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Journal of Political Philosophy

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1993

ISSN1467-9760

SJR Q1✓ Scopus / SJR

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 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

1.336

H-Indexi

116

Total Worksi

892

Total Citationsi

48,525

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Philosophy; Sociology and Political Science.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1993

Annual Volume~ 18 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2024)

Total Publications892

Publisher OrgWiley

Visit Journal Website

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

thinkchecksubmit.org

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1467-9760

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

N/A

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

1.8k

2017

527

2018

758

2019

682

2020

644

2021

221

2022

201

2023

2024

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.

PhilosophyQ1

Sociology and Political ScienceQ1

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

PhilosophySociology and Political Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Political Philosophy and EthicsPhilosophical Ethics and TheoryWar, Ethics, and JustificationCritical Theory and PhilosophyFree Will and AgencyAmerican Constitutional Law and PoliticsPolitical Theology and SovereigntyHannah Arendt's Political PhilosophyPolitical Theory and InfluenceReligion and Society Interactions

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Political Philosophy

Is Journal of Political Philosophy a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Political Philosophy: it is indexed in 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 of Political Philosophy?

Journal of Political Philosophy is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 1.336.

Is Journal of Political Philosophy indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Political Philosophy is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Political Philosophy?