Diogenes is a peer-reviewed

Peer review

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 academic journal

Academic journal

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 that publishes papers three times a year in the field of Philosophy

Philosophy

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. The journal's editors are Maurice Aymard (Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales

École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales

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) and Luca Maria Scarantino (ICPHS). It has been in publication since 1953 and is currently published by SAGE Publications

SAGE Publications

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 on behalf of International Council for Philosophy and Humanistic Studies, with the support of UNESCO.

Scope

Diogenes aims to offer a publication outlet for scientific information and intellectual synthesis. The journal publishes work from all fields of philosophical, humanistic and social studies from archaeology to education. Diogenes is transdisciplinary in scope, publishing pieces by scholars across a range of disciplines.

Abstracting and indexing

Diogenes is abstracted and indexed in the following databases:

• Academic Premier
  Academic Search
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• Arts & Humanities Citation Index
• Current Contents
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  : Arts & Humanities
• Humanities Index
• Periodicals Content Index
• SCOPUS
  Scopus
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