Philosophical Explorations aims to publish outstanding articles in the philosophy of mind and action, with an emphasis on issues concerning the interrelations between cognition and agency.
Contributions are welcomed in the area of the philosophy of mind and action and related disciplines such as moral psychology, ethics, philosophical anthropology, social philosophy, political philosophy and philosophy of the social sciences. The journal also welcomes contributions of an interdisciplinary kind, establishing bridges between philosophy and, for example, evolutionary biology, neuroscience, psychology, and political science.
Peer Review Policy: All research articles published in this journal have undergone rigorous double anonymized peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by at least two referees.
Journal metrics
Usage
52K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
0.9 (2023) Impact Factor
1.0 (2023) 5 year IF
1.2 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
1.354 (2023) SNIP
0.499 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
18 days avg. from submission to first
decision
16 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
17% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
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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.
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.
Annemarie Kalis,Utrecht University, The Netherlands
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Lieke Asma,Munich School of Philosophy, Germany
Daphne Brandenburg,University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Lucy Campbell,University of Warwick,UK
Dorothea Debus,University of Konstanz, Germany
Víctor Fernandez Castro,University of Granada, Spain
Thor Grünbaum,University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Erasmus Mayr,University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
Leonhard Menges,University of Salzburg, Austria
Kengo Miyazono,Hokkaido University, Japan
Miguel Segundo-Ortin,University of Murcia, Spain
Joshua Shepherd,Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain
András Szigeti,Linköping University, Sweden
Kevin Timpe,Calvin University, USA
Mercedes Valmisa,Gettysburg College, USA
Hong Yu Wong,University of Tübingen, Germany
Abstracting and indexing
Philosophical Explorations is currently abstracted/indexed in:
British Humanities Index; Current Abstracts; OCLC; Philosopher's Index; Philosophy Research Index; SCOPUS; Thomson Reuters Arts & Humanities Citation Index.
Open access
Philosophical Explorations 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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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)
If you choose to publish open access in this journal you may be asked to pay an Article Publishing Charge (APC). You may be able to publish your article at no cost to yourself or with a reduced APC if your institution or research funder has an open access agreement or membership with Taylor & Francis.
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