Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-Philosophy
Symposion
ISSN 1584-174X · eISSN 2392-6260 · Gheorghe Zane Institute for Economic and Social Research, Romanian Academy, Iasi Branch · Romania
Symposion: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 6 weeks (community reports); 21 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Symposion is published by Gheorghe Zane Institute for Economic and Social Research, Romanian Academy, Iasi Branch. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Philosophical Ethics and Theory, Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics and Philosophy and Theoretical Science, together about 36.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Philosophy. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Symposion was published for the first time in 2003, as Symposion – Revistă de științe socio-umane (Symposion – A Journal of Humanities), with the purpose of providing a supportive space for academic communication, dialogue, and debate, both intra and interdisciplinary, for philosophical humanities and social and political sciences. Symposion: Theoretical and Applied Inquiries in Philosophy and Social Sciences shares essentially the same purpose. Its main aim is to promote and provide open access to peer-reviewed, high quality contributions (articles, discussion notes, review essays or book reviews) in philosophy, other humanities, and social and political sciences connected with philosophy. The old series published mainly Romanian papers. The new Symposion is an international journal, welcoming contributions from around the world written in English and French. Although devoted especially to social philosophy and related disciplines (such as normative political theory, ethics, social epistemology, philosophy of culture, philosophy of technology, philosophy of economics, philosophy of education, and philosophy of law), the journal is open for original and innovative contributions in all philosophical fields and on all philosophy related topics from other humanities and social and political sciences. Symposion is also available for scholars developing interdisciplinary research, as long as it is philosophy related and/or it can open new approaches, pathways, or perspectives for (theoretical or applied) philosophical problems and philosophical thinking. Proposals for special issues devoted to a particular topic, theory or thinker are expressly invited. The journal promotes all methods and traditions of philosophical analysis and inquiry (from ideal to critical or other types of non-ideal theory, from philosophical hermeneutics to logical and mathematical investigations of philosophical problems, from conceptual analysis to experimental philosophy, and from analytic to Continental philosophy). We also welcome papers on feminist philosophical (and philosophy related) topics, approaches or methods of inquiry. From 2017, Symposion is published on a biannual basis, appearing at the end of May and November. It is published and financed by the “Gheorghe Zane” Institute for Economic and Social Research of The Romanian Academy, Iasi Branch. The publication is free of any fees or charges. For further information, please see the Author Guidelines. Contact: symposion.jour
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Arts and Humanities-Philosophy
Editor-in-chief Eugen HuzumPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Philosophical Ethics and TheoryArts and Humanities13.5%
- Epistemology, Ethics, and MetaphysicsArts and Humanities13.5%
- Philosophy and Theoretical SciencePsychology9.1%
- Phenomenology and Existential PhilosophyPsychology6.9%
- Feminist Epistemology and Gender StudiesSocial Sciences6.9%
- Classical Philosophy and ThoughtArts and Humanities6.6%
- Philosophy, Ethics, and ExistentialismArts and Humanities5%
- Political Philosophy and EthicsSocial Sciences3.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
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CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
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CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philosophy | Q2 | 374/891 | — |
| Sociology and Political Science | Q4 | 1157/1530 | — |
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
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
- 0.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.17LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.61LetPub ·
- h-index
- 10OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 10OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.26OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 284 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 11 | 11 | 28 |
| 2025 | 21 | 21 | 45 |
| 2024 | 21 | 21 | 56 |
| 2023 | 19 | 19 | 82 |
| 2022 | 21 | 21 | 52 |
| 2021 | 16 | 16 | 64 |
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 6 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 6 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 | Publisher's own license | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- 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 prepare5 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 200 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 3
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 12,000 words
- Reference style
- Chicago
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
Article types accepted6, with length limits
- articlesThe journal accepts for publication articles, discussion notes, review essays and book reviews.Length not stated
- book reviewst be no longer than 6000 words and the book reviews must not exceed 4000 words, including footnotes and references. The editors reserve thmain text ≤ 4,000 words
- book reviewsThe journal accepts for publication articles, discussion notes, review essays and book reviews.Length not stated
- discussion notesThe journal accepts for publication articles, discussion notes, review essays and book reviews.Length not stated
- reviewtheir authors. The discussion notes and review essays must be no longer than 6000 words and the book reviews must not exceed 4000 words, includingmain text ≤ 6,000 words
- review essaysThe journal accepts for publication articles, discussion notes, review essays and book reviews.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePlagiarism
- Plagiarism
Exclusive submission; not published elsewhere Model summary
The journal accepts for publication papers submitted exclusively to Symposion and not published, in whole or substantial part, elsewhere.
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
- Gheorghe Zane Institute for Economic and Social Research, Romanian Academy, Iasi Branch
- Country or region
- Romania
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1584-174X
- Electronic ISSN
- 2392-6260
- 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 Symposion
How long does peer review take at Symposion?
Authors report an average review time of about 6 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 Symposion?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 200 words; Keywords: ≥ 3; Manuscript length: ≤ 12,000 words; Reference style: Chicago; 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 Symposion?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Symposion is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Symposion open access, and what is the APC?
Symposion 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .