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Inquiry (United Kingdom)

Routledge · United Kingdom · Est. 1958

ISSN1502-3923

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.654

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.171

Total Worksi

3,093

Total Citationsi

41,992

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.29

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Inquiry is an international peer-reviewed journal publishing work within all areas of philosophy. It publishes interdisciplinary research in philosophy, including metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, logic, and aesthetics. The journal serves as a forum for presenting philosophical thinking from a variety of perspectives.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1958

FrequencyQuarterly, -Mar. 2003

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,093

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Routledge

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1502-3923

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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

111

1.5k

2019

116

1.8k

2020

113

1.2k

2021

172

997

2022

173

516

2023

180

479

2024

146

100

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

Health PolicyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

EthicsPhilosophy

Scopus Categories

PhilosophyHealth Policy

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Philosophy and Theoretical ScienceEpistemology, Ethics, and MetaphysicsPhilosophical Ethics and TheoryPhilosophy and History of SciencePolitical Philosophy and EthicsPsychology of Moral and Emotional JudgmentFree Will and AgencyClassical Philosophy and ThoughtPhilosophy, Ethics, and ExistentialismPhilosophy, Science, and History

Frequently asked questions about Inquiry (United Kingdom)

Is Inquiry (United Kingdom) a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Inquiry (United Kingdom): 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 Inquiry (United Kingdom)?

Inquiry (United Kingdom) 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 1.29.

Is Inquiry (United Kingdom) indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Inquiry (United Kingdom) is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.