Critical Horizons

Aims & Scope

Critical Horizons: a journal of philosophy and social theory works at the intersection of philosophy, aesthetics and social and critical theory.

It brings together a unique combination of perspectives to create a vibrant forum for critical analysis and creative dissonance.

Critical Horizons is dedicated to publishing original analyses of contemporary social and cultural life from those working at the forefront of critical thinking as well as new generations of critical theorists from across a broad range of cultural contexts and theoretical traditions.

Critical Horizons publishes articles from critical theorists working in social and political philosophy, aesthetics, spatial and urban theory, anthropology, history of ideas, film and art theory, gender studies, comparative literature, social and critical theory.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.4
2024	0.40

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	23083

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	35

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.170

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	22

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Arts and Humanities and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• All of Us Are Vulnerable, But Some Are More Vulnerable than Others: The Political Ambiguity of Vulnerability Studies, an Ambivalent Critique

  Citation: 151

  Authors: Alyson

• The Centrality of Work

  Citation: 103

  Authors: Christophe, Jean-Philippe

• Honneth on Social Pathologies: A Critique

  Citation: 62

  Authors: Fabian

• Misdevelopments, Pathologies, and Normative Revolutions: Normative Reconstruction as Method of Critical Theory

  Citation: 48

  Authors: Jörg

• The Ethical Turn of Aesthetics and Politics

  Citation: 47

  Authors: Jacques

• Who is this we that gives the gift? Native American Political Theory and <i>The Western Tradition</i>

  Citation: 42

  Authors: Richard

• Vulnerability: A Concept with Which to Undo the World As It Is?

  Citation: 41

  Authors: Estelle

• Politics of Vulnerability and Responsibility for Ordinary Others

  Citation: 35

  Authors: Sandra

• A Critical Theory of Social Suffering

  Citation: 34

  Authors: Emmanuel

• Is the Market a Sphere of Social Freedom?

  Citation: 34

  Authors: Timo

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