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

Editorial board

General Editor

• 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

Journal of Critical Realism is a hybrid open access journal that is part of our Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.

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  1. Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
  2. Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
  3. Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
  4. Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
  5. 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.

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