The Indicter (ISSN 3119-2610)
The Indicter (ISSN 3119-2610) is an independent, open-access scholarly journal operating under autonomous editorial governance and without institutional, corporate, or governmental sponsorship. It is dedicated to the critical analysis of political epidemiology, geopolitics, and human rights. The journal provides a forum for rigorous, evidence-based scholarship examining the structural and institutional determinants of political injustice, state power, civil liberties, and public health outcomes in national and international contexts.
Mission
The Indicter aims to advance scholarly analysis of human rights issues with international impact and to promote research in political epidemiology, civil liberties, and geopolitics. The journal is committed to evidence-based inquiry, humanist values, and scientific rigor.
Published monthly, The Indicter has maintained a commitment to open access, intellectual independence, and critical scholarly engagement with issues of political power, human rights, and global injustice.
History
The Indicter originated in 2005 as The Professors’ Blog – Science, Culture and Human Rights for All, an early academic-led digital publication created to foster critical discussion on human rights, science, and public affairs. In 2015, the publication merged with SWEDHR Research & Reports and underwent a substantive transformation in name, format, and scope, becoming The Indicter and expanding its international orientation.
In conjunction with this transformation, an Editorial Board was established, and the publication progressively shifted from a primarily intellectual and advocacy-oriented platform to a scholarly journal framework. Since 2017, The Indicter has operated as an independent, open-access academic journal, published by Libertarian Books Europe, a non-profit editorial enterprise registered at the Swedish Companies Registration Office (Bolagsverket)..
While its early history reflects engagement with public debate and human rights advocacy in a specific political context, the journal’s current mission is to provide a rigorous, evidence-based forum for scholarly research in political epidemiology, geopolitics, and human rights.
The Indicter has maintained a commitment to intellectual independence, open access, and critical scholarly inquiry.