The Philosophical Quarterly
Last updated ISSN 0031-8094
The Philosophical Quarterly is published by Oxford University Press in arts and humanities. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $4,204.
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What it publishes
Recent work in The 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
- Classical Philosophy and Thought
- Political Philosophy and Ethics
- Philosophy and History of Science
- Free Will and Agency
- Theology and Philosophy of Evil
- Wittgensteinian philosophy and applications
- Philosophy, Science, and History
Key facts
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0031-8094, 1467-9213 |
| Subject area | Arts and Humanities |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $4,204 |
| Indexed in | Scopus |
| Articles published | 6,450 |
| Publishing since | 1950 |
| Journal website | academic.oup.com/pq |
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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