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Journal for General Philosophy of Science

Springer Netherlands · Netherlands · Est. 1970

ISSN0925-4560eISSN1572-8587

SJR Q1✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.474

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.309

Total Worksi

1,682

Total Citationsi

8,765

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.24

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The journal’s scope encompasses both general philosophy of science and the specialized philosophies of particular areas of science (conceived broadly in the sense of the German term ‘ Wissenschaft ’), such as the philosophy of physics, the philosophy of chemistry, the philosophy of biology, the philosophy of the social sciences and economics, the philosophy of the engineering disciplines, and the philosophies of the humanities.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1970

Frequency4 Issues Per Year, 2017-

StatusActive

Total Publications1,682

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid

Peer Review—

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

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer Netherlands

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0925-4560 / 1572-8587

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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

375

2019

329

2020

328

2021

191

2022

150

2023

2024

2025

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.

History and Philosophy of ScienceQ1

PhilosophyQ1

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

History & Philosophy Of Science

Scopus Categories

PhilosophySocial Sciences (miscellaneous)History and Philosophy of Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Philosophy and History of SciencePhilosophy, Science, and HistoryPhilosophy and Theoretical ScienceEpistemology, Ethics, and MetaphysicsQuantum Mechanics and Applications

Frequently asked questions about Journal for General Philosophy of Science

Is Journal for General Philosophy of Science a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal for General Philosophy of Science: 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 Journal for General Philosophy of Science?

Journal for General Philosophy of Science 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. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.24.

Is Journal for General Philosophy of Science indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal for General Philosophy of Science is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.