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History and Ancient Philosophy Journals: Rankings, Open Access, and More

21/1/2025

 
​History and ancient philosophy explores foundational ideas and debates that have shaped human thought for millennia. Journals dedicated to these areas of philosophy explore the intellectual traditions of the past. From the teachings of Plato and Aristotle to the ethical and metaphysical inquiries of ancient Eastern and Western traditions, these journals provide a platform for rigorous analysis, fresh interpretations, and interdisciplinary dialogue. The PJIP database covers several journals actively publishing papers in this area.
History and Ancient Philosophy Journals

Complete Directory of History and Ancient Philosophy Journals

This post lists the academic peer-reviewed journals that publish in History and Ancient Philosophy. All of these can be viewed in the PJIP Directory alongside information about their word limits, open-access status, peer-review anonymity, if they publish book reviews, if they publish discussions, rankings including Impact Factor, SJR, SNIP, and CiteScore, and for some, operational stats such as acceptance rates, number of submissions, and response times.
View History and Ancient Philosophy Journals in the PJIP Directory

Best History and Ancient Philosophy Journals

Numerous metrics can be used to determine what the top History and Ancient Philosophy journals are. This includes Impact Factor, SJR, SNIP, CiteScore, Citation percentage, and H-index. All of these are readily accessible in the PJIP; users can easily compare these metrics to evaluate how each History and Ancient Philosophy journal performs across various criteria.
View the most prestigious History and Ancient Philosophy Journals

Open Access History and Ancient Philosophy Journals

A key distinction between academic journals is their open access status. The PJIP directory classifies ‘Diamond Open Access’ journals that charge no fees to authors or readers, ‘Paid Open Access’ journals that require authors to pay a fee for open access publication, ‘Hybrid’ journals that offer authors the option to publish open access by paying fees (but will otherwise publish articles non-open access), and ‘Traditional’ journals that charge readers for access to their articles. The PJIP directory can be filtered to show History and Ancient Philosophy journals in each of these categories.
View Open Access History and Ancient Philosophy Journals

To assess the best open access History and Ancient Philosophy journals, the PJIP Rankings database can also be filtered by the journal’s open access status.
View Open Access History and Ancient Philosophy journal rankings

List of History and Ancient Philosophy Journals

    Ancient PhilosophyApeironArchiv fur Geschichte der PhilosophieBritish Journal for the History of PhilosophyEpocheEtudes PhilosophiquesHistory of European IdeasHistory of Philosophy and Logical AnalysisHistory of Philosophy QuarterlyHistory of the Human SciencesInternational Journal of Platonic TraditionJournal of Ancient PhilosophyJournal of the History of Analytical PhilosophyJournal of the History of IdeasJournal of the History of PhilosophyJournal of the Philosophy of HistoryOxford Studies in Ancient PhilosophyPatristica et MediaevaliaPhronesisPlato JournalPolisSYNTHESIS - Journal for Philosophy


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Last Updated: 14th January 2025


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