Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-Philosophy
Logos and Episteme
ISSN 2069-0533 · eISSN 2069-3052 · Gheorghe Zane Institute for Economic and Social Research, Romanian Academy, Iasi Branch · Romania
Logos and Episteme: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 20 weeks (community reports); 38 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Logos and Episteme is published by Gheorghe Zane Institute for Economic and Social Research, Romanian Academy, Iasi Branch. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics, Philosophy and Theoretical Science and Logic, Reasoning, and Knowledge, together about 60.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Philosophy. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Logos & Episteme is a quarterly open-access international journal of epistemology that appears at the end of March, June, September, and December. Its fundamental mission is to support philosophical research on human knowledge in all its aspects, forms, types, dimensions or practices. For this purpose, the journal publishes articles, reviews or discussion notes focused as well on problems concerning the general theory of knowledge, as on problems specific to the philosophy, methodology and ethics of science, philosophical logic, metaphilosophy, moral epistemology, epistemology of art, epistemology of religion, social or political epistemology, epistemology of communication. Studies in the history of science and of the philosophy of knowledge, or studies in the sociology of knowledge, cognitive psychology, and cognitive science are also welcome. The journal promotes all methods, perspectives and traditions in the philosophical analysis of knowledge, from the normative to the naturalistic and experimental, and from the Anglo-American to the Continental or Eastern. The journal accepts for publication texts in English which satisfy the norms of clarity and rigour in exposition and argumentation. Logos & Episteme is published and financed by the “Gheorghe Zane” Institute for Economic and Social Research of The Romanian Academy, Iasi Branch. The publication is free of any fees or charges. For further information, please see the Notes to Contributors. Contact: logosandepisteme@yahoo.com.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Arts and Humanities-Philosophy
Editor-in-chief Eugen HuzumPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Epistemology, Ethics, and MetaphysicsArts and Humanities31.8%
- Philosophy and Theoretical SciencePsychology17%
- Logic, Reasoning, and KnowledgeComputer Science11.7%
- Feminist Epistemology and Gender StudiesSocial Sciences11.6%
- Philosophical Ethics and TheoryArts and Humanities9.2%
- Philosophy, Science, and HistoryArts and Humanities5.4%
- Philosophy and History of ScienceArts and Humanities3%
- Classical Philosophy and ThoughtArts and Humanities2.3%
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.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philosophy | Q2 | 397/891 | 55th |
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
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
- 0.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.21LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.53LetPub ·
- h-index
- 23OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 55OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.14OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 708 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 30 | 30 | 151 |
| 2025 | 38 | 38 | 192 |
| 2024 | 39 | 39 | 191 |
| 2023 | 34 | 34 | 239 |
| 2022 | 38 | 38 | 200 |
| 2021 | 41 | 41 | 364 |
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 20 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 20 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 | — | |
| 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)
What to prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 200 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 3
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 12,000 words
- Reference style
- Chicago
Article types accepted4, with length limits
- articlesThe journal accepts for publication articles, discussion notes and book reviews.Length not stated
- book reviewst be no longer than 3000 words and the book reviews must not exceed 4000 words, including footnotes and references. The editors reserve thmain text ≤ 4,000 words
- book reviewsThe journal accepts for publication articles, discussion notes and book reviews.Length not stated
- discussion notesThe journal accepts for publication articles, discussion notes and book reviews.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics, Plagiarism
- Publication ethics 2. Publication Ethics
The journal accepts for publication papers submitted exclusively to Logos & Episteme and not published, in whole or substantial part, elsewhere. The submitted papers should be the author’s own work. All (and only) persons who have a reasonable claim to authorship must be named as co-authors.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Original work only; not published elsewhere; exclusive submission. Model summary
The journal accepts for publication papers submitted exclusively to Logos & Episteme and not published, in whole or substantial part, elsewhere.
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
- Gheorghe Zane Institute for Economic and Social Research, Romanian Academy, Iasi Branch
- Country or region
- Romania
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2069-0533
- Electronic ISSN
- 2069-3052
- 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 Logos and Episteme
How long does peer review take at Logos and Episteme?
Authors report an average review time of about 20 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 Logos and Episteme?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 200 words; Keywords: ≥ 3; Manuscript length: ≤ 12,000 words; 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 Logos and Episteme?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Logos and Episteme is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Logos and Episteme open access, and what is the APC?
Logos and Episteme 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 2026-08-30). Last updated: .