Journal rankings · indicator year 2016
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Subfield ranking · 2016
Philosophy journal rankings 2016
83 ranked journals · Subfield in Arts and Humanities
Philosophy has 83 ranked journals in 2016. The median OJR rose 0.06 on 2015 to 0.67, below the world average of 1.00; Q1 starts at OJR 1.02. The top three are Journal of Military Ethics, The Journal of Philosophy, and Episteme.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2016. Journal access status and listed APC: source snapshot September 23, 2026.
Journals whose main subfield sits in this category and that published at least 30 citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) in 2013–2015, the window the 2016 score is computed on.
The OpenJournalRank Indicator (OJR) is a free, publicly available metric of a journal’s field-normalized citation impact, computed from open OpenAlex citation data. It compares citations to a journal’s papers from the previous three years with the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and values can be compared across fields. It is computed with the NCI3 method.
The middle OJR among ranked journals in this category: half score higher, half lower. 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type.
The dot is this category, the solid tick is the median of all ranked journals and the dashed line is the world average.
Share of ranked journals in this category that are fully open access, so every paper is free to read. Hybrid journals, which sell subscriptions and open single papers for a fee, are not counted.
Median list price of the article processing charge, in US dollars, among ranked journals in this category that list a price above zero. Journals with a listed APC of $0 and journals with no known price are left out of this median. The At a glance table below gives a second median that includes the $0 prices.
Subfields of Arts and Humanities (13)
83 ranked journals
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Rank is the position by OJR within the list on screen; 1 is the highest. | OJR is field-normalized 3-year citation impact: 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so values compare across fields. The badge is the journal’s quartile in this list. | Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is not field-normalized, so compare it only between journals of the same field. ▲ or ▼ is the change from 2015. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2013–2015, the window the 2016 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2013–2015 papers that are free to read in any open-access form. The green OA tag next to a title marks a fully open-access journal. | List price of the article processing charge in US dollars. “$0 listed” means the listed price is zero; a dash means no price is listed. | The line is the journal’s OJR from 2007 to 2016. | Compare |
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1Journal of Military EthicsTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 3.39Q1 | 0.63no change | 84 | 25% | — | ||
2The Journal of PhilosophyPhilosophy Documentation Center · United States | 2.18Q1 | 0.80 0.35 down from 2015 | 130 | 27% | — | ||
3EpistemeCambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 2.02Q1 | 0.70 0.31 down from 2015 | 134 | 39% | $3,550 | ||
4NoûsWiley · United States | 2.01Q1 | 1.54no change | 135 | 40% | $2,900 | ||
5The Philosophical ReviewDuke University Press · United States | 1.88Q1 | 1.06 0.37 down from 2015 | 108 | 16% | — | ||
6The Philosophical QuarterlyOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 1.81Q1 | 0.98 0.12 down from 2015 | 309 | 24% | $4,204 | ||
7European Journal of PhilosophyWiley · United Kingdom | 1.67Q1 | 1.24 0.09 up from 2015 | 58 | 21% | $3,240 | ||
8Rhetoric Society QuarterlyTaylor & Francis · United States | 1.67Q1 | 0.50 0.07 up from 2015 | 117 | 13% | — | ||
9Philosophical IssuesWiley · United States | 1.64Q1 | 1.08 0.38 down from 2015 | 61 | 44% | $2,900 | ||
10Journal of the American Philosophical AssociationCambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 1.63Q1 | 0.90no 2015 value | 51 | 51% | $3,550 | — | |
11Informal LogicOAUniversity of Windsor · Canada | 1.62Q1 | 1.26 0.59 down from 2015 | 63 | 100% | — | ||
12Aristotelian Society Supplementary VolumeOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 1.46Q1 | 0.71 0.42 down from 2015 | 37 | 31% | $3,947 | ||
13EthicsUniversity of Chicago Press · United States | 1.45Q1 | 1.23 0.31 down from 2015 | 170 | 25% | — | ||
