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Philosophy · 77 journals ranked · top 40 listed

Best open-access journals for Philosophy

The top 40 of 77 Philosophy journals, open-access only, ranked by Scimago quartile, then by whether OpenAlex and Scimago agree on the subject and how central Philosophy is to each journal, then OpenAlex cites/paper (2-year window), leaving out journals both place in another discipline, drawn from a 17,500-venue index. Predatory venues are excluded; the FAQ below gives the exact ranking rule. 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).

Data as of — the date our venue index was last rebuilt from OpenAlex and Scimago.

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  1. 1
    Informal Logic
    1.2 cites/paper · Q1 · University of Windsor
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  2. 2
    Philosophies
    1.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  3. 3
    Faith and Philosophy
    0.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Society of Christian Philosophers
    Open AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  4. 4
    Zygon®
    0.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  5. 5
    Enrahonar An international journal of theoretical and practical reason
    0.3 cites/paper · Q2 · Departament de Filosofia de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  6. 6
    Problemos
    0.2 cites/paper · Q2 · Vilnius University Press
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  7. 7
    Roczniki Filozoficzne
    0.2 cites/paper · Q2 · John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin
    Open AccessScopusPubMed
  8. 8
    Pensamiento Revista de investigación e información filosófica
    0.1 cites/paper · Q2 · Comillas Pontifical University
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  9. 9
    Tópicos Revista de Filosofía
    0.1 cites/paper · Q2 · Panamerican University
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  10. 10
    ENDOXA
    0.1 cites/paper · Q2 · National University of Distance Education
    Open AccessScopusWeb of Science
  11. 11
    Isegoría
    0.1 cites/paper · Q2 · Spanish National Research Council
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  12. 12
    Trans
    0.6 cites/paper · Q3 · São Paulo State University
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  13. 13
    Ideas y Valores
    0.3 cites/paper · Q3 · National University of Colombia
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  14. 14
    Filozofija i drustvo
    0.2 cites/paper · Q3 · Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, Belgrade
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  15. 15
    Crítica (México D F En línea)
    0.2 cites/paper · Q3 · Instituto de Investigaciones Filosóficas, UNAM
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  16. 16
    Forum Philosophicum
    0.2 cites/paper · Q3
    Open AccessDOAJScopus
  17. 17
    Cuadernos salmantinos de filosofía
    0.1 cites/paper · Q3 · Pontifical University of Salamanca
    Open AccessScopus
  18. 18
    Revista Española de Filosofía Medieval
    0.2 cites/paper · Q4
    Open AccessScopus
  19. 19
    Revista de filosofía
    0.1 cites/paper · Q4 · University of Chile
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  20. 20
    Anuario Filosófico
    0.1 cites/paper · Q4 · University of Navarre
    Open AccessScopusWeb of Science
  21. 21
    International Journal of Research -GRANTHAALAYAH
    0.2 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Granthaalayah Publications and Printers
    Open Access
  22. 22
    RESEARCH REVIEW International Journal of Multidisciplinary
    0.2 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile
    Open Access
  23. 23
    Pratiques
    0.2 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · University of Lorraine
    Open AccessPubMed
  24. 24
    Veritas (Porto Alegre)
    0.1 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Editora da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (EDIPUCRS)
    Open AccessDOAJ
  25. 25
    Shanlax International Journal of Arts Science and Humanities
    0.1 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile
    Open Access
  26. 26
    dialectica
    0.1 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Wiley
    Open AccessDOAJWeb of SciencePubMed
  27. 27
    Revista FAMECOS
    0.1 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Editora da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (EDIPUCRS)
    Open AccessDOAJ
  28. 28
    Praxis Filosófica Nueva Serie
    0.1 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · University of Valle
    Open AccessDOAJ
  29. 29
    E-Compós
    0.1 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Brazilian National Association of Graduate Programs in Communication
    Open AccessDOAJ
  30. 30
    Philosophy in Review
    0.0 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile
    Open Access
  31. 31
    Temática
    0.0 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile
    Open Access
  32. 32
    Think India Journal
    1.6 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile
    Open Access
  33. 33
    Thémata: Revista de filosofía
    0.4 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile
    Open AccessDOAJWeb of Science
  34. 34
    Eikasía Revista de Filosofía
    0.2 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile
    Open AccessDOAJWeb of Science
  35. 35
    Diánoia Revista de Filosofía
    0.1 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Instituto de Investigaciones Filosóficas, UNAM
    Open Access
  36. 36
    Revista de Filosofía de la Universidad de Costa Rica
    0.1 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile
    Open Access
  37. 37
    Film-Philosophy
    0.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Edinburgh University Press
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  38. 38
    Semiotica
    1.2 cites/paper · Q1 · De Gruyter
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  39. 39
    Studia Romanica Posnaniensia
    0.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Adam Mickiewicz University Press
    Open AccessDOAJScopus
  40. 40
    Koers - Bulletin for Christian Scholarship
    0.3 cites/paper · Q2 · Scriber Editorial Systems
    Open AccessDOAJScopus

“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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Frequently asked

Informal Logic, Philosophies, Faith and Philosophy, Zygon®, Enrahonar An international journal of theoretical and practical reason lead this list, drawn from a 17,500-venue index. The top 40 of 77 ranked venues are listed on this page; 7 are Scimago Q1, 8 Q2, 6 Q3, 3 Q4 and 16 have no Scimago quartile. Journals are placed by two independent classifications, OpenAlex's and Scimago's, plus any documented corrections. A journal both place under Philosophy ranks ahead, within its Scimago quartile, of one only OpenAlex places there — because Scimago does not cover it, files it as Multidisciplinary, or files it under a neighbouring subject or only under a broad “(miscellaneous)” category (which counts as agreement when Philosophy is the journal's main OpenAlex subfield). By Scimago quartile first (Q1 → Q4, then venues without one). Within a quartile, journals both sources place under Philosophy come first, then venues whose main OpenAlex subfield is Philosophy come before those that list it second or third, and ties go to OpenAlex cites/paper over a 2-year window. A venue whose main subfield is unrelated to Philosophy — fewer than a quarter of the venues filed under that subfield (or fewer than five) are also filed under Philosophy — is listed after all the others. Where cites/paper decides, a journal with fewer than 30 papers in OpenAlex over the four most recent publication years is listed after those with more: a two-year average over so few papers can rest on a single article (1 of the 77 journals ranked here is below that floor; it is among the 40 shown). Only open-access venues are included. Cites/paper is a transparent citation rate, not a licensed Impact Factor, and journals flagged as predatory are excluded. For a match to your specific paper use the Journal Finder (15 credits; free account starts with 25).

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