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Journals in Philosophy

372 established journals that publish mainly in Philosophy, compared by fees, open access and citation rates, updated 2026-10-14.

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372 established journals publish at least 20 % of their articles in Philosophy. 227 of them are fully open access, and at least 3 of those charge authors nothing (diamond open access). Where open-access journals charge a fee, the median is 1 044 USD. Highest recent citation rates: American Philosophical Quarterly, Journal of Business and Technical Communication, Social Epistemology.

372 journals

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American Philosophical QuarterlyUniversity of Illinois Press52 %3330.4070Subscription
The Philosophical QuarterlyOxford University Press55 %1101.64198Subscription; open access option 4 204 USD
Philosophy CompassWiley50 %862.2990Subscription; open access option 2 900 USD
Philosophical StudiesSpringer Science+Business Media44 %1692.03157Subscription; open access option 3 190 USD
Journal of Philosophy of EducationOxford University Press56 %931.5675Subscription; open access option 3 600 USD
InquiryTaylor & Francis48 %1561.5781Subscription
TopoiSpringer Science+Business Media44 %1222.0169Subscription; open access option 3 290 USD
European Journal of PhilosophyWiley63 %1070.9475Subscription; open access option 3 240 USD
Australasian Philosophical ReviewTaylor & Francis53 %412.2219Subscription
Journal of the American Philosophical AssociationCambridge University Press52 %472.1243Subscription; open access option 3 550 USD
Ergo an Open Access Journal of PhilosophyMichigan Publishing50 %651.8440Open access, fee unknown
Australasian Journal of PhilosophyRoutledge49 %731.73111Subscription
Rhetoric Society QuarterlyTaylor & Francis69 %510.9742Subscription
The Philosophical ReviewDuke University Press58 %421.51304Subscription
The Journal of PhilosophyPhilosophy Documentation Center50 %422.18293Subscription
MindOxford University Press50 %821.45163Subscription; open access option 4 002 USD
Philosophy and Phenomenological ResearchWiley42 %1011.91201Subscription; open access option 2 900 USD
Quarterly Journal of SpeechRoutledge59 %501.2595Subscription
The Journal of EthicsSpringer Science+Business Media52 %401.8862Subscription; open access option 3 090 USD
Educational Philosophy and TheoryTaylor & Francis39 %1421.8197Subscription
Journal of Ethics and Social PhilosophyUniversity of Southern California53 %631.3143Open access, fee unknown
Educational TheoryWiley44 %681.7478Subscription; open access option 2 760 USD
International Journal for Philosophy of ReligionSpringer Nature90 %400.5641Subscription; open access option 3 190 USD
NoûsWiley46 %491.88169Subscription; open access option 2 900 USD
Religious StudiesCambridge University Press79 %850.4949Subscription; open access option 3 550 USD
Social EpistemologyTaylor & Francis34 %653.1862Subscription
EthicsUniversity of Chicago Press59 %770.80181Subscription
Studies in Philosophy and EducationSpringer Nature52 %591.1564Subscription; open access option 3 090 USD
The Southern Journal of PhilosophyWiley60 %600.8260Subscription; open access option 2 900 USD
Informal LogicUniversity of Windsor63 %271.1147Open access, fee unknown
The MonistOxford University Press51 %321.6397Subscription; open access option 4 036 USD
SyntheseSpringer Science+Business Media28 %4821.70165Subscription; open access option 3 190 USD
Argumentation and AdvocacyTaylor & Francis74 %200.9543Subscription
MetaphilosophyWiley52 %611.0075Subscription; open access option 2 760 USD
Journal of Applied PhilosophyWiley41 %811.4471Subscription; open access option 3 980 USD
EpistemeCambridge University Press46 %641.2466Subscription; open access option 3 550 USD
Philosophical IssuesWiley46 %242.3076Subscription; open access option 2 900 USD
Journal of Argumentation in ContextJohn Benjamins Publishing Company54 %191.6724Subscription
Ethical Theory and Moral PracticeSpringer Science+Business Media50 %770.8669Subscription; open access option 2 290 USD
The Journal of Value InquirySpringer Science+Business Media60 %570.7048Subscription; open access option 3 190 USD
ArgumentationSpringer Nature66 %330.7562Subscription; open access option 3 090 USD
The British Journal of AestheticsOxford University Press39 %641.4275Subscription; open access option 3 789 USD
ConatusNational Documentation Centre57 %291.0011Open access, fee unknown
AnalysisOxford University Press46 %1060.83113Subscription; open access option 3 798 USD
PhilosophiaSpringer Science+Business Media51 %1290.5755Subscription; open access option 3 190 USD
PhilosophiesMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute34 %1401.19261 689 USD