14Philosophy CompassWiley · United Kingdom | 1.31Q1 | 1.20 0.06 down from 2015 | 263 | 21% | $2,900 | ||
15Journal of Media and ReligionTaylor & Francis · United States | 1.26Q1 | 0.31 0.06 up from 2015 | 51 | 5% | — | ||
16InquiryTaylor & Francis · Norway | 1.23Q1 | 1.35 0.09 down from 2015 | 114 | 32% | — | ||
17Philosophy and Phenomenological ResearchWiley · United Kingdom | 1.19Q1 | 1.06 0.09 up from 2015 | 245 | 39% | $2,900 | ||
18Philosophy and RhetoricPenn State University Press · United States | 1.14Q1 | 0.41 0.11 up from 2015 | 108 | 12% | — | ||
19Philosophical StudiesSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.13Q1 | 1.31 0.05 up from 2015 | 508 | 33% | $3,190 | ||
20ErkenntnisSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.07Q1 | 0.83 0.21 down from 2015 | 352 | 34% | $2,290 | ||
21The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy A Forum for Bioethics and Philosophy of MedicineOxford University Press | 1.02Q1 | 1.20 0.44 down from 2015 | 140 | 57% | $3,973 | ||
22Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society (Hardback)Oxford University Press · United Kingdom | 1.00Q2 | 0.73 0.27 down from 2015 | 57 | 30% | $3,947 | ||
23Midwest Studies in PhilosophyWiley · United States | 0.98Q2 | 0.66 0.28 up from 2015 | 42 | 29% | $2,500 | ||
24SyntheseSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 0.98Q2 | 0.93 0.09 down from 2015 | 750 | 41% | $3,190 | ||
25Sikh FormationsTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.93Q2 | 0.07 0.07 down from 2015 | 72 | 10% | — | ||
26Analytic PhilosophyWiley · United States | 0.93Q2 | 0.88 0.36 down from 2015 | 72 | 15% | $2,900 | ||
27Rhetoric and Public AffairsMichigan State University · United States | 0.92Q2 | 0.41 0.05 up from 2015 | 220 | 0% | — | ||
28Argumentation and AdvocacyTaylor & Francis · United States | 0.91Q2 | 0.21 0.12 down from 2015 | 65 | 0% | — | ||
29SemenFrance | 0.90Q2 | 0.19 0.04 down from 2015 | 77 | 100% | — | ||
30Pacific philosophical quarterlyWiley · United Kingdom | 0.89Q2 | 0.67 0.40 down from 2015 | 144 | 50% | $2,760 | ||
31Ergo an Open Access Journal of PhilosophyOAMichigan Publishing · United States | 0.89Q2 | 0.73 0.38 up from 2015 | 49 | 100% | — | ||
32Journal of Phenomenological PsychologyBrill · Netherlands | 0.86Q2 | 0.42 0.16 down from 2015 | 34 | 6% | — | ||
33Journal of Religion Media and Digital CultureBrill · United States | 0.82Q2 | 0.36 0.23 up from 2015 | 56 | 100% | — | ||
34Rhetoric ReviewRoutledge · United Kingdom | 0.80Q2 | 0.15 0.08 down from 2015 | 113 | 2% | — | ||
35Grazer Philosophische StudienRodopi Publishers · Netherlands | 0.80Q2 | 0.62 0.49 up from 2015 | 87 | 39% | — | ||
36Theological LibrarianshipOAAtla · United States | 0.78Q2 | 0.15no change | 98 | 100% | — | ||
37TopoiSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 0.72Q2 | 0.59 0.33 down from 2015 | 207 | 32% | $3,290 | ||
38MetaphilosophyWiley · United Kingdom | 0.71Q2 | 0.59 0.03 down from 2015 | 136 | 32% | $2,760 | ||
39dialecticaOAWiley · United Kingdom | 0.68Q2 | 0.83 0.29 up from 2015 | 109 | 29% | $2,500 | ||
40The International Journal of Person Centered MedicineUnited Kingdom | 0.67Q2 | 0.52 0.08 down from 2015 | 133 | 23% | — | ||
41Mens Sana monographsMedknow · India | 0.67Q2 | 0.38 0.65 down from 2015 | 55 | 100% | — | ||
42Philosophical PapersTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.67Q2 | 0.67 0.22 up from 2015 | 53 | 32% | — | ||
43Canadian Journal of PhilosophyCambridge University Press · United States | 0.64Q3 | 0.38 0.02 down from 2015 | 159 | 38% | $3,550 | ||
44The MonistOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 0.64Q3 | 0.49 0.16 up from 2015 | 110 | 47% | $4,036 | ||
45MindOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 0.62Q3 | 0.47 0.03 down from 2015 | 330 | 21% | $4,002 | ||
46AnalysisOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 0.61Q3 | 0.35 0.10 down from 2015 | 362 | 18% | $3,798 | ||
47Royal Institute of Philosophy SupplementCambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 0.59Q3 | 0.21 0.22 down from 2015 | 89 | 27% | $3,550 | ||
48Res PhilosophicaUnited States | 0.58Q3 | 0.55 0.05 up from 2015 | 130 | 26% | — | ||
49Religious StudiesCambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 0.57Q3 | 0.28 0.22 down from 2015 | 141 | 27% | $3,550 | ||
50Thought A Journal of PhilosophyWiley · United States | 0.57Q3 | 0.49 0.01 down from 2015 | 128 | 41% | $2,500 |
Subfields of Arts and Humanities, with Philosophy highlighted.
