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Apeiron

Walter de Gruyter GmbH · Germany · Est. 1966

ISSN2156-7093

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS ESCI+10

✓ Scopus Q1+25

Total35

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

0.463

H-Index

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

1.939

Total Works

1,459

Total Citations

9,273

2yr Mean Citedness

0.39

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Aims & Scope

Apeiron is committed to publishing high-quality research papers in the areas of ancient Greco-Roman intellectual history; it also welcomes submission of articles dealing with the reception of ancient philosophical and scientific ideas in the later western tradition.

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1966

Frequency4 issues per year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,459

Publisher OrgDe Gruyter

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Submission Info

Peer Reviewdouble-blind

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Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

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Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/12 · 67%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2156-7093

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

double-blind

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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?

Yes

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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

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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.

History and Philosophy of ScienceQ1

PhilosophyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Philosophy

Scopus Categories

PhilosophyHistory and Philosophy of Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Classical Philosophy and ThoughtHistorical, Religious, and Philosophical StudiesClassical Antiquity StudiesMedieval and Classical PhilosophyPhilosophical Ethics and TheoryHistorical Philosophy and ScienceDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesHistorical Astronomy and Related StudiesLegal Cases and CommentarySeventeenth-Century Political and Philosophical Thought