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European Journal for Philosophy of Science is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 3.2), WoS AHCI/SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Springer Netherlands.
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ISSN 1879-4912Verify ISSN ↗1879-4920Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Cost to publish: About US$2,190 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philosophy | 69 / 891 | 92nd | Q1 |
| History and Philosophy of Science | 25 / 254 | 90th | Q1 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2011–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 3.2.
European Journal for Philosophy of Science is Q1 in Philosophy (rank 69 of 891) and Q1 in History and Philosophy of Science (rank 25 of 254), by CiteScore 2025.
European Journal for Philosophy of Science is indexed in the Arts & Humanities Citation Index and Science Citation Index Expanded, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 3.2, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 92nd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.074, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 36.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,190 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
European Journal for Philosophy of Science is published by Springer Netherlands. Its print ISSN is 1879-4912 and its online ISSN is 1879-4920.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Yes — indexed in the Arts & Humanities Citation Index and Science Citation Index Expanded.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
European Journal for Philosophy of Science has an h-index of 48 and a 2-year mean of 1.95 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.2, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #43 of 805 Scopus journals in Philosophy.
European Journal for Philosophy of Science published 76 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 99. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 99 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from United States (15.8%), Germany (13.3%) and United Kingdom (9.8%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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