- Language and Linguistics135
- Philosophy83
- Archeology62
- Literature and Literary Theory56
- History and Philosophy of Science28
- Music26
- Conservation21
- Museology21
- Visual Arts and Performing Arts19
- History9
- Classics0
- General Arts and Humanities0
- Religious studies0
Journals
Citations made in 2016. Corpus-wide, 77.2% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
19 additional Philosophy journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2013–2015, at least 80% of them with a subfield, and a positive world-average expectation. Ranks are within the whole category; filters hide rows without re-ranking. OJR excludes self-citations.
At a glance
Indicator year: 2016. Publication window: 2013–2015. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 83
- Window papers (baseline)
- 70,031 +9.1% from indicator year 2013
- Median OJR
- 0.671 -12.2% from indicator year 2013
- Rising journals (2025)
- 3
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2013–2015 in all journals of the world-average baseline, including non-core journals, counted by each paper’s own subfield. They are not the papers of the ranked journals alone.
| Measure | Year series | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
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| Ranked journals | 49 | 53 | 56 | 59 | 62 | 64 | 69 | 69 | 68 | 69 | 68 | 69 | 71 | 77 | 79 | 81 | 83 | 85 | 91 | 90 | 92 | 94 | 94 | 95 | 98 | 95 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 26,841 | 75,988 | 77,878 | 80,868 | 35,710 | 40,424 | 42,746 | 46,443 | 48,386 | 52,319 | 55,080 | 59,462 | 61,982 | 64,203 | 64,880 | 66,574 | 70,031 | 72,499 | 75,121 | 81,236 | 82,211 | 84,237 | 81,026 | 82,192 | 80,079 | 78,755 | |
| Median OJR | 0.48 | 0.62 | 0.59 | 0.690 | 0.6948 | 0.757 | 0.667 | 0.68 | 0.64 | 0.774 | 0.8078 | 0.65 | 0.79 | 0.764 | 0.73 | 0.61 | 0.671 | 0.6949 | 0.825 | 0.91 | 0.821 | 0.807 | 0.71 | 0.770 | 0.8084 | 0.66 |
How to read these rankings
- OJR, the OpenJournalRank Indicator
- A field-normalized 3-year citation impact, computed from OpenAlex with the NCI3 method. It divides the citations a journal’s papers received by the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and 2.00 means twice as many citations as expected. Because it is normalized, it can be compared across fields. Read the methodology
- Quartiles
- Q1 to Q4 split the ranked journals of the list you are viewing into four equal groups by OJR. A journal’s quartile depends on the list: the same journal can be Q1 in its subfield and Q2 among all journals.
- Impact factor (2-year)
- Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is easy to compare with familiar impact factors but is not field-normalized, so compare it only within a field. It is not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. Why it differs from the Journal Impact Factor
- Rank ranges
- Each rank in the latest year carries a likely range from 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers. Where two journals’ ranges overlap, the data cannot tell them apart, so treat neighbouring ranks as ties.