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Philosophical Inquiries

Edizioni ETS · Italy · Est. 2013

ISSN2281-8618eISSN2282-0248

SJR Q3✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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📊 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

0.112

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.616

Total Worksi

131

Total Citationsi

300

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Philosophy.

General Information

Country / RegionItaly

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2013

Annual Volume~ 14 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2021)

Total Publications131

Publisher OrgEdizioni Ets

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

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Edizioni ETS

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

2281-8618 / 2282-0248

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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

165

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

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

Web of Science Categories

Philosophy

Scopus Categories

Philosophy

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Philosophy and Theoretical SciencePhilosophical Ethics and TheoryPhilosophy and History of ScienceEpistemology, Ethics, and MetaphysicsClassical Philosophy and ThoughtPhilosophy, Science, and HistoryEmotions and Moral BehaviorPhilosophy, Ethics, and ExistentialismPsychology of Moral and Emotional JudgmentWittgensteinian philosophy and applications

Frequently asked questions about Philosophical Inquiries

Is Philosophical Inquiries a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Philosophical Inquiries: 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 Philosophical Inquiries?

Philosophical Inquiries 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.

Is Philosophical Inquiries indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Philosophical Inquiries is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Philosophical Inquiries?