The International Journal of Philosophical Studies (IJPS) is a renowned journal publishing outstanding research addressing key contemporary philosophical problems. The journal is not constrained by specific traditions, but rather welcomes submissions that further philosophical knowledge across an array of areas including but not limited to phenomenology, philosophy of mind and action, philosophy of language, history of philosophy, social epistemology, philosophy of race, philosophy of gender, ethics, and aesthetics. We welcome articles that contribute new positions to existing debates or generate new avenues of exchange.
Founded in 1993 the IJPS has come to occupy a significant place in the philosophical landscape as home to the work of some of the world's leading thinkers such as Donald Davidson, Charles Taylor, Dan Zahavi, Elizabeth Anderson, Hilary Putnam, Sara Heinamaa, Steven Crowell and many more, addressing some of the most important philosophical debates.
IJPS also publishes annual special issues devoted to key thematic areas or to critical engagements with contemporary philosophers of note. We welcome proposals for thematic special issues from prospective guest editors.
The IJPS runs an annual essay prize on various themes. Previous topics and prize winners can be found here.
Through its Discussion section, the International Journal of Philosophical Studies provides a lively forum for exchange of ideas and encourages dialogue and mutual comprehension across all philosophical traditions. The journal contains an extensive book review section, including regular book symposia. It also provides Critical Notices which review major books or themes in depth.
IJPS is listed in the Thomson Reuters Arts & Humanities Citation Index®
International Journal of Philosophical Studies gratefully acknowledges the support of the National University of Ireland's Scholarly Publication Grant.
Peer Review Policy:
Articles published in General Issues of the journal, except for occasional specially invited pieces, have undergone peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by two anonymous referees. Some articles published in Special Issues of the journal are also on invitation. Where a call for papers is issued for Special Issues, submissions passed for review by the Issue Editor are subject to the same review process as submissions to General Issues.
23% of articles that proceed to peer review are accepted by the IJPS
Journal metrics
Usage
81K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
0.7 (2023) Impact Factor
1.0 (2023) 5 year IF
0.9 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
0.890 (2023) SNIP
0.243 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
50 days avg. from submission to first
decision
95 days avg. from submission to first
post-review decision
18 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
16% acceptance rate
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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.
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.
Editors: Lisa Foran - University College Dublin, Ireland
Daniel Esmonde Deasy - University College Dublin, Ireland
Reviews Editor: James R. O’Shea - University College Dublin, Ireland
Editorial Assistant:
JonathanMitchell - University College Dublin, Ireland
Editorial Board:
Amy Allen - Penn State University, USA Alia Al-Saji - McGill University, Canada Jonathan Barnes - Universitéde Paris IV - Sorbonne, France Seyla Benhabib - Yale University, USA Adam Carter - Glasgow University, UK David Chalmers - New York University, USA Tim Crane - Central European University, Budapest, Hungary John Dillon - Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Nancy Fraser - New School of Social Research, USA Miranda Fricker - City University New York, USA Samir Haddad -Fordham University, USA Karsten Harries - Yale University, New Haven, USA Yi Jiang - Shanxi University, China Richard Kearney - Boston College, USA Ernest Lepore - Rutgers, New Jersey, USA Danielle Macbeth - Haverford College, USA Jeff Malpas - University of Tasmania, Australia Anna Marmadoro - University of Durham, UK Thomas McCarthy - Yale University, USA Kevin Mulligan - Université de Genève, Switzerland Philip Pettit - Princeton University, USA Joel Michael Reynolds -Georgetown University, USA Peter Simons - Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Robert Stern -University of Sheffield, UK Richard Sorabji - King’s College London, UK Charles Taylor - McGill University, Montreal, Canada Gianni Vattimo - University of Turin, Italy Timothy Williamson - University of Oxford, UK Catherine Wilson - University of York, UK Jonathan Wolff - University of Oxford, UK Dan Zahavi - University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Abstracting and indexing
International Journal of Philosophical Studies is currently abstracted/indexed in:
British Humanities Index; The Catholic Periodical and Literature Index; Current Abstracts; Humanities International Index; International Bibliography of the Social Sciences; International Philosophical Bibliography/Repertoire Bibliographique de la Philosophie; OCLC; Periodicals Index Online; Philosopher's Index; Philosophy Research Index; SCOPUS; Thomson Reuters: Arts & Humanities Citation Index®; Thomson Reuters: Current Contents/Arts & Humanities®.
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