Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-Philosophy
Lexicon Philosophicum
ISSN 2283-7833 · ILIESI · Italy
Lexicon Philosophicum: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 26 weeks (community reports); 12 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Lexicon Philosophicum is published by ILIESI. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Seventeenth-Century Political and Philosophical Thought, Historical Philosophy and Science and Classical Philosophy and Thought, together about 37.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Philosophy. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Lexicon Philosophicum: International Journal for the History of Texts and Ideas is a peer-reviewed, open access journal, with an interdisciplinary character. It aims at contributing critical essays, short articles, text editions, and critical bibliographical reports on intellectual history by focussing on philosophical and scientific texts. Particular attention is devoted to technical and specialised terminology, lexica, and translations. A specific section is open to contributions in the field of Digital Humanities (such as digital scholarly editions, corpora creation, semantic web research).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Arts and Humanities-Philosophy
Editor-in-chief Antonio LamarraPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Italy 13, Germany 1 (14 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Seventeenth-Century Political and Philosophical ThoughtArts and Humanities15%
- Historical Philosophy and ScienceArts and Humanities11.3%
- Classical Philosophy and ThoughtArts and Humanities11%
- Medieval Philosophy and TheologyArts and Humanities8.2%
- Classical Studies and PhilologyArts and Humanities7.2%
- Classical Antiquity StudiesSocial Sciences6.2%
- Kantian Philosophy and Modern InterpretationsArts and Humanities4.1%
- Philosophy and Historical ThoughtArts and Humanities3.7%
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.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philosophy | Q4 | 790/891 | 11th |
| History and Philosophy of Science | Q4 | 230/254 | 9th |
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
ANVUR Class A (11/C5 History of philosophy), Philosopher's IndexPublisher 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
- 0.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.12LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.2LetPub ·
- h-index
- 6OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 5OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.01OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 318 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| 2025 | 12 | 12 | 5 |
| 2024 | 48 | 48 | 5 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2022 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| 2021 | 38 | 38 | 22 |
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 26 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 26 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-SA | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
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)
Article types accepted4
- critical bibliographic reviewsContributions could be in the form of critical essays, research articles, editions of short texts, and critical bibliographic reviews.Length not stated
- critical essaysContributions could be in the form of critical essays, research articles, editions of short texts, and critical bibliographic reviews.Length not stated
- editions of short textsContributions could be in the form of critical essays, research articles, editions of short texts, and critical bibliographic reviews.Length not stated
- research articlesContributions could be in the form of critical essays, research articles, editions of short texts, and critical bibliographic reviews.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Self-archiving
- License & copyright Open Access Policy, Copyright and Licensing
Lexicon Philosophicum provides free and immediate open access to its contents. Authors retain copyright and grant Lexicon Philosophicum right of first publication, with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 (CC BY-SA) The license allows others to copy, adapt, and redistribute the work under the same license as the original, with attribution to the aut…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy, Copyright and Licensing
Open access journal Model summary
Lexicon Philosophicum provides free and immediate open access to its contents. Authors retain copyright and grant Lexicon Philosophicum right of first publication, with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 (CC BY-SA) The license allows others to copy, adapt, and redistribute the work under the same license as the original, with attribution to the aut…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Policy
Peer-reviewed, open-access journal Model summary
Lexicon Philosophicum is a double-blind peer-reviewed journal. In special cases, other types of reviewing processes, such as single-blind peer review, may be allowed upon a reasoned request from the issue editors. Lexicon Philosophicum is committed to experimenting with various types of open peer review, the forms and uses of which will be described in each case. All article manuscripts that pass …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving Archiving and Self-archiving
Lexicon Philosophicum has electronic backup and preservation of access to the content of its journals via PKP Preservation Network (PKP PN). This can be seen at the Publisher Manifesto. We encourage authors to post their pre-publication manuscripts in institutional repositories or on their websites prior to and during the submission process ,and to post the Publisher’s final formatted PDF version …
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
- ILIESI
- Country or region
- Italy
- Language
- English, Spanish, French, Italian, German
- ISSN
- 2283-7833
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 14 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Lexicon Philosophicum
How long does peer review take at Lexicon Philosophicum?
Authors report an average review time of about 26 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 Lexicon Philosophicum based?
Of the 14 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Italy (13) and Germany (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Lexicon Philosophicum?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Lexicon Philosophicum is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Lexicon Philosophicum open access, and what is the APC?
Lexicon Philosophicum 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: .