Journal profile
Lychnos
ISSN 0076-1648 · eISSN 2004-4852 · Lärdomshistoriska samfundet · Sweden
Lychnos: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 20 weeks (community reports); 3 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Lychnos is published by Lärdomshistoriska samfundet. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Philosophy, History, and Historiography, History of Science and Medicine and Philosophy and Historical Thought, together about 31.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are History and Philosophy of Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Lychnos receives funding from The Swedish Research Council. Aims & ScopeLychnos: Annual of the Swedish History of Science Society is published by The Swedish Society for the History of Science and Ideas. The first volume was published 1936, making Lychnos one of the oldest periodicals in intellectual history in the world. Lychnos publishes up-to-date reasearch within history of science, history of knowledge, intellectual history, history of medicine, history of technology and environmental history. Apart from articles, Lychnos contains a section of book reviews, comments and miscellanea. Lychnos publishes articles in the Scandinavian languages and English. Review Policy and Journal SectionsLychnos employs the principle of double-blind peer review where the authors and reviewers remain anonymous throughout the process. Each number of Lychnos contains an open section and a thematic section. Submissions made to the open section are (from 2023 and onwards) published continuously throughout the year, after having completed the review process. The time from submission to decision can vary, but the editorial goal is to reach a decision within three months. Submissions to the thematic section follow the time-table set out in the thematic Call for Papers. These papers are peer-reviewed and published as a collection at the end of the year. Submissions to the book review sections or miscellanea section are reviewed by the editors only. Policy for Open Access and CopyrightLychnos is a diamond open access journal, which means that all content is freely available without any charge to the users or his or her institutions. For authors, Lychnos does not charge any submission or publication fees, and authors are free to (without permission from the journal) distribute, deposit or parallel publish their articles. Copyright of published papers is retained by the authors and not transferred to the publisher. The articles are published using a CCBY-4.0 licence, which makes it possible for users to share and adapt the material under these specific licence terms: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, link to or adapt the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. Archiving and Repository PolicyAuthors are free to deposit a copy of their paper in an institutional or other repository, as well as on scholarly socia
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Philosophy, History, and HistoriographyArts and Humanities14.3%
- History of Science and MedicineArts and Humanities9.3%
- Philosophy and Historical ThoughtArts and Humanities7.8%
- Libraries, Manuscripts, and BooksArts and Humanities7.8%
- History of Science and Natural HistoryArts and Humanities7.5%
- Historical Studies and Socio-cultural AnalysisArts and Humanities7.3%
- Historical Philosophy and ScienceArts and Humanities3.8%
- Historical Education Studies WorldwideSocial Sciences3.5%
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
- 5OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 3OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.21OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 267 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 20 | 20 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 3 | 14 |
| 2024 | 16 | 16 | 13 |
| 2023 | 13 | 13 | 9 |
| 2022 | 17 | 17 | 8 |
| 2021 | 3 | 3 | 19 |
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 | |
| 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 prepare5 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 150 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 5
- Reference style
- Chicago
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted3, with length limits
- book reviewThe review should not exceed 1000 words.Length not stated
- dissertation reviewThe review should not exceed 2500 words.Length not stated
- reviewish, Norwegian, Danish and English. The review should not exceed 1000 words. Book reviews should not have a title other than the titlemain text ≤ 1,000 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics, License & copyright, Peer review
- Publication ethics
No previously published or simultaneously submitted manuscripts. Model summary
Please note that Lychnos does not publish manuscripts that have been previously published, or articles that have been submitted to or are being under review for another journal.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright
Open access CC BY 4.0; authors retain copyright. Model summary
By submitting manuscripts to Lychnos authors consent to their work being published open access with a CCBY 4.0 license. The authors retain copyright for the papers published in Lychnos.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double-blind peer review; authors must anonymize manuscripts. Model summary
Lychnos employs the principle of double-blind peer review and authors should ensure that their prepared manuscripts are anonymised as far as possible before submitting them.
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
- Lärdomshistoriska samfundet
- Country or region
- Sweden
- Language
- Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, English
- ISSN
- 0076-1648
- Electronic ISSN
- 2004-4852
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- 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 Lychnos
How long does peer review take at Lychnos?
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 Lychnos?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 150 words; Keywords: ≥ 5; Reference style: Chicago; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Cover letter: Required. 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 Lychnos?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Lychnos is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Lychnos open access, and what is the APC?
Lychnos 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .