Kierkegaard Studies Yearbook

Kierkegaard Studies 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 Kierkegaardian Philosophy and Influence, Literary and Philosophical Studies and Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, and Hegel, together about 56.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Philosophy. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

About this journal Since the Kierkegaard Studies Yearbook (KSYB) was first published in 1996, it has served as the authoritative periodical in the field. From 2011 the Kierkegaard Studies Yearbook has been a peer-reviewed yearbook open to submissions by all Kierkegaard scholars. KSYB is published on behalf of the Søren Kierkegaard Research Centre at the University of Copenhagen.The goal of the Yearbook is to advance Kierkegaard studies by encouraging top-level scholarship in the field. The editorial and advisory boards are deeply committed to creating a genuinely international forum for publication which integrates the many different traditions of Kierkegaard studies and brings them into a constructive and fruitful dialogue. To this end the Yearbook publishes articles from all related fields (philosophy, theology, literary studies etc.) in English, French and German. Submissions should be sent to the editorial secretary, Peter Šajda at: ksyb@degr uyterbrill.comThe deadline for submissions for the 2027 issue of the Kierkegaard Studies Yearbook is December 1, 2026.Potential authors should consult the "Submission guidelines".All submissions will be blindly refereed by established scholars in the field. Only high-quality papers will be accepted for publication. Potential authors should be prepared to make changes to their texts based on the comments received by the referees.

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Research area (LetPub): Multiple

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Impact

Impact factor (publisher)

0.2Publisher website · 2026-09-29

CiteScore 2026-06

0.3LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher)

0.3Publisher website · 2026-09-29

SJR 2026-06

0.11LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

0.42LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

11OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

19OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

0.07OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

50%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

18.75%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

17LetPub · 2026-09-13

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Publisher

Walter de Gruyter

ISSN

1430-5372

Electronic ISSN

1612-9792

Society / sponsor

Søren Kierkegaard Research Centre at the University of Copenhagen

Official links

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