Journal profile · PHILOSOPHY
Kant Yearbook
ISSN 1868-4599 · eISSN 1868-4602 · Walter de Gruyter
Kant Yearbook: CAS Zone 3 · Philosophy (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.6 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC about USD 2,712; 9 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Kant Yearbook is published by Walter de Gruyter 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 Philosophical Ethics and Theory, Kantian Philosophy and Modern Interpretations and Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies, together about 46.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Philosophy. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
About this journal Founded by Dietmar Heidemann, the Kant Yearbook is an international journal that publishes articles, historical or systematic, on the philosophy of Immanuel Kant. It is the yearbook′s goal to intensify innovative research on Kant on the international scale. Articles are double-blind peer reviewed by an internationally renowned editorial board. Each issue is dedicated to a specific topic announced through a call for papers. Topics: Vol. 18/2026 — "Philosophy of History and Culture" Vol. 17/2025 — "Philosophy of Mind" Vol. 16/2024 — "Philosophy of Mathematics" Vol. 15/2023 — "Philosophy of Language" Vol. 14/2022 — "Constructivism" Vol. 13/2021 — "Political Philosophy" Vol. 12/2020 — "Kant and Neo-Kantianism" Vol. 11/2019 — "Aesthetics" Vol. 10/2018 — "Philosophy of Religion" Vol. 9/2017 — "Philosophy of Science" Vol. 8/2016 — "Kant and German Idealism"Vol. 7/2015 — "Kant and Empiricism"Vol. 6/2014 — "Kant and Rationalism"Vol. 5/2013 — "Kant and Contemporary Theory of Knowledge"Vol. 4/2012 — "Kant and Contemporary Moral Philosophy"Vol. 3/2011 — "Anthropology"Vol. 2/2010 — "Metaphysics"Vol. 1/2009 — "Teleology"
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PHILOSOPHY
Editor-in-chief Kristina EngelhardPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Philosophical Ethics and TheoryArts and Humanities30.4%
- Kantian Philosophy and Modern InterpretationsArts and Humanities9.1%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance7%
- Philosophy and Theoretical SciencePsychology6.1%
- Philosophy, Science, and HistoryArts and Humanities5%
- War, Ethics, and JustificationArts and Humanities4.7%
- Historical Philosophy and ScienceArts and Humanities3.8%
- Legal Cases and CommentaryMedicine3.2%
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)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EBSCO, ProQuest, Baidu, OCLCPublisher 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
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 0.6Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 0.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 1Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.3LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.15LetPub ·
- h-index
- 18OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 25OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 22.22%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 5LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 186 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| 2023 | 11 | 4 | 23 |
| 2022 | 8 | 4 | 28 |
| 2021 | 10 | 3 | 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
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | EUR 2,400 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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
- Walter de Gruyter
- ISSN
- 1868-4599
- Electronic ISSN
- 1868-4602
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Kant Yearbook
What CAS zone is Kant Yearbook in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Kant Yearbook 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.
What is the impact factor of Kant Yearbook?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.6; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 1, h-index 18.
Which databases index Kant Yearbook?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Kant Yearbook is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Kant Yearbook open access, and what is the APC?
Kant Yearbook is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 2,712.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, 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: .