Asian Journal of PhilosophySpringer Science+Business Media46 %720.8612Subscription; open access option 2 990 USD
Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society (Hardback)Oxford University Press53 %171.4084Subscription; open access option 3 947 USD
Philosophical PsychologyTaylor & Francis28 %1361.6693Subscription
Theory and Research in EducationSAGE Publishing35 %272.4554Subscription; open access option 3 650 USD
Philosophical ExplorationsTaylor & Francis46 %261.2958Subscription
Estudios de FilosofíaUniversidad de Antioquia60 %260.759Open access, fee unknown
Journal of Military EthicsTaylor & Francis52 %280.9339Subscription
RatioWiley52 %390.7762Subscription; open access option 2 900 USD
Revista Iberoamericana de ArgumentaciónAutonomous University of Madrid59 %430.566Open access, fee unknown
CASTE / A Global Journal on Social ExclusionBrandeis University45 %321.0513Open access, fee unknown
Theology and ScienceTaylor & Francis47 %690.6529Subscription
Rhetoric ReviewRoutledge64 %290.5542Subscription
Res PhilosophicaPublisher unknown62 %300.5631Subscription
Aristotelian Society Supplementary VolumeOxford University Press52 %131.2777Subscription; open access option 3 947 USD
Acta AnalyticaSpringer Nature44 %420.8427Subscription; open access option 3 190 USD
Journal of Moral EducationTaylor & Francis27 %452.3486Subscription
Studia Philosophica WratislaviensiaWrocław University Press57 %350.575Open access, fee unknown
Memory StudiesSAGE Publishing28 %1151.2862Subscription; open access option 3 650 USD
ErkenntnisSpringer Science+Business Media31 %1390.9294Subscription; open access option 2 290 USD
Philosophy and RhetoricPenn State University Press73 %360.3551Subscription
Ethics and EducationRoutledge40 %331.0535Subscription
Pacific philosophical quarterlyWiley52 %380.5880Subscription; open access option 2 760 USD
Canadian Journal of PhilosophyCambridge University Press52 %520.5080Subscription; open access option 3 550 USD
Review of CommunicationRoutledge33 %251.7737Subscription
Open TheologyDe Gruyter Open44 %320.84171 356 USD
SophíaPolitecnica Salesiana University35 %221.7018Open access, fee unknown
ReligionTaylor & Francis37 %790.7460Subscription
Philosophers ImprintMichigan Publishing47 %310.7316Open access, fee unknown
Philosophical TopicsUniversity of Arkansas Press47 %220.8588Subscription
Journal of Aesthetics and Art CriticismOxford University Press30 %671.14181Subscription; open access option 3 492 USD
Scientia et FidesNicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń43 %260.9113Open access, fee unknown
Zygon®Wiley44 %870.50502 630 USD
Philosophy &amp Public AffairsWiley35 %271.29130Subscription; open access option 3 460 USD
Review of Philosophy and PsychologySpringer Science+Business Media28 %541.4767Subscription; open access option 3 090 USD
DiametrosInstitute of Philosophy of the Jagiellonian University40 %201.2212Open access, fee unknown
Bajo PalabraAutonomous University of Madrid53 %740.387Open access, fee unknown
ETHICS IN PROGRESSAdam Mickiewicz University in Poznań42 %191.0211Open access, fee unknown
Analytic PhilosophyWiley47 %400.5636Subscription; open access option 2 900 USD
RUDN Journal of PhilosophyPeoples' Friendship University of Russia59 %790.306Open access, fee unknown
TheoriaWiley41 %820.5360Subscription; open access option 3 240 USD
Open PhilosophyDe Gruyter48 %450.51141 187 USD
CorrespondencesPublisher unknown51 %140.857Open access, fee unknown
Philosophy & Social CriticismSAGE Publishing32 %910.7667Subscription; open access option 3 650 USD
Journal of Business and Technical CommunicationSAGE Publishing22 %205.0564Subscription; open access option 3 650 USD
Method & Theory in the Study of ReligionBrill45 %260.7041Subscription
Public Affairs QuarterlyUniversity of Illinois Press28 %202.3024Subscription
Philosophy, psychiatry & psychologyJohns Hopkins University Press39 %690.5454Subscription
UtilitasCambridge University Press42 %370.6259Subscription; open access option 3 550 USD
Journal of Historical PragmaticsJohn Benjamins Publishing Company23 %193.9244Subscription
Journal of the Philosophy of SportTaylor & Francis28 %331.5153Subscription
Archive for the Psychology of ReligionSAGE Publishing25 %202.5632Subscription; open access option 3 650 USD
Religion Brain & BehaviorTaylor & Francis24 %601.3745Subscription
FilozofiaSlovak Academy of Sciences53 %750.317Open access, fee unknown
Midwest Studies in PhilosophyWiley52 %210.5391Subscription; open access option 2 500 USD
Communication QuarterlyRoutledge27 %281.5696Subscription
Ideas y ValoresNational University of Colombia66 %510.2614Open access, fee unknown
Philosophical PerspectivesWiley45 %160.80100Subscription; open access option 2 760 USD
