American Philosophical Quarterly
Last updated ISSN 0003-0481
American Philosophical Quarterly is published by University of Illinois Press in arts and humanities. It is a subscription journal. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in American Philosophical Quarterly concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics
- Philosophy and Theoretical Science
- Philosophical Ethics and Theory
- Free Will and Agency
- Political Philosophy and Ethics
- Philosophy and History of Science
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Theology and Philosophy of Evil
- Classical Philosophy and Thought
- War, Ethics, and Justification
Key facts
| Publisher | University of Illinois Press |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0003-0481, 2152-1123 |
| Subject area | Arts and Humanities |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Arts & Humanities Citation Index · Scopus |
| Articles published | 817 |
| Publishing since | 1964 |
| Journal website | www.press.uillinois.edu/journals/apq.html |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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