Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-History
Montesquieu.it
ISSN 2421-4124 · Dipartimento di Filosofia e Comunicazione, Universita di Bologna · Italy
Montesquieu.it: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 20 weeks (community reports); indexed in Scopus.
The latest issue on the journal's website is from 2022 (Volume 14): the journal may have stopped publishing or moved platform in the last two years. Check its website before submitting.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Montesquieu.it is published by Dipartimento di Filosofia e Comunicazione, Universita di Bologna. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Rousseau and Enlightenment Thought, Seventeenth-Century Political and Philosophical Thought and Classical Antiquity Studies, together about 35.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Philosophy. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Founded at the University of Bologna in 2009, «Montesquieu.it» is an international peer-review journal in History of Philosophy and History of Political Philosophy. It is published in an electronic format and printed in a limited amount of paper copies. Its main focuses revolve around anthropological, ethical, political, socio-economic and legal-constitutional themes and concepts spanning from ancient to contemporary age. It pays particular attention to the study of Montesquieu, whom more than anyone else has revitalized, in the modern age, ancient Greek and Roman political thought and at the same time contributed to the foundation of the Modern State based on division of powers, rule of law and the autonomy and independence of the judiciary. The journal publishes articles and critical notes in Italian, English, French and Spanish.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Arts and Humanities-History
Editor-in-chief Piero VenturelliPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Italy 5, Spain 1, Canada 1 (7 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Rousseau and Enlightenment ThoughtArts and Humanities15.4%
- Seventeenth-Century Political and Philosophical ThoughtArts and Humanities12.8%
- Classical Antiquity StudiesSocial Sciences7.7%
- Renaissance and Early Modern StudiesArts and Humanities7.7%
- French Literature and CriticismArts and Humanities7.7%
- Classical Philosophy and ThoughtArts and Humanities5.1%
- Medieval Literature and HistoryArts and Humanities2.6%
- Philosophy and History of ScienceArts and Humanities2.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
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CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
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CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| History | Q4 | 1650/1936 | 14th |
| Philosophy | Q4 | 794/891 | 10th |
| Law | Q4 | 1114/1162 | 4th |
| Sociology and Political Science | Q4 | 1471/1530 | 3rd |
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
- 0.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.1LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0LetPub ·
- h-index
- 1OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 13 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 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 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-ND |
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
- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Copyrights and publishing rights of all the texts on this Journal belong to the respective authors without restrictions. This journal is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License (full legal code). See also our Open Access Policy.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. It releases its articles under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. This license allows anyone to download, reuse, re-print, modify, distribute and/or copy the contributions…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
Peer review Model summary
Acceptance of articles for publication is subject to a double blind peer review. The two anonymous referees are chosen on the basis of their specific competences and research fields. Papers are evaluated according to several criteria as listed in an "evaluation card", which meets international scientific standards for journals. By submitting an article, the author implicitly accepts the double bli…
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
- Dipartimento di Filosofia e Comunicazione, Universita di Bologna
- Country or region
- Italy
- Language
- French, Italian, Spanish
- ISSN
- 2421-4124
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 14 (2022)
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Montesquieu.it
How long does peer review take at Montesquieu.it?
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.
Where are the editorial board members of Montesquieu.it based?
Of the 7 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Italy (5), Spain (1) and Canada (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Montesquieu.it?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Montesquieu.it is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Montesquieu.it open access, and what is the APC?
Montesquieu.it 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: .