Political PhilosophyPublisher unknown33 %121.918Open access, fee unknown
Locke StudiesUniversity of Western Ontario Libraries57 %80.8415Open access, fee unknown
Belgrade Philosophical AnnualPublisher unknown53 %160.609Open access, fee unknown
Western Journal of CommunicationTaylor & Francis33 %440.7871Subscription
Journal of Social PhilosophyWiley40 %570.5165Subscription; open access option 3 350 USD
Southern Communication JournalTaylor & Francis38 %380.6548Subscription
Social Theory and PracticeFlorida State University28 %311.3364Subscription
Mind & LanguageWiley23 %541.50136Subscription; open access option 4 150 USD
STUDIA HEGELIANAUniversity of Málaga83 %130.304Open access, fee unknown
European journal of analytic philosophyUniversity of Rijeka46 %160.7213Open access, fee unknown
Communication StudiesTaylor & Francis20 %531.9476Subscription
Social Philosophy and PolicyCambridge University Press30 %331.0478Subscription; open access option 3 550 USD
International Journal of Philosophical StudiesTaylor & Francis57 %580.2750Subscription
Human StudiesSpringer Science+Business Media21 %521.6968Subscription; open access option 2 290 USD
TheoLogica An International Journal for Philosophy of Religion and Philosophical TheologyUniversité catholique de Louvain74 %290.248Open access, fee unknown
Analyse & KritikDe Gruyter26 %231.5836Subscription
MetaphysicsUbiquity Press56 %120.5611Open access, fee unknown
Politics Philosophy & EconomicsSAGE Publishing21 %222.9259Subscription; open access option 3 650 USD
Technical Communication QuarterlyRoutledge27 %371.0862Subscription
Memory Mind & MediaCambridge University Press21 %173.38143 550 USD
Discourse StudiesSAGE Publishing23 %731.00104Subscription; open access option 3 650 USD
Kantian journalImmanuel Kant Baltic Federal University83 %290.196Open access, fee unknown
Journal of Spinoza StudiesUniversity of Groningen Press76 %110.333Open access, fee unknown
Con-Textos Kantianos International Journal of PhilosophyCon-textos Kantianos83 %330.175Open access, fee unknown
Critical Research on ReligionSAGE Publishing27 %380.9623Subscription; open access option 3 650 USD
AvicennaHBKU Press32 %121.3215Open access, fee unknown
Journal of Philosophical ResearchPhilosophy Documentation Center55 %190.3834Subscription
Journal of Global EthicsRoutledge22 %301.5640Subscription
Japanese Journal of Religious StudiesNanzan Institute for Religion and Culture24 %152.1328Open access, fee unknown
Studia z Historii FilozofiiNicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń66 %280.236Open access, fee unknown
Journal of Practical EthicsOxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics37 %61.4814Open access, fee unknown
SententiaeVinnytsia National Technical University66 %540.1813Open access, fee unknown
Journal for the History of RhetoricTaylor & Francis59 %340.2410Subscription
Interdisciplinary Journal for Religion and Transformation in Contemporary SocietyBrill35 %310.5411Open access, fee unknown
Philosophy and the Mind SciencesPublisher unknown21 %261.6919Open access, fee unknown
Journal of Religion Media and Digital CultureBrill34 %270.6014Subscription
Communication and Critical/Cultural StudiesRoutledge26 %370.8849Subscription
Faith and PhilosophySociety of Christian Philosophers86 %240.1656Open access, fee unknown
Temenos - Nordic Journal for the Study of ReligionÅbo Akademi University31 %180.9125Open access, fee unknown
International Journal “Speech Genres”Saratov State University26 %380.829Open access, fee unknown
Res PublicaSpringer Science+Business Media24 %490.8143Subscription; open access option 3 290 USD
Journal of Human ValuesSAGE Publishing21 %281.4930Subscription; open access option 3 650 USD
Contemporary South AsiaTaylor & Francis23 %830.7154Subscription
ProblemosVilnius University Press53 %330.277Open access, fee unknown
Text and TalkDe Gruyter23 %460.9287Subscription; open access option 2 712 USD
Filozofija i drustvoInstitute for Philosophy and Social Theory, Belgrade45 %460.2913Open access, fee unknown
South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic JournalCenter for South Asian Studies27 %410.6628Open access, fee unknown

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Journals in CWTS Journal Indicators Core or the Directory of Open Access Journals that published at least 20 articles in the last five years, mostly in English. "In this field" is the share of a journal's articles that OpenAlex classifies in Philosophy. Citation rate is OpenAlex's two-year mean citedness, an open measure similar to the journal impact factor. Fees are taken from OpenAlex and DOAJ and can be out of date: always check the journal's own website before you submit.