Journal profile
Scientonomy
ISSN 2560-9076 · Scientonomy Community · Canada
Scientonomy: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 8 weeks (community reports); 4 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Scientonomy is published by Scientonomy Community. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Philosophy and History of Science, Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics and Philosophy, Science, and History, together about 73.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are History and Philosophy of Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Scientonomy is a field-defining journal that aims at deepening our understanding of the process of scientific change. The underlying idea of the journal is that scientific change exhibits various general patterns which are best studied in a piecemeal, transparent, and communal fashion fashion.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Philosophy and History of ScienceArts and Humanities28%
- Epistemology, Ethics, and MetaphysicsArts and Humanities22.6%
- Philosophy, Science, and HistoryArts and Humanities22.6%
- Science Education and PedagogySocial Sciences3.2%
- Diverse Historical and Scientific StudiesArts and Humanities3.2%
- Historical Philosophy and ScienceArts and Humanities2.2%
- Scientific Research and Philosophical InquiryComputer Science2.2%
- History of Science and MedicineArts and Humanities2.2%
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
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
- 7OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 5OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 31 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2023 | 6 | 6 | 30 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2021 | 5 | 5 | 28 |
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 8 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 8 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-SA | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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, Plagiarism
- License & copyright Open Access and Copyright 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. Copyright for articles published in the journal is retained by the authors, under the terms of the Creative Commons-Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International license. Such access is linked to increased readersh…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access and Copyright 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. Copyright for articles published in the journal is retained by the authors, under the terms of the Creative Commons-Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International license. Such access is linked to increased readersh…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Policy
Once submission requirements are satisfactorily met and the paper is submitted to the journal, an editor is being assigned to the submission. The editor conducts the initial screening of the manuscript and decides on publication-worthiness. Authors of manuscripts rejected at initial screening stage will normally be informed within one week of receipt. If the submission clears the initial screening…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism Screening
The journal aims to ensure the integrity of its submissions by checking whether pre-referred material is using plagiarized material. Papers submitted to the journal are screened for plagiarism using iThenticate plagiarism detection tool. In addition, we check for plagiarism with Copyscape.
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
- Scientonomy Community
- Country or region
- Canada
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2560-9076
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 6 (2025)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- 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 Scientonomy
How long does peer review take at Scientonomy?
Authors report an average review time of about 8 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 Scientonomy?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Scientonomy is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Scientonomy open access, and what is the APC?
Scientonomy 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: .