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Pacific Philosophical Quarterly

Wiley-Blackwell · United States

ISSN0279-0750eISSN1468-0114
SJR Q1WOS A&HCIScopus / SJR
35
/ 100
High Risk
Score Breakdown
Scopus Q1+25
Total35
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
0.955
H-Index
79
CiteScore
View ↗
Scopus metric · on the journal’s page
SNIP
1.454
Total Works
1,615
Total Citations
32,610
2yr Mean Citedness
0.45
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Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

Pacific Philosophical Quarterly publishes articles on a wide range of philosophical topics, including epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, political philosophy, and aesthetics. Recent articles explore the nature of hypocrisy, modal views of luck, external world skepticism, mereology of musical works, phenomenal causality, public reason liberalism, political liberalism concerning sentient beings, moral agency in pluralistic societies, the justification of enabling harm, the concept of the middlebrow in aesthetics, counterfactuals and relativism, the hierarchy view of word meanings, the problem of change as a paradox, Spinoza's rejection of teleological explanations, track record arguments for ethical theories, higher-order defeat in epistemology, and relational egalitarianism.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige
How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?
Q1
SJR Rank
Top 25% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published
FrequencyQuarterly
StatusActive
Total Publications1,615
Publisher OrgWiley
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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

6/12 · 50%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Wiley-Blackwell
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
0279-0750 / 1468-0114
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

Philosophy

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Epistemology, Ethics, and MetaphysicsPhilosophy and Theoretical SciencePhilosophical Ethics and TheoryFree Will and AgencyPolitical Philosophy and Ethics
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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref