Inquiry is an international peer-reviewed journal publishing work within in all areas of philosophy. It was founded by Arne Næss in 1958. The journal is a forum for presenting the best of philosophical thinking from a variety of perspectives. Inquiry publishes research articles, symposia, special issues, target articles, review essays, and critical discussions.
All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is double anonymized and submission is online via ScholarOne Manuscripts.
As of 2013, this journal is edited by Herman Cappelen and has 19 Associate Editors, all of which will guest edit at least one issue of Inquiry. These are the Associate Editors:
Marcia Baron (University of Indiana and University of St Andrews) John Broome (University of Oxford) Einar Duenger Bøhn (University of Oslo) Josh Dever (University of Texas, Austin) Andy Egan (Rutgers University) Dagfinn Follesdal (Stanford University) Olav Gjelsvik (University of Oslo) John Hawthorne (University of Oxford) Jennifer Hornsby (Birkbeck College, London) Rae Langeton (MIT) Oystein Linnebo (Birkbeck College, London) Béatrice Longuenesse (New York University) Ishani Maitra (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor) Dilip Ninan (Tufts University) Thomas Pogge (Yale University) Stewart Shapiro (Ohio State / St Andrews) Sergio Tennenbaum (University of Toronto) Susanna Siegel (Harvard University) Deirdre Wilson (University College, London)
Inquiry accepts unsolicited manuscripts and also invites submissions to special issues. More information on planned special issues can be found here.
Inquiry only accepts manuscripts submitted through the new online service:
http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/inquiry. Please turn to the Instructions for authors in the left hand menu to find detailed instructions on how to submit your files for consideration.
Journal metrics
Usage
233K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
1.0 (2023) Impact Factor
1.3 (2023) 5 year IF
2.6 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
1.121 (2023) SNIP
0.769 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
28 days avg. from submission to first
decision
81 days avg. from submission to first
post-review decision
9 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
28% 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.
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.
Associate Editors Amit Chaturvedi (Hong Kong University) William D'Alessandro (LMU Munich) Max Deutsch (Hong Kong University) Josh Dever (Texas, Austin) Anandi Hattiangadi (Stockholm) Nick Hughes (Oxford) Bruno Jacinto (Libson) Calvin Kwok (Hong Kong University) David Libesman (Calgary) Martin Lipman (Leiden) Matthew McKeever (UiO) Jacob McNulty (Dartmouth) Eliot Michaelson (University College, London) Jonathan Mitchell (Cardiff) Jessica Pepp (Upsala) Gurpreet Rattan (Toronto) Andrea Sauchelli (Lignan) Nathaniel (Nate) Sharadin (University of Hong Kong) Martin Sticker (Bristol) Winnie Sung (Singapore)
Editorial Board Marcia Baron - Indiana University, Indiana, USA and University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Scotland, UK John Broome - University of Oxford, Oxford, UK Andy Egan - Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA Dagfinn Follesdal - Stanford University California, USA and University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway Olav Gjelsvik - University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway John Hawthorne - University of Southern California, USA Jennifer Hornsby - Birkbeck College, London, UK Rae Langton - University of Cambridge, UK Øystein Linnebo - University of Oslo, Norway Béatrice Longuenesse - New York University, USA Ishani Maitra - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA Dilip Ninan - Tufts University, Massachusetts, USA Stewart Shapiro - Ohio State University, Ohio, US and University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Scotland, UK Sergio Tenenbaum - University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada Susanna Siegel - Harvard University, Cambridge, (Massachusetts) USA Deirdre Wilson - University College, London, UK and University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Inquiry - An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy is indexed/tracked/covered by the following services:
AgBiotechNet (CABI) Arts & Humanities Citation Index (Clarivate Analytics) Current Contents - Arts & Humanities (Clarivate Analytics) Current Contents - Social & Behavioral Sciences (Clarivate Analytics) Global Health (CABI) Humanities Index International Bibliography of the Social Sciences International Current Awareness Services Nutrition Abstracts and Reviews Series B: Livestock Feeds and Feeding (CABI) Philosopher’s Index Scopus (Elsevier) Social Science Database (ProQuest) Social Science Premium Collection (ProQuest) Social Sciences Citation Index (Clarivate Analytics) Sociology Database (ProQuest)
Representative Special Issues and Symposia
Marx and Alienation (1963) The Status of Psychoanalytic Theory (1964) Conflict and Violence (1964) Kierkegaard (1965) Philosophy in Eastern Europe (1966) Functionalism (1966) Spinoza (1969) Action (1970) Chinese Philosophy (1971) Rights and Political Action (1971) Mental Health (1972) Animal Rights and Human Obligations (1979) Psychophysical Connection (1981) Alasdair MacIntyre’s After Virtue (1983-84) Content and Consciousness (1984) Jon Elster’s Making Sense of Marx (1986) Patricia Smith Churchland’s Neurophilosophy (1986) Ted Honderich’s A Theory of Determinism: The Mind, Neuroscience, and Life-hopes (1989) Charles Taylor, Sources of the Self (1990) Technology and Human Values (1992) Daniel C. Dennett’s Consciousness Explained (1993) Objectivity and Ethics (1999) Andrew Feenberg’s Questioning Technology (2001) Robert Pippin’s Henry James and Modern Life (2002) New Work in Kant Studies (2003) Vincent Descombes’ The Mind’s Provisions (2004)
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Rigorous peer review for every open access article
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Print ISSN:
0020-174X
Online ISSN:
1502-3923
10 issues per year
Inquiry accepts submissions to regular (non-special) issues in all (read unrestrictedly) areas of philosophy. Please contact the Editors if you have suggestions for future special issues. Contact details can be found here.
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