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The PJIP maintains a comprehensive list of Philosophy journals, offering insights to help researchers identify apt journals for their work. Each record includes information on journal aims and scope, editorial boards, word/page limits, anonymity policies, and open-access options. If a journal participates in the PJIP Operations Survey, its listing will also be accompanied by statistics about response times, acceptance rates, and % of submissions that are desk-rejected.

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Generalist Philosophy Journals Aesthetics, Arts, and Literature Journals Continental Philosophy Journals Epistemology Journals Ethics Journals Feminist Philosophy Journals History and Ancient Philosophy Journals Philosophy History of Science Journals Logic Journals Metaphysics Journals Moral and Political Philosophy Journals Philosophy of Mind Journals Philosophy of Science Journals Regional Philosophy Journals Philosophy of Religion Journals Critical, Cultural, and Social Philosophy Journals

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	Journal	Area	WMin	WMax	PMax	OpAc	Anon	Revs	Disc	SJR	SNIP	IPP	Acpt	DeRj	ADR	ADDR	ADER	Overview:	List of Editors:	eISSN:	Languages:	Location:	Publisher:

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Directory Key

Area Column:
GNRL = Generalist Philosophy
AAL = Aesthetics, Arts, and Literature
CNTL = Continental Philosophy
EPIS = Epistemology
FMST = Feminist Philosophy
HanA = History and Ancient Philosophy
HSci = Philosophy History of Science
LGIC = Logic
META = Metaphysics
ManP = Moral and Political Philosophy
MIND = Philosophy of Mind
PSci = Philosophy of Science
REGN = Regional philosophy
RLGN = Philosophy of Religion
CCS = Critical, Cultural, and Social Philosophy

WMin, WMax, PMax: minimum and maximum word/page counts*

OpAc: open access status
DAO = diamond open access (no fees for authors or readers)
POA = paid open access (APC fee required for publication)
HYBD = hybrid (optional open access by paying APC)
​NOA = not open access (no option to publish open access)

Anon: peer review anonymity
TRPL = triple-blind review
DBLE = double-blind review
SNGL = single-blind review
OPR = open peer review

Revs:  book review policy**
YBRK = publishes book reviews
NBKR = does not publish book reviews
Inv. = book reviews by invitation only

Disc = discussion article policy**
YDIS = publishes discussions
NDIS = does not publish discussions
RTJA =  replies to journal articles only​

SJR, SNIP, and IPP: citation-based journal ranking metrics.

​Acpt: acceptance rate calculated as number accepted / total submissions
DeRj: Percentage of manuscripts desk rejected / not sent out for peer-review
​ADR: Average review time (in days)​
ADDR: average review time (in days) for manuscripts there were desk rejected.
​ADER: average review time (in days) for manuscripts that were sent for external review.

​Blank cells indicate no source for this information is currently available

Colour Codes for numerical data (relative to journals in the same subject):

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The Sub-Fields selector above the directory can be applied to isolate particular subject subdisciplines. The Custom Search Builder below the directory can be used to show only particular journals. For example, setting Area to equal GNRL will only show generalist journals, setting OpAc to not NOA will remove journals that do not offer the option to publish open access, etc. This functionality applies to all data stored in the table, including that in the drop-down menus. More information on how to use these features can be found in a guide here. 
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Sources
The PJIP combines data from multiple sources to provide a comprehensive directory of academic journals. The data presented is collected from:

• Journal and publisher websites
• Submissions to our platform by journals and publishers
• SCImago Journal & Country Rank (SJR). Retrieved from http://www.scimagojr.com
• Leiden University’s Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) SNIP Journal Indicators. Retrieved from https://www.journalindicators.com/downloads
• Scopus metadata via Elsevier Research Products APIs. Retrieved from https://api.elsevier.com/content/search/scopus. Access to these APIs is governed by Elsevier's policies, with free access for non-commercial users.
• Norwegian Register for Scientific Journals, Series and Publishers (Kanalregisteret). Retrieved from https://kanalregister.hkdir.no/en/informasjonsartikler/download-current-list
• Publication Forum (JUFO) from the julkaisufoorumi.fi website. Licenced under CC BY 4.0 (https://vastuullinentiede.fi/fi/sivuston-materiaalin-lisensointi)

For more information about PJIP data see our Sources, Licencing, and Attribution​ page.

* Some journals do not specify an upper word limit (Philosophical Review, Philosophers’ Imprint, Ergo, Inquiry, Dialectica, Philosophies, Journal of Moral Philosophy, Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy, Politics, Philosophy & Economics, HOPOS, Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy, Journal of Philosophical Logic, and Cognition). To make the results sortable 15000 is used.  Additionally, some journals specify limits in number of pages (Synthese 15 – 30, Philosophia 20, Analyse & Kritik 20, The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 24, The Journal of Symbolic Logic 30, Metaphysica 25, Journal of Value Inquiry 25, Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology 40, and Pro-Fil which asks for no more than 45000 characters. These have been converted to words at a rate of 500 words per single-spaced page. Importantly, what is included in the word count varies by journal (footnotes, references, abstract) so check submission guidelines.
** Practices vary by journal. For book reviews, in most cases, you are advised to contact the journal reviews editor. For discussions, check the submission guidelines for more information.