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Review of Metaphysics

Philosophy Education Society, Inc. · United States · Est. 1947

ISSN1549-4853

SJR Q3✓ 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 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.133

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

2,669

Total Citationsi

19,537

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.02

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Aims & Scope

The Review of Metaphysics is devoted to the promotion of technically competent, definitive contributions to philosophical knowledge. Not associated with any school or group, not the organ of any association or institution, it is interested in persistent, resolute inquiries into root questions, regardless of the writer’s affiliations.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1947

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications2,669

Publisher OrgPhilosophy Education Society Inc.

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewBlind review

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Philosophy Education Society, Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1549-4853

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

Blind review

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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

146

2019

100

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.

PhilosophyQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Philosophy

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Classical Philosophy and ThoughtPhilosophical Ethics and TheoryPhenomenology and Existential PhilosophyMedieval Philosophy and TheologyMedieval and Classical PhilosophyHistory of Science and MedicineTheology and Philosophy of EvilPhilosophy, Ethics, and ExistentialismSeventeenth-Century Political and Philosophical ThoughtPhilosophy, Science, and History

Frequently asked questions about Review of Metaphysics

Is Review of Metaphysics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Review of Metaphysics: 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 Review of Metaphysics?

Review of Metaphysics is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.133.

Is Review of Metaphysics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Review of Metaphysics is indexed in Scopus.