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Telos

Telos Press · United States

ISSN0090-6514eISSN1940-459X

SJR Q2✓ WOS SSCI✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q2+18

Total43

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

0.158

H-Index

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

0.343

Total Works

2,907

Total Citations

78,895

2yr Mean Citedness

0.31

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Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Telos is an academic journal that publishes in the areas of Politics & Democracy, Cultural Studies, Philosophy, and Sociology. It has consistently been at the forefront of political-philosophical discussion, with studies ranging from dissidence in Eastern Europe to critiques of authoritarian regimes.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 47 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications2,907

Publisher OrgTelos

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

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Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

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Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Telos Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0090-6514 / 1940-459X

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Cultural StudiesQ2

PhilosophyQ2

Sociology and Political ScienceQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

PhilosophyPolitical ScienceSociology

Scopus Categories

PhilosophySociology and Political ScienceCultural Studies

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Critical Theory and PhilosophyPolitical Economy and MarxismPolitical Theology and SovereigntyEastern European Communism and ReformsHannah Arendt's Political Philosophy