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Apeiron

Walter de Gruyter GmbH · Germany · Est. 1966

ISSN2156-7093

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ Scopus Q266

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total78

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.

SJR Scorei

0.217

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.939

Total Worksi

1,459

Total Citationsi

9,273

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.39

Open Impact Factor alternative

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.

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

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

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?

WoS, 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

Citations received

155

2019

2020

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.

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

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

Frequently asked questions about Apeiron

Is Apeiron a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Apeiron: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 78/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Apeiron?

Apeiron 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 0.39.

Is Apeiron indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Apeiron is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.