Elenchos

Walter de Gruyter GmbH · Italy · Est. 1980

ISSN2037-7177

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.111

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

616

Total Citationsi

909

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.07

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Classics; Philosophy.

General Information

Country / RegionItaly

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1980

Annual Volume~ 21 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications616

Publisher OrgDe Gruyter

Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

2037-7177

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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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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?

N/A

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

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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.

ClassicsQ3

PhilosophyQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

ClassicsPhilosophy

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Classical Philosophy and ThoughtClassical Antiquity StudiesHistorical, Religious, and Philosophical StudiesMedieval and Classical PhilosophyByzantine Studies and HistoryHistorical and Environmental StudiesDiverse academic and cultural studiesHistorical Philosophy and ScienceDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesItalian Literature and Culture

Frequently asked questions about Elenchos

Is Elenchos a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Elenchos: it is indexed in Scopus, 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 Elenchos?

Elenchos is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.111.

Is Elenchos indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Elenchos is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Elenchos?