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Theoria (Spain)

UPV/EHU Press · Spain · Est. 1952

ISSN0495-4548eISSN2171-679X
SJR Q2WOS A&HCIScopus / SJRDOAJOpen Access
Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field
Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.
Q2
SJR · Scopus
Top 50% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.251
H-Indexi
27
SNIPi
0.628
Total Worksi
640
Total Citationsi
3,817
2yr Mean Citednessi
0.60
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

About the Journal Focus and Scope Established in 1952 by Miguel Sánchez-Mazas , THEORIA. An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science publishes original papers in analytic philosophy (especially in the philosophy of language, mind, logic and mathematics), history and philosophy of science, and social studies of science. Papers in English and Spanish are preferred, but the journal also considers texts in any of the languages of the Iberian Peninsula. Peer Review Process THEORIA. An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science is a peer-reviewed journal. According to its topic, each paper is assigned by the Editors to the competent area editor. This latter will choose two external referees. They will provide a report on a blind version of the paper and, on this basis, the area editor will make the final decision about publication. Publication Frequency THEORIA. An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science is a four-monthly journal (issues in January, May and September). Accepted articles are published in Advanced Access as soon as they are ready, prior to their assignment to a specific issue. Open Access Policy THEORIA. An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science is a non-profit editorial venture of the CALIJ (Centro de Análisis, Lógica e Informática Jurídica) and the University of the Basque Country . We provide free access to all our issues from 2003 onwards. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons License . We adhere to the Budapest definition of Open Access: free availability on the public internet, permitting any users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of our articles, crawl them for indexing, pass them as data to software, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without financial, legal, or technical barriers other th

General Information

Country / RegionSpain
Primary LanguageEnglish, Spanish
1st Year Published1952
Frequencyfour-monthly
StatusActive
Total Publications640
Publisher OrgUniversity of the Basque Country
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Submission Info

Publishing ModelGold Open Access
Peer ReviewDouble-blind
OA LicenseCC BY-NC-ND
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes
Plagiarism Detection✗ No

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

8/11 · 73%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
UPV/EHU Press
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
0495-4548 / 2171-679X
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus, DOAJ
Peer review process documented?
Double-blind
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
No
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
DOAJ verified
Primary language documented?
English, Spanish

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
36
112
2019
22
145
2020
18
60
2021
18
36
2022
20
39
2023
20
19
2024
27
20
2025
9
1
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.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

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

History and Philosophy of ScienceQ2
PhilosophyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

History & Philosophy Of SciencePhilosophy

Scopus Categories

PhilosophyHistory and Philosophy of Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Philosophy and History of SciencePhilosophy and Theoretical ScienceEpistemology, Ethics, and MetaphysicsLogic, Reasoning, and KnowledgeClassical Philosophy and Thought

Frequently asked questions about Theoria (Spain)

Is Theoria (Spain) a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Theoria (Spain): it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, 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 (Spain)?

Theoria (Spain) 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. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.60.

Is Theoria (Spain) indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Theoria (Spain) is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Theoria (Spain)?

About the Journal Focus and Scope Established in 1952 by Miguel Sánchez-Mazas , THEORIA. An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science publishes original papers in analytic philosophy (especially in the philosophy of language, mind, logic and mathematics), history and philosophy of science, and social studies of science. Papers in English and Spanish are preferred, but the journal also considers texts in any of the languages of the Iberian Peninsula. Peer Review Process THEORIA. An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science is a peer-reviewed

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref