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Voluntas
ISSN 0957-8765 · eISSN 1573-7888 · Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM) · Brazil · 6 issues per year
Voluntas: CAS Zone 3 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.38; fully open access; APC about USD 3,550; review about 13 weeks (community reports); 81 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus; the journal's website says it has moved to a new publisher.
The journal's website says it has moved to a new publisher: Voluntas will be published by Cambridge University Press starting January 1st, 2026. Springer’s Editorial Manager site has been closed to new submissions, starting on August 1st, 2025 and new submission should be uploaded through the Cambridge University Press site: https://www.editorialmanager.com/voluntas Source ↗Publisher website ·
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Voluntas is published by Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM) and is in Zone 3 of Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering, Religion, Society, and Development and Social Capital and Networks, together about 48.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Voluntas will be published by Cambridge University Press starting January 1st, 2026. Springer’s Editorial Manager site has been closed to new submissions, starting on August 1st, 2025 and new submission should be uploaded through the Cambridge University Press site: https://www.editorialmanager.com/voluntas Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, is an interdisciplinary journal that publishes research between state, market, and household sectors. Presents leading academic argument around civil society issues. Offers research that is accessible to practitioners and policymakers. Official journal of the International Society for Third-Sector Research (ISTR). Co-Editor-in-Chief Fredrik O. Andersson, Galia Chimiak, Marlene Walk
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): SOCIAL ISSUES
Editor-in-chief Fredrik O. AnderssonPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Nonprofit Sector and VolunteeringSocial Sciences30.3%
- Religion, Society, and DevelopmentSocial Sciences10.4%
- Social Capital and NetworksSocial Sciences7.4%
- Tourism, Volunteerism, and DevelopmentSocial Sciences6.9%
- Community Development and Social ImpactEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6.6%
- Public Policy and Administration ResearchSocial Sciences4.7%
- International Development and AidSocial Sciences4.2%
- Social Policy and Reform StudiesSocial Sciences3.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Sociology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Social Issues | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Social Issues | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Sociology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Social Issues | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
SCIECurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS
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
- Impact factor
- 2.38LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2024
- 2Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2024
- 2.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.94LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.58LetPub ·
- h-index
- 100OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,227OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.26OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 16.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 52.25%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 63LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 574,400Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,490 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 77 | 77 | 368 |
| 2025 | 81 | 37 | 100 |
| 2024 | 74 | 43 | 288 |
| 2023 | 78 | 44 | 631 |
| 2022 | 118 | 52 | 1,143 |
| 2021 | 135 | 59 | 2,201 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
Too few articlesOnly 6 articles from the last 24 months carry both submission and acceptance dates, too few for a median
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 13 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 22 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewLetPub
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
Fully open accessLetPub
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,550 / GBP 2,460 | — | — | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM)
- Country or region
- Brazil
- Language
- Portuguese
- Frequency
- 6 issues per year
- ISSN
- 0957-8765
- Electronic ISSN
- 1573-7888
- Society / sponsor
- International Society for Third-Sector Research
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 36, Issue 6 (December 2025)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Voluntas
What CAS zone is Voluntas in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Voluntas is in Zone 3 of Sociology, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Social Issues. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Voluntas?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.38; CiteScore 5.7, h-index 100.
How long does peer review take at Voluntas?
Authors report an average review time of about 13 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 Voluntas?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Voluntas is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists SCIE and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Voluntas open access, and what is the APC?
Voluntas is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 3,550.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, 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: .