Journal profile · POLITICAL SCIENCE
Totalitarismus und Demokratie
ISSN 1612-9008 · eISSN 2196-8276 · Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co. KG · Germany
Totalitarismus und Demokratie: CAS Zone 4 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 20 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Totalitarismus und Demokratie is published by Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co. KG and is in Zone 4 of Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are German legal, social, and political studies, European history and politics and German History and Society, together about 41.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
»Totalitarismus und Demokratie / Totalitarianism and Democracy« is a journal devoted to being an international forum for comparative, historical and modern research on nondemocratic systems and movements. Based on the experiences made in the 20th century with the two dictatorships on German soil, it explores the background for the development and workings as well as the ramifications of autocratic societies within Europe and elsewhere. Further, it highlights historical, political, social-psychological and cultural constellations as well as the prerequisites and dispositions that foster the theory and reality of free and democratic societies. This journal strives to be a forum for the interdisciplinary exchange of information among historians, political scientists, sociologists, educationists, religious scholars and philosophers.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): POLITICAL SCIENCE
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- German legal, social, and political studiesSocial Sciences16.6%
- European history and politicsSocial Sciences14.3%
- German History and SocietyArts and Humanities10.5%
- German Literature and Culture StudiesArts and Humanities5.8%
- Communism, Protests, Social MovementsSocial Sciences5.5%
- Populism, Right-Wing MovementsSocial Sciences4.7%
- Psychology, Coaching, and TherapyPsychology4.7%
- Sports Science and EducationArts and Humanities3.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Political Science | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Political Science | 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
ESCIDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePublisher website
Other: GBI-Genios, ProQuest, ExLibris, WorldCat (OCLC), VUB Ulrichsweb, Readcube
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
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 2Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 9OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 8OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.11OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 96.77%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 10LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 408 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 11 | 11 | 0 |
| 2025 | 20 | 20 | 0 |
| 2024 | 35 | 35 | 7 |
| 2023 | 9 | 9 | 18 |
| 2022 | 26 | 26 | 16 |
| 2021 | 27 | 27 | 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 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Unspecified 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 | |
| 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 websiteOpen access
- Open access
Open Access seit Jahrgang 2017/Band 14; CC BY-NC 4.0 sofern keine anderen Lizenzangaben. Model summary
Seit dem Jahrgang 2017/ Band 14 ist die Zeitschrift Totalitarismus und Demokratie sofort nach Veröffentlichung Open Access verfügbar. Soweit keine anderen Lizenzangaben angegeben sind, gilt die Creative Commons Lizenz CC BY-NC 4.0.
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
- Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co. KG
- Country or region
- Germany
- Language
- English, German
- ISSN
- 1612-9008
- Electronic ISSN
- 2196-8276
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 23 (May 2026)
- 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
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Totalitarismus und Demokratie
What CAS zone is Totalitarismus und Demokratie in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Totalitarismus und Demokratie is in Zone 4 of Sociology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Political Science. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at Totalitarismus und Demokratie?
Authors report an average review time of about 12 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 Totalitarismus und Demokratie?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Totalitarismus und Demokratie is indexed in ESCI and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Totalitarismus und Demokratie open access, and what is the APC?
Totalitarismus und Demokratie 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, Publisher website, DOAJ; 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: .