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Ergo

Michigan Publishing · United States · Est. 1989

ISSN2330-4014eISSN2330-4014

SJR Q1✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Slow · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.951

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.147

Total Worksi

570

Total Citationsi

5,435

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.59

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Ergo is an open access philosophy journal accepting submissions on all philosophical topics and from all philosophical traditions. This includes, among other things: history of philosophy, work in both the analytic and continental traditions, as well as formal and empirically informed philosophy. Ergo is strongly committed to diversity and especially welcomes submissions from members of groups currently underrepresented in philosophy.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1989

FrequencyIrregular

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications570

Publisher OrgMichigan Publishing

OA Since2013

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Submission Info

APC Cost💎 Diamond OA — Free

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

Review Time~26 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

📦 Long-term Preservation

Library of Congress

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/12 · 83%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Michigan Publishing

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2330-4014 / 2330-4014

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

No APC (Free)

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

Library of Congress

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Plagiarism detection in place?

✅

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

709

2019

264

2020

306

2021

327

2022

102

554

2023

203

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

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Philosophy

Scopus Categories

Philosophy

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Epistemology, Ethics, and MetaphysicsPhilosophy and Theoretical SciencePhilosophical Ethics and TheoryFree Will and AgencyPolitical Philosophy and EthicsPhilosophy and History of ScienceFeminist Epistemology and Gender StudiesPsychology of Moral and Emotional JudgmentClassical Philosophy and ThoughtWar, Ethics, and Justification

Frequently asked questions about Ergo

Is Ergo a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Ergo: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 96/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Ergo?

Ergo 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 1.59.

Is Ergo indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Ergo is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Ergo?

How much does it cost to publish in Ergo?

Ergo is a Diamond open-access journal — there is no article processing charge (APC) to publish.