Philosophy · 251 journals indexed
Best journals for Philosophy
The top Philosophy journals ranked by Scimago quartile, then cites/paper (OpenAlex, 2-year window), drawn from a 17,786-venue index. Predatory venues are excluded. These are field-wide rankings — for a shortlist matched to your specific paper, paste your title and abstract into the Journal Finder (a free account starts with 25 welcome credits).
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- 3The Journal of Ethics1.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 6The Journal of Philosophy1.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Philosophy Documentation CenterScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 22British Journal for the History of Philosophy0.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Taylor & FrancisScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 28Ethical Theory and Moral Practice0.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of Science
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- 30Continental Philosophy Review0.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 33Journal of the history of philosophy0.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Johns Hopkins University PressScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 36International Journal for Philosophy of Religion0.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer NatureScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 40Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology0.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Taylor & FrancisScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
“Cites/paper” is the OpenAlex 2-year citation rate — a transparent signal, not a licensed Impact Factor. Many regional and open-access journals are strong but aren’t covered by Scimago, so they show “no Scimago quartile”; that’s a coverage gap, not a quality judgement.
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