Epoche

Philosophy Documentation Center · United States · Est. 1993

ISSN2153-8603

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

0.128

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.615

Total Worksi

620

Total Citationsi

916

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.05

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Philosophy.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1993

Annual Volume~ 22 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications620

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?

2153-8603

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Philosophy

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Classical Philosophy and ThoughtPhilosophy, Ethics, and ExistentialismPhenomenology and Existential PhilosophyPhilosophical Ethics and TheoryClassical Antiquity StudiesNietzsche, Schopenhauer, and HegelSeventeenth-Century Political and Philosophical ThoughtMedieval and Classical PhilosophyHistorical, Religious, and Philosophical StudiesPhilosophy and Historical Thought

Frequently asked questions about Epoche

Is Epoche a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Epoche: 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 Epoche?

Epoche is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.128.

Is Epoche indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Epoche is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Epoche?