Journal profile
Khronos
ISSN 2447-2158 · CHC - Centro Interunidades de História da Ciência da Universidade de São Paulo · Brazil
Khronos: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 8 weeks (community reports); 22 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Khronos is published by CHC - Centro Interunidades de História da Ciência da Universidade de São Paulo. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are History of Science and Medicine, Diverse Historical and Scientific Studies and History of Science and Natural History, together about 36.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are History and Philosophy of Science and History. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Khronos - Revista de História da Ciência is a semiannual publication of the CHC - Interunits Center for the History of Science of the University of São Paulo (founded in 1988) - focused on the history and epistemology of the natural sciences, life sciences, human sciences, techniques and related areas. The perspective is interdisciplinary and aims to stimulate the interpretative possibilities of scientific and technical knowledge processes in their historical contexts.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- History of Science and MedicineArts and Humanities20.1%
- Diverse Historical and Scientific StudiesArts and Humanities9.5%
- History of Science and Natural HistoryArts and Humanities7%
- Historical Philosophy and ScienceArts and Humanities5.8%
- Philosophy and History of ScienceArts and Humanities4.9%
- History of Education Research in BrazilArts and Humanities4.9%
- History of Medicine and Tropical HealthArts and Humanities4.6%
- History of Medicine StudiesArts and Humanities4.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
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.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
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
- h-index
- 4OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.05OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 205 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 18 | 18 | 17 |
| 2025 | 22 | 22 | 12 |
| 2024 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
| 2023 | 14 | 14 | 12 |
| 2022 | 7 | 7 | 11 |
| 2021 | 17 | 17 | 11 |
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 8 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 8 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 | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Other fees
- No other fees
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
- Keywords
- 3–5
- Reference style
- Chicago
Article types accepted10
- artigosArtigos Quipus, Writing, and Mathematics: Historiographical Debates on the Recording Systems of the Inca EmpireLength not stated
- chamada para artigosChamada para Artigos ix-x PDF (Portuguese (Brazil))Length not stated
- editorialEditorial Editorial: Khronos 21 iv-viii PDF (Portuguese (Brazil))Length not stated
- essays and testimonialsIn the case of essays and testimonials, the Editors will define the relevance of abstracts and keywords.Length not stated
- memóriaMemóriaLength not stated
- necrologyNecrology In Memoriam: Julio Roberto Katinsky (1932-2026) 195-198 PDF (Portuguese (Brazil))Length not stated
- notícias de trabalho de pós-graduandosNotícias de trabalho de pós-graduandosLength not stated
- pesquisasPesquisasLength not stated
- reviewsReviews must include complete bibliographic information on the analyzed work.Length not stated
- traduçãoTraduçãoLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright
- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Copyright Notice Model summary
Authors who publish in this journal agree to the following terms: Authors retain the copyright and grant the journal the right to first publication, with the work simultaneously licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License in the "Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International" (CC BY-NC 4.0) modality that allows sharing of the work with acknowledgment of authorship and initial publication…
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
- CHC - Centro Interunidades de História da Ciência da Universidade de São Paulo
- Country or region
- Brazil
- Language
- English, Portuguese
- ISSN
- 2447-2158
- 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 Khronos
How long does peer review take at Khronos?
Authors report an average review time of about 8 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 Khronos?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Keywords: 3–5; Reference style: Chicago. 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.
Which databases index Khronos?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Khronos is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Khronos open access, and what is the APC?
Khronos 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: .