetoric, communication, linguistics, psychology, artificial intelligence, education, law. It also welcomes contributions from non-Western cultural traditions and under-represented schools of thought.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PHILOSOPHY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Epistemology, Ethics, and MetaphysicsArts and Humanities13.4%
- Multi-Agent Systems and NegotiationComputer Science10.8%
- Education and Critical Thinking DevelopmentSocial Sciences9.8%
- Language, Metaphor, and CognitionPsychology6.7%
- Logic, Reasoning, and KnowledgeComputer Science6.4%
- Pragmatism in Philosophy and EducationArts and Humanities5.4%
- Rhetoric and Communication StudiesArts and Humanities5.2%
- Philosophy and Theoretical SciencePsychology4.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Philosophy Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Philosophy | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Philosophy | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Philosophy Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Philosophy | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Philosophy | Zone 3 |
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 3 |
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
- 2.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.48LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.68LetPub ·
- h-index
- 47OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 296OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.19OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 18.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 36.51%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 22LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,017 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 15 | 15 | 2 |
| 2025 | 36 | 36 | 21 |
| 2024 | 26 | 26 | 69 |
| 2023 | 18 | 18 | 67 |
| 2022 | 27 | 27 | 91 |
| 2021 | 29 | 29 | 103 |
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 | Publisher's own license | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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)
Article types accepted1
- book reviewReview of Authoritarianism on the Front Page: Multimodal Discourse and Argumentation in Times of Multiple Crises in Greece Leo Groarke (Author) 327-331 PDF Revi…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- AI use
Mandatory AI use declaration; undisclosed AI use is treated as a serious breach of ethics. Model summary
An AI declaration statement is now mandatory. In the comments to the editors, please declare whether A.I. was used in any capacity in the preparation of your submission. If it has, please also disclose the exact way any AI has been used.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship
AI tools cannot be listed as author or co-author. Model summary
AI tools cannot author or even co-author a submission.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest
APA 7 citation and reference style required. Model summary
This journal follows the APA 7 style for citations and references.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
Simultaneous submission to other journals is prohibited. Model summary
No submission to Informal Logic should be under review by another journal at the same time. It is a serious breach of scholarly ethics to submit a scholarly work for publication to more than one journal or other medium of publication at the same time.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Volume 46 and following: Informal Logic is a fully open access journal, which means all articles are published without a processing charge, as Diamond Open Access under a Creative Commons licence, specifically License BY-NC-ND. This license enables reusers to copy and distribute the material in any medium or format in unadapted form only, for noncommercial purposes only, and only so long as attrib…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Diamond open access, no processing charge, CC BY-NC-ND licence from Volume 46 onward. Model summary
Volume 46 and following: Informal Logic is a fully open access journal, which means all articles are published without a processing charge, as Diamond Open Access under a Creative Commons licence, specifically License BY-NC-ND.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double-anonymized peer review: authors must remove all author-identifying references and metadata. Model summary
Papers submitted for publication in Informal Logic must remove all author-identifying references from the body, notes and References of the paper. Please also make sure that the author name is removed in the meta-data.
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
- University of Windsor
- Country or region
- Canada
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 0824-2577
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 46, Issue 2 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Informal Logic
What CAS zone is Informal Logic in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Informal Logic is in Zone 3 of Philosophy, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Philosophy. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Philosophy. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at Informal Logic?
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.
Which databases index Informal Logic?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Informal Logic is indexed in AHCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Informal Logic open access, and what is the APC?
Informal Logic 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: .