Journal profile · PHILOSOPHY
NOUS
ISSN 0029-4624 · eISSN 1468-0068 · Wiley-Blackwell
NOUS: CAS Zone 1 · Philosophy (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 1.8 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC about USD 2,900; median 282 days to acceptance (44 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 7% (journal website); 49 articles in 2025; indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
NOUS is published by Wiley-Blackwell and is in Zone 1 of Philosophy in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Philosophy and Theoretical Science, Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics and Philosophy and History of Science, together about 48.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Philosophy. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Noûs, a premier philosophy journal, publishes articles that address the whole range of topics at the center of philosophical debate, as well as long critical studies of important books. Subscribers to Noûs also receive two prestigious annual publications at no additional cost: Philosophical Issues and Philosophical Perspectives.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PHILOSOPHY
Editor-in-chief Ernest SosaPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Philosophy and Theoretical SciencePsychology22.9%
- Epistemology, Ethics, and MetaphysicsArts and Humanities15.9%
- Philosophy and History of ScienceArts and Humanities9.3%
- Philosophical Ethics and TheoryArts and Humanities7.9%
- Classical Philosophy and ThoughtArts and Humanities6.7%
- Free Will and AgencyNeuroscience5.3%
- Logic, Reasoning, and KnowledgeComputer Science4.2%
- Theology and Philosophy of EvilArts and Humanities3.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Philosophy Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Philosophy | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Philosophy | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Philosophy Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Philosophy | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Philosophy | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Philosophy Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Philosophy | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Philosophy | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
Database indexing
AHCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
MathSciNetzbMATHCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, ProQuest
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
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.4LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 5.4Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 2.56LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 3.79LetPub ·
- h-index
- 169OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,641OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.76OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 11.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 66.67%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 41LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 41Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 177,150Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,032 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 44 | 32 | 21 |
| 2025 | 49 | 36 | 50 |
| 2024 | 58 | 47 | 195 |
| 2023 | 46 | 38 | 411 |
| 2022 | 43 | 25 | 596 |
| 2021 | 50 | 32 | 885 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
282 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 196 days – 354 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 34 days (45 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 333 days
- Sample
- 44 articles with submission and acceptance dates (99 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 7%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 65 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 278 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 27 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double-anonymous peer reviewPublisher website · model-extracted
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 2,900 / EUR 2,450 / GBP 1,930 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 15,000 words
- Reference style
- APA
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Not considered
- more than one paper at a time from any one author
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access
- License & copyright Copyright license agreement
If your paper is accepted, the author identified as the formal corresponding author for the paper will receive an email prompting them to login into Author Services; where via the Wiley Author Licensing Service (WALS) they will be able to complete the license agreement on behalf of all authors on the paper.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access For authors choosing open access
If the open access option is selected the corresponding author will have a choice of the following Creative Commons License Open Access Agreements (OAA):
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
- Wiley-Blackwell
- ISSN
- 0029-4624
- Electronic ISSN
- 1468-0068
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 60, Issue 3 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about NOUS
What CAS zone is NOUS in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, NOUS is in Zone 1 of Philosophy, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Philosophy; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Philosophy. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of NOUS?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1.8 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 5.4, h-index 169.
How long does peer review take at NOUS?
Based on the dates recorded on 44 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 282 days (interquartile range 196–354 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 7% (2025). 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 NOUS?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Manuscript length: ≤ 15,000 words; Reference style: APA; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not 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 NOUS?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, NOUS is indexed in AHCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists MathSciNet, zbMATH and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is NOUS open access, and what is the APC?
NOUS is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 2,900.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; 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: .