Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-Philosophy
Journal of Interdisciplinary History of Ideas
ISSN 2280-8574 · Università degli Studi di Torino · Italy
Journal of Interdisciplinary History of Ideas: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 18 weeks (community reports); 19 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Interdisciplinary History of Ideas is published by Università degli Studi di Torino. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Historical Philosophy and Science, Seventeenth-Century Political and Philosophical Thought and Philosophy, History, and Historiography, together about 26.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are History and Philosophy of Science and History. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of Interdisciplinary History of Ideas has been founded in 2010 with the aim to: publish high quality, original research works, by scholars of different fields of specialization, based on well established, as on emerging lines of interdisciplinary historical research; promote the study of intellectual history as an intrinsically interdisciplinary object in its genesis; provide a publishing space for studies dealing with the history of ideas from a genuinely interdisciplinary research perspective; provide a regular forum for discussing issues pertaining to the interdisciplinary approach that characterizes the Journal. The languages of publication are English and French.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Arts and Humanities-Philosophy
Editor-in-chief Enrico PasiniPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Italy 20, France 4, United Kingdom 2, Germany 2, Japan 1 (30 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Historical Philosophy and ScienceArts and Humanities9.6%
- Seventeenth-Century Political and Philosophical ThoughtArts and Humanities8.4%
- Philosophy, History, and HistoriographyArts and Humanities8.4%
- Rousseau and Enlightenment ThoughtArts and Humanities8.1%
- Historical Economic and Legal ThoughtSocial Sciences7.9%
- European Political History AnalysisArts and Humanities5.3%
- History of Science and MedicineArts and Humanities5.3%
- Renaissance and Early Modern StudiesArts and Humanities4.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philosophy | Q3 | 569/891 | 36th |
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
ScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
ERIH-PLUS, PaperityPublisher website
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
- 0.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.11LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.6LetPub ·
- h-index
- 4OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 257 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 14 | 14 | 2 |
| 2025 | 19 | 19 | 4 |
| 2024 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| 2023 | 40 | 40 | 14 |
| 2022 | 14 | 14 | 18 |
| 2021 | 13 | 13 | 10 |
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 18 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 18 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single 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-SA | |
| 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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Self-archiving
- Authorship Self-review: Authorship
Please make sure that the submission has not been previously published elsewhere, is original and has been written by the stated authors.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Copyright retained by authors; first publication license CC BY-SA 4.0 Model summary
Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms: Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Unported License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal. Authors are able to ente…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
In accordance with the Berlin Declaration on Open Access, the JiHi supports the Electronic Open Access Paradigm. Every content of the Journal is published online in electronic form, granting to all users a free right of access and reproduction under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Unported License. After publication, a complete version of each item is deposited in the online reposito…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
The JiHi will feature in its main sections substantive articles, shorter research notes, and surveys, requested from or submitted by prospective authors and guest editors. All such contributions will be blind-refereed (double-blind PR), although experimental open peer-review processes are under study. The PR status of each published text is clearly indicated. Being the JiHi an interdisciplinary jo…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Anti-plagiarism
Journals on the publishing platform of the University of Turin make use of the Turnitin software to detect plagiarism. Any submitted article is checked to detect similarities and potential plagiarism.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving
Authors may enter separate non-exclusive distribution agreements Model summary
Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
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
- Università degli Studi di Torino
- Country or region
- Italy
- Language
- English, French
- ISSN
- 2280-8574
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 15, Issue 29 (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
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Interdisciplinary History of Ideas
How long does peer review take at Journal of Interdisciplinary History of Ideas?
Authors report an average review time of about 18 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Journal of Interdisciplinary History of Ideas based?
Of the 30 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Italy (20), France (4) and United Kingdom (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Interdisciplinary History of Ideas?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Interdisciplinary History of Ideas is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Journal of Interdisciplinary History of Ideas open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Interdisciplinary History of Ideas 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .