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Philosophy and Public Affairs is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 4.2), ABDC A, WoS SSCI. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Wiley-Blackwell Publishing.
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ISSN 0048-3915Verify ISSN ↗1088-4963Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
Cost to publish: About US$3,460 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| History and Philosophy of Science | 18 / 254 | 93rd | Q1 |
| Social Sciences (miscellaneous) | 123 / 744 | 83rd | Q1 |
| Political Science and International Relations | 124 / 745 | 83rd | Q1 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2003–present (also 1988–2001, 1984–1986, 1973–1982), best quartile Q1, CiteScore 4.2.
Philosophy and Public Affairs is Q1 in History and Philosophy of Science (rank 18 of 254), Q1 in Social Sciences (miscellaneous) (rank 123 of 744) and Q1 in Political Science and International Relations (rank 124 of 745), by CiteScore 2025.
Philosophy and Public Affairs is indexed in the Social Sciences 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 4.2, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 93rd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 2.204, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 91.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,460 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.
Philosophy and Public Affairs is published by Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. Its print ISSN is 0048-3915 and its online ISSN is 1088-4963.
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 Social Sciences Citation Index.
It is rated A in the ABDC Journal Quality List 2025 under Other commerce, management, tourism and services.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Philosophy and Public Affairs has an h-index of 130 and a 2-year mean of 1.18 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 4.2, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #33 of 233 Scopus journals in History and Philosophy of Science.
Philosophy and Public Affairs published 31 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 33. 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 51 research articles (2021–2026), authors are most often from United States (43.6%), United Kingdom (20.8%) and Israel (6.9%).
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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