Journal profile · PHILOSOPHY
Tradition & Discovery
ISSN 1057-1027 · eISSN 2154-1566 · The Polanyi Society · United States
Tradition & Discovery: CAS Zone 4 · Philosophy (2025 upgraded edition); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 4 articles a year; indexed in ESCI.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Tradition & Discovery is published by The Polanyi Society 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 Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies, Human auditory perception and evaluation and Legal Cases and Commentary, together about 40.9% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Since Michael Polanyi was a polymath whose writings contributed to many fields, the journal publishes scholarly essays which engage Polanyi's work and its implications for a wide range of studies, including, but not limited to, aesthetics, chemistry, economics, ethics, intellectual history, literature, medicine, political and other areas of philosophy, psychology, sociology, and theology.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PHILOSOPHY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance18.4%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering15.7%
- Legal Cases and CommentaryMedicine6.8%
- Academic Freedom and PoliticsSocial Sciences5.9%
- Legal case studies and regulationsSocial Sciences5.3%
- Pragmatism in Philosophy and EducationArts and Humanities5%
- Educational Robotics and EngineeringComputer Science4.6%
- Labor Movements and UnionsSocial Sciences4.4%
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 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Philosophy | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Philosophy | Zone 3 |
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
EBSCO, Religious & Theological Abstracts, EBSCO on-line database of academic and research journals, The Philosopher's Index, Religious and Theological Abstracts, EBSCO online databases of academic and research journalsPublisher website
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
- h-index
- 15OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 28OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 4%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 4LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,493 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 22 | 22 | 3 |
| 2022 | 21 | 21 | 4 |
| 2021 | 32 | 32 | 4 |
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
- 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-ND | |
| 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)
Article types accepted1, with length limits
- book reviews at lewis_pa@mercer.edu. Proposals for book reviews and completed reviews (no more than 1000 words in length) should be sent to Andrew Grosso at atgrosso@iclomain text ≤ 1,000 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access
No APCs or submission fees. Model summary
TAD does not charge authors with article processing charges (APCs) or article submission fees either upon submission or acceptance.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process:
Peer-reviewed essays and reviews related to the life and thought of Michael Polanyi. Model summary
Unsolicited articles will first be editorially reviewed and this normally is completed within a few weeks. If the submission is not appropriate for TAD or is not in good order, it will be returned without further review. After initial editorial review, submissions are sent out for blind peer review. When blind reviews are returned, the TAD editor contacts the author about possible publication and …
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
- The Polanyi Society
- Country or region
- United States
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1057-1027
- Electronic ISSN
- 2154-1566
- 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 Tradition & Discovery
What CAS zone is Tradition & Discovery in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Tradition & Discovery is in Zone 4 of Philosophy, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Philosophy. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Philosophy. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at Tradition & Discovery?
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 Tradition & Discovery?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Tradition & Discovery is indexed in ESCI and DOAJ.
Is Tradition & Discovery open access, and what is the APC?
Tradition & Discovery 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: .