About this journal
Aims and scope
Journal of Critical Realism ( JCR) is the Journal of the International Association for Critical Realism (IACR), established in 1997 to foster the discussion, propagation and the development of critical realist approaches to understanding and changing the world. It provides a forum for scholars wishing to promote realist emancipatory philosophy, social theory and science on an interdisciplinary and international basis, and for those who wish to engage with such approaches. Material should, as a rule, be directed at an audience across different disciplines with a shared interest in critical realism rather than a specialist disciplinary audience.
The Journal publishes articles, review essays, review symposia, book reviews, debates and postgraduate interventions that relate in some significant way to critical realist approaches to understanding and changing the world. It is committed to encouraging work within the framework of, or engaging with all phases of the philosophy of critical realism: original and dialectical critical realism and metaRealism.
Journal metrics
Usage
- 153K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 3.2 (2023) Impact Factor
- Q1 Impact Factor Best Quartile
- 2.9 (2023) 5 year IF
- 4.7 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 1.649 (2023) SNIP
- 0.911 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 68 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 25 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
- 68% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
Journal metrics can be a useful tool for readers, as well as for authors who are deciding where to submit their next manuscript for publication. However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to support and not replace qualitative review.
We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
For more details, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
Journal metrics in brief
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of the following metrics (find out why).
- Usage: the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
- Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles published in the journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
- Impact Factor Best Quartile*: the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
- 5 Year Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal within a five-year window.
- CiteScore (Scopus)†: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over a four-year period.
- CiteScore Best Quartile†: the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
- SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper): the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation potential in the field.
- SJR (Scimago Journal Rank): Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
- From submission to first decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a first decision in the last six months.
- From submission to first post-review decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review. Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last six months.
- From acceptance to online publication: the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published in the last six months.
- Acceptance rate: articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
For more details on the data above, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
*Copyright: Journal Citation Reports®, Clarivate Analytics
†Copyright: CiteScore™, Scopus
Editorial board
• Leigh Price (Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Lillehammer) [email protected]
Associate Editors
• Karim Knio (Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
• Onur Ozmen (University College London, UK)
Editorial Committee
• Anthony Thorpe (University of Roehampton London, UK)
• Brandon Sommer (Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
• Brendan Pearl (University of Melbourne, Australia)
• Camlus Odhus (Lancaster University, UK)
• Caroline Kuhn (Bath Spa University, UK)
• Catherine Hastings (Macquarie University, Australia)
• Cecilia de Bernardi (Mid-Sweden University, Sweden)
• Jack Newman (University of Cambridge, UK)
• K. Robert Isaksen (UiT The Artic University of Norway, The Netherlands)
• Wendy Sims-Schouten (University College London)
• Lakshman Wimalasena (Heriot Watt University, UK)
• Li Li (Bath Spa University, UK)
Editorial Advisory Board
• Alan Norrie (University of Warwick, UK)
• Alex Callinicos (King's College, London, UK)
• Alison Assiter (University of the West of England, UK)
• Andrea M. Maccarini (University of Padua, Italy)
• Andrew Sayer (Lancaster University, UK)
• Angela Martinez Dy (Loughborough University, UK)
• Berth Danermark (Örebro University, Sweden)
• Bob Carter (University of Warwick, UK)
• Bob Jessop (Lancaster University, UK)
• Brian John Pinkstone (Western Sydney, Australia)
• Christian Smith (University of Notre Dame)
• Christopher Norris (Cardiff University, UK)
• Colin Wight (University of Sydney, Australia)
• Craig Reeves (Birkbeck, University of London, UK)
• Derek Brereton (Adrian College, US)
• Doug Porpora (Drexel University, US)
• Dustin McWherter (Independent Scholar, UK)
• Frédéric Vandenberghe (Instituto Universitário de Pesquisas do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
• George P. Steinmetz (University of Michigan)
• Gideon Calder (University of Wales, Newport, UK)
• Gunter Minnerup (University of New South Wales, Australia)
• Heikki Patomäki (University of Helsinki, Finland)
• Henrique Carvalho (University of Warwick, UK)
• Hugh Lacey (University of São Paulo, Brazil)
• Jamie Morgan (Leeds Metropolitan University, UK)
• John Mingers (University of Kent, UK)
• Jonathan Joseph (University of Sheffield, UK)
• Karl Maton (University of Sydney, Australia)
• Lee Martin (University of Warwick, UK)
• Lena Gunnarsson (Örebro University, Sweden)
• Mário Duayer (Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil)
• Mervyn Hartwig (Centre for Critical Realism, London, UK)
• Michiel van Ingen (University of Westminster, UK)
• Nick Hostettler (Queen Mary University of London, UK)
• Nick Wilson (King's College, London, UK)
• Peter Dickens (Cambridge University, UK)
• Peter Manicas (University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, US)
• Petter Næss (Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway)
• Philip S. Gorski (Yale University, USA)
• Radha D'Souza (University of Westminster, UK)
• Ruth Groff (St. Louis University, USA)
• Sarah Cornell (Stockholm Resilience Centre, Sweden)
• Timothy Rutzou (Yale University, USA)
• Tone Skinningsrud (University of Tromsø, Norway)
• Tony Lawson (University of Cambridge, UK)
• Wendy Olsen (University of Manchester, UK)
Past General Editor
• Mervyn Hartwig
Past Advisory Board Member
• Margaret Archer (University of Warwick, UK)
Abstracting and indexing
Journal of Critical Realism is included in the following services:
European Reference Index for the Humanities (ERIH PLUS)
International Bibliography of the Social Sciences
PhilPapers
Philosophy Research Index
ProQuest Academic Research Library
ProQuest Central
ProQuest Social Sciences
The Philosopher's Index
Scopus
Open access
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- Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
- Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
- Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
- Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
- Rigorous peer review for every open access article
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
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News, offers and calls for papers
News and offers
- JCR publishes an annual special issue of papers from the IACR conference in the previous year. Please submit online by May 31 in the following year.
5 issues per year
Currently known as:
- Journal of Critical Realism (2002 - current)
Formerly known as
- Alethia (1998 - 2002)
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