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Principia

Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina · Brazil · Est. 1997

ISSN1414-4247eISSN1808-1711

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.146

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.371

Total Worksi

518

Total Citationsi

736

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.13

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Principia: an international journal of epistemology aims at publishing original scholarly work on epistemology, broadly conceived including theory of knowledge, philosophy of science, philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, philosophy of logic, metaphysics, and other related topics, with an emphasis on the analytic approach and on the Modern and Contemporary periods.

General Information

Country / RegionBrazil

Primary LanguageSpanish, Portuguese, English

1st Year Published1997

Frequencyquarterly

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications518

Publisher OrgUniversidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Region🌍 Global South

OA Since1996

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

📦 Long-term Preservation

LOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1414-4247 / 1808-1711

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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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?

LOCKSS

❌

Plagiarism detection in place?

✅

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

Spanish, Portuguese, 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

130

2019

2020

2021

2022

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 ScienceQ3

PhilosophyQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

PhilosophyHistory and Philosophy of Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Philosophy and History of SciencePhilosophy and Theoretical ScienceEpistemology, Ethics, and MetaphysicsLogic, Reasoning, and KnowledgeClassical Philosophy and ThoughtQuantum Mechanics and ApplicationsPhilosophical Ethics and TheoryPhilosophy, Science, and HistoryPragmatism in Philosophy and EducationScience and Science Education

Frequently asked questions about Principia

Is Principia a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Principia: it is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Principia?

Principia is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.146.

Is Principia indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Principia is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.