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PHILOSOPHICAL FORUM

WILEY · US

ISSN0031-806XeISSN1467-9191

SJR Q2✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (AHCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.176

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.305

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Philosophy.

General Information

Country / RegionUS

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 25 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications—

Publisher OrgWiley

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

WILEY

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0031-806X / 1467-9191

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

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2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

PhilosophyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Philosophy

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Philosophical Ethics and TheoryEpistemology, Ethics, and MetaphysicsPhilosophy and Theoretical SciencePolitical Philosophy and EthicsClassical Philosophy and ThoughtHuman auditory perception and evaluationDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesPragmatism in Philosophy and EducationCritical Theory and PhilosophyTheology and Philosophy of Evil

Frequently asked questions about PHILOSOPHICAL FORUM

Is PHILOSOPHICAL FORUM a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for PHILOSOPHICAL FORUM: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of PHILOSOPHICAL FORUM?

PHILOSOPHICAL FORUM is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date.

Is PHILOSOPHICAL FORUM indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

PHILOSOPHICAL FORUM is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of PHILOSOPHICAL FORUM?