Journal profile
Kiros
ISSN 2492-1599 · Université Clermont Auvergne · France
Kiros: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 15 weeks (community reports); 7 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Kiros is published by Université Clermont Auvergne. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Utopian, Dystopian, and Speculative Fiction, Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction and French Urban and Social Studies, together about 19.6% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
K@iros symbolise le temps de l'occasion opportune. Le temps, pour les fondateurs de la revue interdisciplinaire K@iros, de tirer parti des synergies d'un environnement scientifique pluridisciplinaire, le laboratoire Communication et Sociétés. C'est en effet une revue qui vise à favoriser - pour les faire fructifier - des synergies entre disciplines. Chaque numéro est ainsi construit autour d'un dossier thématique qui associe systématiquement les approches des deux disciplines. L'une de ces deux disciplines relèvera soit des Sciences de l'information et de la communication (CNU section 71) soit des Civilisations étrangères (anglais - 11, allemand - 12, espagnol - 14). La deuxième discipline pourra relever d'un autre champ disciplinaire (histoire, sciences de gestion, géographie, psychologie sociale, sociologie, linguistique, etc.), discipline invitée qui variera au fil des numéros. Tous les numéros de K@iros soumettent ainsi à l'analyse croisée des questions de société contemporaine traditionnellement traitées de manière cloisonnée. Puis, une synthèse conclusive interdisciplinaire clôture chaque dossier. De sorte que tout numéro vise à la fois à développer une problématique favorisant la discussion entre disciplines et l'émergence de résultats scientifiques novateurs.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Utopian, Dystopian, and Speculative FictionArts and Humanities7.2%
- Psychological Well-being and Life SatisfactionPsychology6.2%
- French Urban and Social StudiesSocial Sciences6.2%
- Architecture, Modernity, and DesignEngineering6.2%
- Art, Politics, and ModernismArts and Humanities6.2%
- Spanish Literature and Culture StudiesArts and Humanities6.2%
- Regional Development and InnovationSocial Sciences5.2%
- Spatial and Cultural StudiesSocial Sciences5.2%
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
- 3OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 72 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 7 | 6 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2023 | 9 | 9 | 3 |
| 2022 | 10 | 10 | 4 |
| 2021 | 14 | 14 | 1 |
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 15 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 15 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 | |
| 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 websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism
- License & copyright
CC BY 4.0 license Model summary
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Open access publication Model summary
Les articles acceptés sont mis en ligne et accessible en accès libre sur le site.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double-anonymous peer review Model summary
Les lecteurs ne doivent pas connaître l'identité de l'auteur, ni l'auteur celle des lecteurs.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Plagiarism screening via anti-plagiarism software Model summary
Les contributeurs acceptent que les documents soient analysés par un logiciel anti-plagiat.
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
- Université Clermont Auvergne
- Country or region
- France
- Language
- French
- ISSN
- 2492-1599
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Kiros
How long does peer review take at Kiros?
Authors report an average review time of about 15 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 Kiros?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Kiros is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Kiros open access, and what is the APC?
Kiros 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 2026-08-28). Last updated: .