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Philosophies is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 1.7), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI).
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Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philosophy | 168 / 891 | 81st | Q1 |
| History and Philosophy of Science | 54 / 254 | 78th | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2016–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 1.7.
Philosophies is Q1 in Philosophy (rank 168 of 891) and Q1 in History and Philosophy of Science (rank 54 of 254), by CiteScore 2025.
Philosophies is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, 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 1.7, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 81st percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.325, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 18.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,689 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.
Philosophies is published by Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI). Its ISSN is 2409-9287.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Philosophies has an h-index of 26 and a 2-year mean of 1.16 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.7, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #118 of 805 Scopus journals in Philosophy.
Philosophies published 143 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2024 with 182. 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 89 research articles (2026), authors are most often from United States (12.9%), Italy (7.9%) and China (6.2%).
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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