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Philosophies

Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) · Switzerland · Est. 2015

ISSN2409-9287eISSN2409-9287

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.325

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.803

Total Worksi

956

Total Citationsi

3,614

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.90

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: History & Philosophy Of Science; Philosophy; History and Philosophy of Science.

General Information

Country / RegionSwitzerland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2015

Annual Volume~ 150 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications956

Publisher OrgMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

OA Since2015

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

Swiss National LibraryCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2409-9287 / 2409-9287

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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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?

Swiss National Library, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

489

2019

493

2020

107

631

2021

144

742

2022

125

392

2023

182

375

2024

143

141

2025

150

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

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

History & Philosophy Of SciencePhilosophy

Scopus Categories

PhilosophyHistory and Philosophy of Science

Frequently asked questions about Philosophies

Is Philosophies a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Philosophies: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Philosophies?

Philosophies 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 0.90.

Is Philosophies indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

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

What is the aims and scope of Philosophies?