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Focus and scope. “Athena: Philosophical Studies” is an international Open Access, peer-reviewed academic journal issued by the Department of Contemporary Philosophy of the Lithuanian Culture Research Institute in Vilnius. The journal was founded in 2006 to discuss new philosophical ideas, topics, and methodologies emerging in the context of contemporary philosophy. Every volume of the journal is dedicated to a different philosophical theme which is announced for potential contributors in advance. “Athena: Philosophical Studies” has dedicated special issues to such topics as new materialism, the question of the animal, the Anthropocene, philosophy of technology, biopolitics, and others, and featured such important figures as Emmanuel Levinas, Michel Foucault, and Jacques Derrida. The journal also publishes translations of the original texts, book reviews, and the overview of academic life. The submissions are subject to double-blind peer-review by two scholars but the final decision to publish rests with the editors.

Languages. The publishing languages are Lithuanian and English.

Publication frequency – one volume per year.

Indexed in: CEEOL (Central and Eastern European Online Library) (2006), EBSCO Publishing, Humanities International Index (2006), The Philosopher’s Index (2006), Scopus (2023).

Peer Review Process. The journal "Athena: Philosophical Studies" operates a double-blind peer review system. The identities of both reviewers and authors are concealed from each other throughout the review process.

Charges. The journal does not charge article processing charges or submission charges.

Open Access Policy. The journal is an open access journal. All content is freely available without charge to users or their institutions. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles in this journal without asking prior permission of the publisher or the author.  Articles published in the journal are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0) license.

Sponsors. From 2019 to 2021 publication is funded by the Research Council of Lithuania according to Lithuanian Studies and Dissemination Programme for 2016–2024 (Agreement No. S-LIP-19-17). From 2022 to 2024 publication is funded by the Research Council of Lithuania according to Lithuanian Studies and Dissemination Programme for 2016-2024 (Agreement No. S-LIP-22-29).