Home›Search›Philosophical Quarterly

Philosophical Quarterly

Oxford University Press · United Kingdom

ISSN0031-8094eISSN1467-9213

SJR Q1✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ Scopus Q1+25

Total25

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

1.388

H-Index

197

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

2.074

Total Works

6,397

Total Citations

219,371

2yr Mean Citedness

1.32

Free JIF alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

This journal publishes articles on a wide range of philosophical topics, including epistemology, metaphysics, philosophy of mind, ethics, political philosophy, and philosophy of language. Recent articles explore concepts such as synergy effects in reasoning, the risks of artificial intelligence, the nature of bullshit, social kinds and language, moral responsibility, the metaphysics of powers, epistemic motivation, racist perceptions, theories of reasons, fictional entities, relativistic change, musical ontology, criminal culpability, group well-being, relationship break-ups, conceptual explication in mathematics, the semantics of 'therefore', perfect being theism, the definition of toys, and animal responsiveness to normative reasons.

AI-summarised from recent articles · verify on publisher page →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 130 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications6,397

Publisher OrgOxford University Press

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

⚡ Hybrid journal — subscription model available.

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

✅

Do you know the journal / publisher?

Oxford University Press

✅

Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

✅

Is the ISSN verified?

0031-8094 / 1467-9213

✅

Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

❌

Peer review process documented?

N/A

❌

Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

❌

APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

✅

Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

❌

Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

❌

Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

❌

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

✅

Primary language documented?

English

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

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

PhilosophyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Philosophy

Scopus Categories