Journal profile · PHILOSOPHY
Topicos-Revista de Filosofia
ISSN 0188-6649 · eISSN 2007-8498 · Universidad Panamericana · Mexico
Topicos-Revista de Filosofia: CAS Zone 4 · Philosophy (2025 upgraded edition); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 20 weeks (community reports); 57 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Topicos-Revista de Filosofia is published by Universidad Panamericana and is in Zone 4 of Philosophy in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Philosophical Thought and Analysis, Classical Philosophy and Thought and Ethics and bioethics in healthcare, together about 33.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Philosophy. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Tópicos, Revista de Filosofía is an academic publication aimed at professionals within the national and international philosophical community. It has appeared uninterruptedly since 1991 thanks to the support and financial aid of Universidad Panamericana’s School of Philosophy. We accept unsolicited, unpublished, original manuscripts in Spanish, English, French, Italian, German, and Portuguese. The contents and methodology of all articles must be predominantly philosophical. The journal is not limited to a specific area of field within philosophy, so long as there is rigor and methodological sophistication in the research done and in the mode of exposition. We do not publish manuscripts that are non-academic, general, or theological, nor do we publish survey articles, articles focusing on art or literary criticism, or interdisciplinary studies that are not carried out with a predominantly philosophical methodology and content. Each article shall be submitted to a rigorous peer review process, following the double-blind method of evaluation.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PHILOSOPHY
Editor-in-chief Luis XavierPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Philosophical Thought and AnalysisSocial Sciences15%
- Classical Philosophy and ThoughtArts and Humanities11.1%
- Ethics and bioethics in healthcareMedicine7.6%
- Philosophical and Cultural AnalysisArts and Humanities7.5%
- Medieval Philosophy and TheologyArts and Humanities6.1%
- Religious and Theological StudiesSocial Sciences5.8%
- Law, Ethics, and AI ImpactBusiness, Management and Accounting5%
- Literary and Cultural StudiesSocial Sciences3.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Philosophy Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Philosophy | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Philosophy | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Philosophy Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Philosophy | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Philosophy | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- 0.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.22LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.54LetPub ·
- h-index
- 11OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 15OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.11OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 99.17%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 46LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,204 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 40 | 40 | 0 |
| 2025 | 57 | 57 | 3 |
| 2024 | 54 | 54 | 13 |
| 2023 | 54 | 54 | 19 |
| 2022 | 54 | 54 | 28 |
| 2021 | 36 | 36 | 40 |
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-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 websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Self-archiving
- License & copyright
Authors retain unrestricted copyright of their articles and grant Tópicos, Revista de Filosofía a non-exclusive licence to publish and distribute them. Model summary
Authors retain unrestricted copyright of their articles and grant Tópicos, Revista de Filosofía a non-exclusive licence to publish and distribute them.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
The journal provides open access to its contents. Authors retain copyright of their articles without restriction and grant Tópicos, Revista de Filosofía a non-exclusive license for their publication and distribution. All articles are published under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
Double-blind peer review Model summary
a) Section Policies: Monographic articles. These are articles on any theme or area of philosophy. Their contents and methodology must be predominantly philosophical and must be between 3,000 and 14,000 words in length. The method of evaluation will be double blind, i.e., the author and referees will remain anonymous. Discussions. These are responses or objections to articles, notes, or discussions…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving
Authors may deposit the final published version (PDF) in institutional or subject open access repositories, with no embargo, indicating the full reference of the original publication and its DOI. Model summary
Authors may deposit the final published version (PDF) in institutional or subject open access repositories, with no embargo, indicating the full reference of the original publication and its DOI.
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
- Universidad Panamericana
- Country or region
- Mexico
- Language
- Spanish
- ISSN
- 0188-6649
- Electronic ISSN
- 2007-8498
- 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 ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Topicos-Revista de Filosofia
What CAS zone is Topicos-Revista de Filosofia in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Topicos-Revista de Filosofia is in Zone 4 of Philosophy, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Philosophy. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Philosophy. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at Topicos-Revista de Filosofia?
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 Topicos-Revista de Filosofia?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Topicos-Revista de Filosofia is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Topicos-Revista de Filosofia open access, and what is the APC?
Topicos-Revista de Filosofia 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: .