Vivarium

Aims & Scope

Vivarium (VIV) is an international journal dedicated to the history of philosophy and intellectual life from the early Middle Ages to the early-modern era.

It is widely recognized as an unrivalled resource for the history of logic, semantics, epistemology, and metaphysics.

It welcomes articles on medieval, Renaissance and early-modern thinkers, their ideas, arguments, and writings, as well as the institutional and intellectual life of this period.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.2

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.138

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	18

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	25479

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	7

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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, 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.

• John Buridan’s Quaestiones de secretis mulierum: Edition and Introduction

  Citation: 52

  Authors: Chiara, Paul J.J.M.

• The Liar Paradox from John Buridan back to Thomas Bradwardine

  Citation: 44

  Authors: Stephen

• Some Thirteenth Century Tracts on The Game of Obligation

  Citation: 30

  Authors: L.M.

• Some notes on the Mediaeval tract De insolubilibus, with the edition of a tract dating from the end of the twelfth century

  Citation: 20

  Authors: L.M.

• Avicenna's Conception of the Modalities

  Citation: 20

  Authors: Allen

• Master Guido and his View on Government: On Twelfth Century Linguistic Thought

  Citation: 18

  Authors: C.H.

• Some Thirteenth Century Tracts on the Game of Obligation

  Citation: 18

  Authors: L.M.

• The Buridan School Reassessed. John Buridan and Albert of Saxony

  Citation: 18

  Authors:

• Radulphus Brito's Sophism on Second Intentions

  Citation: 17

  Authors: Jan

• Chimeras and Imaginary Objects: A Study in the Post-Medieval Theory of Signification

  Citation: 17

  Authors: E.J.

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