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JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHILOSOPHY

WILEY · US

ISSN1468-5930eISSN1468-5930

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SSCI · 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.543

H-Indexi

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Ethics; Philosophy.

General Information

Country / RegionUS

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 80 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications—

Publisher OrgWiley

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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

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

WILEY

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1468-5930 / 1468-5930

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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

779

2019

2020

413

2021

471

2022

277

2023

188

2024

113

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.

PhilosophyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

EthicsPhilosophy

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Political Philosophy and EthicsEthics in medical practiceFree Will and AgencyPhilosophical Ethics and TheoryWar, Ethics, and JustificationPsychology of Moral and Emotional JudgmentEpistemology, Ethics, and MetaphysicsNeuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical InnovationsReproductive Health and TechnologiesEthics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare

Frequently asked questions about JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHILOSOPHY

Is JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHILOSOPHY a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHILOSOPHY: 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 OF APPLIED PHILOSOPHY?

JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHILOSOPHY 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.

Is JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHILOSOPHY indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHILOSOPHY is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHILOSOPHY?