Journal profile
Sfera Politicii
ISSN 1221-6720 · Facultatea de Stiinte Politice, SNSPA · Romania
Sfera Politicii: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 8 weeks (community reports); 0 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Sfera Politicii is published by Facultatea de Stiinte Politice, SNSPA. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Eastern European Communism and Reforms, Electoral Systems and Political Participation and Political Theory and Democracy, together about 32.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Political Science and International Relations. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Sfera Politicii este prima revistă de știință și teorie politică apărută în România după căderea comunismului. Primul număr a fost tipărit în decembrie 1991, de atunci revista având apariție neîntreruptă. Sfera Politicii a jucat și joacă un rol important în difuzarea principalelor teme de știință și teorie politică, ca și în susținerea unei reflecții politologice viabile în peisajul științific și cultural din România. Sfera Politicii pune la îndemâna cercetătorilor, a oamenilor politici și a publicului larg comentarii, analize și studii de specialitate realizate pe baza paradigmelor teoretice și metodologice ale științei și teoriei politice actuale. Sfera Politicii își face o misiune din contribuția la consolidarea societății democratice și de piață din România.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Alexandru Radu ProfesorPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 6, Romania 3, United Kingdom 2, Canada 2, Sweden 2 (18 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Eastern European Communism and ReformsSocial Sciences14.1%
- Electoral Systems and Political ParticipationSocial Sciences11.9%
- Political Theory and DemocracySocial Sciences6.8%
- European Union Policy and GovernanceSocial Sciences5.8%
- International Relations and Foreign PolicySocial Sciences5.4%
- European Politics and SecuritySocial Sciences4.9%
- Political Philosophy and EthicsSocial Sciences4.1%
- Public Administration and GovernanceSocial Sciences4.1%
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
- 3OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 248 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
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
- Single 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 | — | |
| 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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Authorship
The copyright on the published articles belongs to the authors. Model summary
The copyright on the published articles belongs to the authors.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright
Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Model summary
Tis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
The journal provides free access, in accordance with the BOAI definition of Open Access, and is available free of charge on the Internet. Model summary
The Sphere of Politics provides free access, in accordance with the BOAI definition of Open Access, and is available free of charge on the Internet.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double-anonymized peer review Model summary
Evaluarea se realizează pe bază de anonimat (numele autorului nu este comunicat referenților).
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
- Facultatea de Stiinte Politice, SNSPA
- Country or region
- Romania
- Language
- English, Romanian
- ISSN
- 1221-6720
- 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 Sfera Politicii
How long does peer review take at Sfera Politicii?
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.
Where are the editorial board members of Sfera Politicii based?
Of the 18 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (6), Romania (3) and United Kingdom (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Sfera Politicii?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Sfera Politicii is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Sfera Politicii open access, and what is the APC?
Sfera Politicii 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: .