Journal rankings · indicator year 2018
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Subfield ranking · 2018
Philosophy journal rankings 2018
91 ranked journals · Subfield in Arts and Humanities
Philosophy has 91 ranked journals in 2018. The median OJR rose 0.13 on 2017 to 0.82, below the world average of 1.00; Q1 starts at OJR 1.24. The top three are Episteme, Noûs, and Ergo an Open Access Journal of Philosophy.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2018. 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 2015–2017, the window the 2018 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)
91 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 2017. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2015–2017, the window the 2018 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2015–2017 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 2009 to 2018. | Compare |
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1EpistemeCambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 3.05Q1 | 1.00 0.27 up from 2017 | 158 | 54% | $3,550 | ||
2NoûsWiley · United States | 2.61Q1 | 2.36 0.70 up from 2017 | 145 | 40% | $2,900 | ||
3Ergo an Open Access Journal of PhilosophyOAMichigan Publishing · United States | 2.34Q1 | 2.12 1.32 up from 2017 | 98 | 100% | — | ||
4The Philosophical ReviewDuke University Press · United States | 2.17Q1 | 2.03 1.07 up from 2017 | 105 | 13% | — | ||
5Philosophical IssuesWiley · United States | 2.07Q1 | 1.77 0.65 up from 2017 | 62 | 33% | $2,900 | ||
6Philosophy and Phenomenological ResearchWiley · United Kingdom | 1.83Q1 | 1.06 0.27 down from 2017 | 289 | 36% | $2,900 | ||
7Rhetoric Society QuarterlyTaylor & Francis · United States | 1.79Q1 | 1.00 0.53 up from 2017 | 133 | 14% | — | ||
8The Journal of PhilosophyPhilosophy Documentation Center · United States | 1.72Q1 | 1.52 0.61 up from 2017 | 129 | 33% | — | ||
9Philosophy CompassWiley · United Kingdom | 1.72Q1 | 1.71 0.41 up from 2017 | 241 | 26% | $2,900 | ||
10Church Communication and CultureOATaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.60Q1 | 0.76 0.53 up from 2017 | 34 | 100% | $1,226 | ||
11Aristotelian Society Supplementary VolumeOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 1.51Q1 | 1.54 0.23 down from 2017 | 39 | 23% | $3,947 | ||
12International Journal for Philosophy of ReligionSpringer Nature · Netherlands | 1.48Q1 | 0.57 0.30 up from 2017 | 129 | 45% | $3,190 | ||
13Journal of Military EthicsTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.45Q1 | 0.95 0.72 up from 2017 | 67 | 33% | — | ||
13Science Religion and CultureOAUnited Kingdom | 1.45Q1 | 0.04 0.91 down from 2017 | 38 | 100% | — | ||
15EthicsUniversity of Chicago Press · United States | 1.43Q1 | 1.89 0.81 up from 2017 | 165 | 14% | — | ||
16European Journal of PhilosophyWiley · United Kingdom | 1.41Q1 | 0.92 0.35 up from 2017 | 150 | 24% | $3,240 | ||
17Journal of Analytic TheologyOAUnited States | 1.38Q1 | 0.59 0.34 up from 2017 | 81 | 100% | — | ||
18Analytic PhilosophyWiley · United States | 1.36Q1 | 1.42 0.55 down from 2017 | 52 | 34% | $2,900 | ||
19SyntheseSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.32Q1 | 1.57 0.52 up from 2017 | 1,064 | 48% | $3,190 | ||
20The Philosophical QuarterlyOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 1.27Q1 | 1.12 0.03 up from 2017 | 295 | 32% | $4,204 | ||
21Philosophical PapersTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.26Q1 | 0.97 0.45 up from 2017 | 56 | 39% | — | ||
22Philosophy and RhetoricPenn State University Press · United States | 1.24Q1 | 0.62 0.28 up from 2017 | 111 | 5% | — | ||
23American Philosophical QuarterlyUniversity of Illinois Press · United States | 1.24Q1 | 1.08 0.03 up from 2017 | 74 | 34% | — | ||
24Theological LibrarianshipOAAtla · United States | 1.23Q2 | 0.44 0.16 up from 2017 | 92 | 100% | — | ||
25Pacific philosophical quarterlyWiley · United Kingdom | 1.20Q2 | 0.88 0.05 up from 2017 | 149 | 41% | $2,760 | ||
