Journal profile · PHILOSOPHY
Philosophy and Society-Filozofija i Drustvo
ISSN 0353-5738 · eISSN 2334-8577 · Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, Belgrade · Serbia
Philosophy and Society-Filozofija i Drustvo: CAS Zone 4 · Philosophy (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.2 (journal website); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 24 weeks (community reports); 47 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Philosophy and Society-Filozofija i Drustvo is published by Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, Belgrade and is in Zone 4 of Philosophy in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Critical Theory and Philosophy, Balkans: History, Politics, Society and Political Philosophy and Ethics, together about 26.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science and Philosophy. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The journal strives to cover and present key tendencies of contemporary theory and, at the same time, to encourage research in the studies of philosophy and the humanities. It promotes innovative and critical thinking, open and constructive debate, creating in this way a clear space for an ongoing dialogue about questions of intellectual and social reality within the regional and international academic community. Contributions of high quality - regardless of their tradition, school of thought or disciplinary background - are welcome. The journal covers a wide breadth of philosophical and social questions that are both empirically or theoretically orientated. Contributions considered for publication can be in the areas of philosophy, sociology, anthropology, political science, psychology, history, geography, linguistics, semiotics, communicology, economics, technology, media studies or pedagogy, as well as all those papers that draw on more than one of these disciplines.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PHILOSOPHY
Editor-in-chief Đorđe HristovPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Critical Theory and PhilosophySocial Sciences9.2%
- Balkans: History, Politics, SocietySocial Sciences9%
- Political Philosophy and EthicsSocial Sciences7.9%
- Balkan and Eastern European StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6.4%
- Philosophical Ethics and TheoryArts and Humanities5.6%
- Regional Development and Management StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.6%
- Classical Philosophy and ThoughtArts and Humanities4%
- Political Economy and MarxismSocial Sciences4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Philosophy Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Philosophy | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Philosophy | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Philosophy Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Philosophy | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Philosophy | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
ERIH PLUSPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, Baidu, Philosopher’s Index, PhilPapers, ProQuest (relevant databases), Europeana Collections, Journal Index, Baidu Scholar
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
- 0.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.14LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.77LetPub ·
- h-index
- 13OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 24OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.25OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 96.18%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 51LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,102 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 18 | 18 | 0 |
| 2025 | 47 | 47 | 11 |
| 2024 | 53 | 53 | 19 |
| 2023 | 36 | 36 | 29 |
| 2022 | 54 | 54 | 105 |
| 2021 | 41 | 41 | 63 |
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 24 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 24 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 | |
| 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 prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 100–250 words
- Keywords
- ≤ 10
- Reference style
- Harvard
Article types accepted6
- book reviewsbook reviews of new and relevant scholarly publications (of a maximum 20,000 characters)Length not stated
- critical reviewseditorials and Critical reviews (up to 20,000 characters)Length not stated
- editorialseditorials and Critical reviews (up to 20,000 characters)Length not stated
- research articlespublishes research articles that present an original scientific contribution (up to 60,000 characters)Length not stated
- survey articlesor survey articles (up to 40,000 characters)Length not stated
- thematic issuesthematic issues defined by guest editorsLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Self-archiving
- Authorship Authorship
Authorship: Authors must make sure that all only contributors who have significantly contributed to the submission are listed as authors and, conversely, that all contributors who have significantly contributed to the submission are listed as authors. If persons other than authors were involved in i Model summary
Authors must make sure that all only contributors who have significantly contributed to the submission are listed as authors and, conversely, that all contributors who have significantly contributed to the submission are listed as authors. If persons other than authors were involved in important aspects of the research project and the preparation of the manuscript, their contribution should be ack…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest
Conflict of interest: Authors should disclose in their manuscript any financial or other substantive conflict of interest that might have influenced the presented results or their interpretation. Model summary
Authors should disclose in their manuscript any financial or other substantive conflict of interest that might have influenced the presented results or their interpretation.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
Copyright: Once the manuscript is accepted for publication, authors shall transfer the copyright to the Publisher. If the submitted manuscript is not accepted for publication by the journal, all rights shall be retained by the author(s). Articles published in the Philosophy and Society will be Open- Model summary
Once the manuscript is accepted for publication, authors shall transfer the copyright to the Publisher. If the submitted manuscript is not accepted for publication by the journal, all rights shall be retained by the author(s).Authors grant to the Publisher the following rights to the manuscript, including any supplemental material, and any parts, extracts or elements thereof:· the right to reprodu…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access policy
Open access policy: Philosophy and Society is an Open Access Journal. All articles can be downloaded free of charge under the Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International licence (CC-BY-NC-ND). The journal does not charge any fees at submission, reviewing, and production stages. Model summary
Philosophy and Society is an Open Access Journal. All articles can be downloaded free of charge under the Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International licence (CC-BY-NC-ND).The journal does not charge any fees at submission, reviewing, and production stages.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review
Peer review: The submitted manuscripts are subject to a peer review process. Authors are obliged to participate in our double-blind peer review process. In the main review phase, the Editor sends submitted papers to two experts in the field. All of the reviewers of a paper act independently and they Model summary
The submitted manuscripts are subject to a peer review process. The purpose of peer review is to assists the Editors in making editorial decisions and through the editorial communications with the author it may also assist the author in improving the paper. Authors are obliged to participate in our double-blind peer review process.The choice of reviewers is at the Editors' discretion. The reviewer…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism
Plagiarism: Plagiarism, where someone assumes another's ideas, words, or other creative expression as one's own, is a clear violation of scientific ethics. Any paper which shows obvious signs of plagiarism will be automatically rejected. In case plagiarism is discovered in a paper that has already b Model summary
Plagiarism, where someone assumes another's ideas, words, or other creative expression as one's own, is a clear violation of scientific ethics. Plagiarism may also involve a violation of copyright law, punishable by legal action.Plagiarism includes the following: · Word for word, or almost word for word copying, or purposely paraphrasing portions of another author's work without clearly indicating…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving Self-archiving Policy
Philosophy and Society endorses self-archiving of the final published version (Publisher’s version/PDF) of the article, not just peer-reviewed final drafts. Author’s Pre-print, Author’s Post-print (accepted version) and Publisher’s version/PDF may be used on author’s personal website and departmental website, or deposited in an institutional repository and non-commercial subject-based repositories…
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
- Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, Belgrade
- Country or region
- Serbia
- Language
- English, Serbian, German
- ISSN
- 0353-5738
- Electronic ISSN
- 2334-8577
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- 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 Philosophy and Society-Filozofija i Drustvo
What CAS zone is Philosophy and Society-Filozofija i Drustvo in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Philosophy and Society-Filozofija i Drustvo is in Zone 4 of Philosophy, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Philosophy. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Philosophy. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Philosophy and Society-Filozofija i Drustvo?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.2 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 0.5, h-index 13.
How long does peer review take at Philosophy and Society-Filozofija i Drustvo?
Authors report an average review time of about 24 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 Philosophy and Society-Filozofija i Drustvo?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 100–250 words; Keywords: ≤ 10; Reference style: Harvard. 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 Philosophy and Society-Filozofija i Drustvo?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Philosophy and Society-Filozofija i Drustvo is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists ERIH PLUS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Philosophy and Society-Filozofija i Drustvo open access, and what is the APC?
Philosophy and Society-Filozofija i Drustvo 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, Publisher website, DOAJ; 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: .