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Teaching Philosophy

Philosophy Documentation Center · United States · Est. 1975

ISSN2153-6619

SJR Q3✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 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

0.131

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.311

Total Worksi

3,418

Total Citationsi

26,247

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.10

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Teaching Philosophy is a premier journal for philosophy teachers. It publishes articles on the teaching of philosophy, as well as on philosophical topics that are of interest to teachers of philosophy. The journal also publishes book reviews and other materials of interest to philosophy teachers.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1975

Annual Volume~ 62 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications3,418

Publisher OrgPhilosophy Documentation Center

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Submission Info

Peer Reviewpeer-reviewed

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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8/11 · 73%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Philosophy Documentation Center

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2153-6619

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

peer-reviewed

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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?

Portico, CLOCKSS

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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

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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

EducationQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Philosophy

Scopus Categories

PhilosophyEducation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Education and Critical Thinking DevelopmentClassical Philosophy and ThoughtEthics in medical practicePolitical Philosophy and EthicsPhilosophical Ethics and TheoryLegal Education and Practice InnovationsWittgensteinian philosophy and applicationsDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesHuman auditory perception and evaluationTheology and Philosophy of Evil

Frequently asked questions about Teaching Philosophy

Is Teaching Philosophy a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Teaching 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 Teaching Philosophy?

Teaching 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. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.10.

Is Teaching Philosophy indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Teaching Philosophy is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.