Theoria
Last updated ISSN 0040-5817
Theoria is published by Berghahn Books in social sciences. It is open access. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Theoria concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Political Philosophy and Ethics
- African cultural and philosophical studies
- Critical Theory and Philosophy
- Political Economy and Marxism
- Foucault, Power, and Ethics
- South African History and Culture
- Global Peace and Security Dynamics
- Seventeenth-Century Political and Philosophical Thought
- Political Theory and Influence
- American Constitutional Law and Politics
Key facts
| Publisher | Berghahn Books |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0040-5817, 1558-5816 |
| Subject area | Social Sciences |
| Access | Open access |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | DOAJ |
| Articles published | 682 |
| Publishing since | 1997 |
| Journal website | www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journals/theoria/theor |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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