26The MonistOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 1.20Q2 | 1.10 0.22 up from 2017 | 111 | 31% | $4,036 | ||
27Journal of Media and ReligionTaylor & Francis · United States | 1.17Q2 | 0.76 0.46 up from 2017 | 49 | 0% | — | ||
28MindOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 1.17Q2 | 1.20 0.47 up from 2017 | 330 | 36% | $4,002 | ||
29DiscoursOAPresses universitaires de Caen · France | 1.14Q2 | 0.45 0.05 up from 2017 | 33 | 100% | — | ||
30Journal of the American Philosophical AssociationCambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 1.13Q2 | 0.69 0.28 down from 2017 | 132 | 50% | $3,550 | ||
31CorpusFrance | 1.13Q2 | 0.58 0.24 up from 2017 | 48 | 94% | — | ||
32The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy A Forum for Bioethics and Philosophy of MedicineOxford University Press | 1.06Q2 | 1.56 0.52 up from 2017 | 123 | 20% | $3,973 | ||
33Argumentation and AdvocacyTaylor & Francis · United States | 1.06Q2 | 0.92 0.35 down from 2017 | 54 | 9% | — | ||
34AnalysisOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 0.99Q2 | 1.00 0.61 up from 2017 | 332 | 29% | $3,798 | ||
35Grazer Philosophische StudienRodopi Publishers · Netherlands | 0.98Q2 | 1.08 0.65 up from 2017 | 91 | 30% | — | ||
36InquiryTaylor & Francis · Norway | 0.98Q2 | 1.02 0.10 up from 2017 | 168 | 44% | — | ||
37Canadian Journal of PhilosophyCambridge University Press · United States | 0.97Q2 | 1.09 0.34 up from 2017 | 176 | 47% | $3,550 | ||
38Philosophical StudiesSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 0.94Q2 | 1.08 0.03 up from 2017 | 557 | 45% | $3,190 | ||
39MetaphilosophyWiley · United Kingdom | 0.94Q2 | 0.54 0.27 down from 2017 | 129 | 21% | $2,760 | ||
40TopoiSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 0.93Q2 | 1.15 0.47 up from 2017 | 230 | 59% | $3,290 | ||
41Australasian Journal of PhilosophyRoutledge · United Kingdom | 0.91Q2 | 0.90 0.38 up from 2017 | 284 | 27% | — | ||
42Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society (Hardback)Oxford University Press · United Kingdom | 0.91Q2 | 1.03 0.32 up from 2017 | 57 | 32% | $3,947 | ||
43Faith and PhilosophyOASociety of Christian Philosophers · United States | 0.88Q2 | 0.49 0.27 up from 2017 | 112 | 83% | — | ||
44Informal LogicOAUniversity of Windsor · Canada | 0.87Q2 | 0.64 0.51 down from 2017 | 63 | 100% | — | ||
45SemenFrance | 0.83Q2 | 0.44 0.08 up from 2017 | 71 | 100% | — | ||
46Journal for the History of RhetoricTaylor & Francis · United States | 0.82Q2 | 0.36 0.31 up from 2017 | 70 | 0% | — | ||
47Rhetoric ReviewRoutledge · United Kingdom | 0.81Q3 | 0.47 0.17 up from 2017 | 116 | 10% | — | ||
48The Journal of Value InquirySpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 0.74Q3 | 0.58 0.41 up from 2017 | 128 | 28% | $3,190 | ||
49ErkenntnisSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 0.70Q3 | 0.79 0.07 down from 2017 | 245 | 46% | $2,290 | ||
50Res PhilosophicaUnited States | 0.68Q3 | 0.60 0.04 down from 2017 | 114 | 24% | — |
Subfields of Arts and Humanities, with Philosophy highlighted.
- Language and Linguistics150
- Philosophy91
- Archeology66
- Literature and Literary Theory62
- Music29
- History and Philosophy of Science28
- Conservation22
- Museology22
- Visual Arts and Performing Arts19
- History7
- Classics1
- General Arts and Humanities0
- Religious studies0
Journals
Citations made in 2018. Corpus-wide, 81.5% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
16 additional Philosophy journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2015–2017, 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: 2018. Publication window: 2015–2017. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 91
- Window papers (baseline)
- 75,121 +12.8% from indicator year 2015
- Median OJR
- 0.825 +34.9% from indicator year 2015
- Rising journals (2025)
- 3
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2015–2017 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.