Journal profile
Romanian Military Thinking
ISSN 1841-4451 · eISSN 1842-824X · Romanian Defence Staff · Romania
Romanian Military Thinking: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 10 weeks (community reports); 15 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Romanian Military Thinking is published by Romanian Defence Staff. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are European and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies, Military Strategy and Technology and Military Technology and Strategies, together about 45.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Political Science and International Relations. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
As a publication of military theory and science, published by the Romanian Armed Forces Defence Staff, Gândirea militară românească journal is aimed at both the Romanian military officer corps and the governmental and non-governmental institutional environments concerned with national and international military issues. The journal's pages discuss fundamental issues of national military construction, ideas on organising, equipping, training and commanding the armed forces, strategy and tactics, and the main concepts and doctrines affirmed in international military thinking.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- European and Russian Geopolitical Military StrategiesSocial Sciences19.1%
- Military Strategy and TechnologyEngineering14.1%
- Military Technology and StrategiesEngineering12.2%
- European Politics and SecuritySocial Sciences7.7%
- Military History and StrategySocial Sciences6.6%
- Defense, Military, and Policy StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5%
- International Relations and Foreign PolicySocial Sciences4.9%
- World Wars: History, Literature, and ImpactSocial Sciences4.3%
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
Indexing the journal's website claims
ERIH PLUSPublisher website
Other: Index Copernicus International, CEEOL, Information Matrix for the Analysis of Journals
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
- h-index
- 4OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.25OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 378 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 45 | 45 | 41 |
| 2025 | 15 | 15 | 51 |
| 2024 | 95 | 95 | 20 |
| 2023 | 75 | 75 | 17 |
| 2022 | 64 | 64 | 6 |
| 2021 | 59 | 59 | 3 |
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 10 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 10 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 | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Page charges
- No page charges
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
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
- Abstract
- ≤ 150 words
- Keywords
- 5–8
- Reference style
- APA
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics, License & copyright
- Publication ethics
Authors assume responsibility for ideas, documentation, and sources cited, per Law No. 206 of 27 May 2004. Model summary
The authors assume all responsibility for the ideas expressed, as well as for the documentation and the sources cited, in accordance with Law No. 206 of 27 May 2004 on good conduct in scientific research, technological development and innovation
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright
Copyright transfer agreement required; authors transfer ownership of the article to the publisher. Model summary
The authors are requested to fill in the copyright transfer agreement form, available here, through which they transfer ownership of the article to the publisher.
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
- Romanian Defence Staff
- Country or region
- Romania
- Language
- English, Romanian
- ISSN
- 1841-4451
- Electronic ISSN
- 1842-824X
- 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
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Romanian Military Thinking
How long does peer review take at Romanian Military Thinking?
Authors report an average review time of about 10 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 Romanian Military Thinking?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 150 words; Keywords: 5–8; 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 Romanian Military Thinking?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Romanian Military Thinking is indexed in DOAJ. The journal's website also lists ERIH PLUS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Romanian Military Thinking open access, and what is the APC?
Romanian Military Thinking 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: .