Journal of World Philosophies
Last updated ISSN 2474-1795
Journal of World Philosophies is published by Indiana University Press in arts and humanities. It is open access. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Journal of World Philosophies concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Indian and Buddhist Studies
- Philosophy and Historical Thought
- African cultural and philosophical studies
- Decolonial Thought and Epistemologies
- Study and Philosophy of Religion
- Chinese history and philosophy
- Latin American Cultural Politics
- Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics
- Political Philosophy and Ethics
- Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy
Key facts
| Publisher | Indiana University Press |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 2474-1795 |
| Subject area | Arts and Humanities |
| Access | Open access |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Scopus · DOAJ |
| Articles published | 283 |
| Citations per paper (2 yr) | 0.1 average, from OpenAlex — not the Journal Impact Factor |
| Publishing since | 2016 |
| Journal website | scholarworks.iu.edu/iupjournals/index.php/jwp |
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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