Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-Philosophy
Relations
ISSN 2283-3196 · eISSN 2280-9643 · Edizioni Universitarie di Lettere Economia Diritto · Italy
Relations: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 20 weeks (community reports); 8 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Relations is published by Edizioni Universitarie di Lettere Economia Diritto. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Posthumanist Ethics and Activism, Environmental Philosophy and Ethics and Animal Law and Welfare, together about 48.9% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Relations. Beyond Anthropocentrism is a peer-refereed open access journal of trans-anthropocentric ethics and related inquires. The main aim of the journal is to create a professional interdisciplinary forum in Europe to discuss moral and scientific issues that concern the increasing need of going beyond narrow anthropocentric paradigms in all fields of knowledge. The journal accepts submissions on all topics which promote European research adopting a non-anthropocentric ethical perspective on both interspecific and intraspecific relationships between all life species – humans included – and between these and the abiotic environment. We welcome papers, comments, debates, interviews, book and movie reviews, as well as presentations, reports, and other news concerning relevant activities and events. We envision inter- and trans-disciplinary contributions and dialogue from a wide variety of approaches: humanities (e.g. philosophy, literature, arts, law, and religious studies), life sciences (e.g. biology, ecology, ethology, medicine), and social sciences (e.g. economics, politics, anthropology, sociology, psychology). We especially encourage collaborative submissions from different disciplinary approaches, from both senior and junior scholars (including graduate students). All suitable submissions should address both academic and lay audiences as well as relevant stakeholders. Since the journal refers to an international readership of people from different disciplines, both inside and outside the academic community, contributors should keep in mind this heterogeneity of provenances and areas of expertise when writing. The section «Comments, Debates & Interviews» includes scholarly comments as well as debates and interviews between two or more scholars. The section «Books & Movies Reviews» includes comments and reflections on important texts and movies. The section «News» includes reports and presentations of conferences and workshops, as well as information on activities, events, and other projects.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Arts and Humanities-Philosophy
Editor-in-chief Francesco AllegriPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Posthumanist Ethics and ActivismSocial Sciences17.7%
- Environmental Philosophy and EthicsEnvironmental Science16.8%
- Animal Law and WelfareSocial Sciences14.5%
- Ecocriticism and Environmental LiteratureArts and Humanities13.2%
- Geographies of human-animal interactionsSocial Sciences8.6%
- Philosophical Ethics and TheoryArts and Humanities7.5%
- Philosophical and Cultural AnalysisArts and Humanities3.2%
- Religion, Ecology, and EthicsSocial Sciences2%
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 | Q3 | 490/891 | 44th |
| Environmental Science (miscellaneous) | Q4 | 290/307 | 5th |
| Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law | Q4 | 409/432 | 5th |
| Ecology | Q4 | 479/491 | 2nd |
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
Indexing the journal's website claims
ERIH PLUSPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, Portico
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.12LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.1LetPub ·
- h-index
- 13OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 18OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.5OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 263 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 12 | 12 | 50 |
| 2025 | 8 | 8 | 88 |
| 2024 | 10 | 10 | 74 |
| 2023 | 12 | 12 | 104 |
| 2022 | 12 | 12 | 55 |
| 2021 | 8 | 8 | 135 |
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 | |
| 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 prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 200 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Self-archiving
- Publication ethics Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement
Relations. Beyond Anthropocentrism expects all parties involved in the act of publishing commit to these publication ethics. Our Editorial Board will remove any work that does not meet these standards. Our ethic statements are based on COPE’s Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors. Authors of Relations. Beyond Anthropocentrism must undertake the following responsibilities Originality: Author…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
The files included in Relations are freely available: no registration or subscription required to read, print, download and share the full-text of articles. For Authors: The Journal does not require the transfer of copyright, that is authors retain any and all rights on the content of their papers. The Authors authorize the Publisher to issue their articles under a Creative Commons “Attribution-No…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
No APCs or submission charges Model summary
The files included in Relations are freely available: no registration or subscription required to read, print, download and share the full-text of articles. The works included in the Journal are licensed under a Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND)” license. The Journal provides immediate open access to its content. Nevertheless you may not use …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
In submitting works to the journal, authors agree that their works may be published (if accepted). Submission does not guarantee acceptance. The journal employs a two-tiered review system. That is, the Executive Editor first reviews each submission to determine whether or not it is suitable to be sent out to the peer reviewers. If the submission is not suitable for review, the Executive Editor eit…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving Archiving and Self-archiving
Authors may self-archive the post-print (ie the final draft post-refereeing) and the final published files in their institutional repositories. www.portico.org journals
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
- Edizioni Universitarie di Lettere Economia Diritto
- Country or region
- Italy
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2283-3196
- Electronic ISSN
- 2280-9643
- 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 Relations
How long does peer review take at Relations?
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.
Which databases index Relations?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Relations is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists ERIH PLUS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Relations open access, and what is the APC?
Relations 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .