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Moral Philosophy and Politics

Walter de Gruyter GmbH · Germany · Est. 2014

ISSN2194-5616eISSN2194-5624

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.334

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.777

Total Worksi

271

Total Citationsi

1,587

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.49

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Ethics; Philosophy; Political Science; History and Philosophy of Science; Sociology and Political Science.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2014

Annual Volume~ 22 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications271

Publisher OrgDe Gruyter

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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?

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2194-5616 / 2194-5624

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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

145

2019

254

2020

196

2021

122

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.

PhilosophyQ1

History and Philosophy of ScienceQ2

Sociology and Political ScienceQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

EthicsPhilosophyPolitical Science

Scopus Categories

PhilosophySociology and Political ScienceHistory and Philosophy of Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Political Philosophy and EthicsPhilosophical Ethics and TheoryFree Will and AgencyWar, Ethics, and JustificationMigration, Refugees, and IntegrationGlobal Peace and Security DynamicsEthics and Social Impacts of AIPsychology of Moral and Emotional JudgmentFeminist Epistemology and Gender StudiesClimate Change and Geoengineering

Frequently asked questions about Moral Philosophy and Politics

Is Moral Philosophy and Politics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Moral Philosophy and Politics: 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 Moral Philosophy and Politics?

Moral Philosophy and Politics 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 0.49.

Is Moral Philosophy and Politics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Moral Philosophy and Politics is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Moral Philosophy and Politics?