Theoria

Berghahn Books · United States

ISSN0040-5817eISSN1558-5816

✓ WOS ESCI✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

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Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Sociology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 24 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications—

Publisher OrgBerghahn Books

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble anonymous peer review

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-ND, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/11 · 73%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Berghahn Books

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0040-5817 / 1558-5816

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double anonymous peer review

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

2019

109

2020

124

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Sociology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Political Philosophy and EthicsAfrican cultural and philosophical studiesCritical Theory and PhilosophyPolitical Economy and MarxismFoucault, Power, and EthicsSouth African History and CultureGlobal Peace and Security DynamicsAmerican Constitutional Law and PoliticsSeventeenth-Century Political and Philosophical ThoughtPolitical Theory and Influence

Frequently asked questions about Theoria

Is Theoria a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Theoria: it is indexed in Web of Science, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Theoria?

Theoria is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date.

Is Theoria indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Theoria is indexed in Web of Science, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Theoria?