The Journal of Philosophy
Last updated ISSN 0022-362X
The Journal of Philosophy is published by Philosophy Documentation Center 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 The Journal of Philosophy concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Classical Philosophy and Thought
- Philosophy and Theoretical Science
- Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies
- Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics
- Human auditory perception and evaluation
- Philosophical Ethics and Theory
- Philosophy and History of Science
- Philosophy, Science, and History
- American Sports and Literature
- Digital Humanities and Scholarship
Key facts
| Publisher | Philosophy Documentation Center |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0022-362X, 1939-8549 |
| Subject area | Arts and Humanities |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Scopus |
| Articles published | 12,843 |
| Publishing since | 1907 |
| Journal website | www.journalofphilosophy.org/ |
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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