Category: journals
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A Question about Article Cover Letters
A graduate student writes in with a question about submitting articles to journals:
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“Journal of Controversial Ideas” with Pseudonymous Authors to Launch Next Year
A new interdisciplinary journal in the works will publish pseudonymously-authored peer-reviewed articles in an attempt to protect its contributors from the negative repercussions of…
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New: the Journal of Modern Philosophy
A new online, open access, peer-reviewed journal focusing on philosophy from the 16th century through mid-18th century has been created. Called the Journal of Modern…
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Anonymous Peer Review: “An Inherently Conservative Procedure”
On the topic of anonymity, I should also note that I am deeply convinced by the point that anonymous review is a privilege afforded…
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Journal of Ethics Founding EIC Steps Down after 23 Years
J. Angelo Corlett, professor of philosophy at San Diego State University, founded the Journal of Ethics in 1995 and has served as its editor-in-chief since…
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New: Journal of Philosophy of Emotion (Updated)
The Journal of Philosophy of Emotion (JPE), a new online, open-access academic journal, has announced that it is now accepting manuscripts for publication.
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Hypatia Board Announces Task Force
The Board of Directors of Hypatia, the non-profit corporation that owns the Hypatia, the journal, have announced the creation of a task force to review…
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Further Developments at Hypatia
Last month’s resignation of both Hypatia’s editors and its associate editors in the wake of controversy over the journal’s publication of an article on transracialism left philosophers wondering about…
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Hypatia’s Editor and Reviews Editor Resign; Authority of Associate Editors “Temporarily Suspended”
The editor of feminist philosophy journal, Hypatia, Sally Scholz (Villanova University) and the editor of Hypatia Reviews Online, Shelley Wilcox (San Francisco State University), are resigning from their positions in…
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New International Peer-Reviewed Open-Access Philosophy Journal
Philosophers at the Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences (IPM) in Tehran, along with philosophy professors at other Iranian philosophy institutions and some Iranian faculty…
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Advice for a Philosopher Being Used By a Scam
As reported last week, there is a phony version of the International Journal of Philosophy and Theology in existence, tricking authors into submitting to it rather…
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Care to Referee More?
Some members of our profession are referee superstars, being asked multiple times a week to referee papers for journals (and often saying ‘yes’), while…
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New Journal: European Journal of Japanese Philosophy
The inaugural issue of the European Journal of Japanese Philosophy is out. It’s a publication of the European Network of Japanese Philosophy (ENOJP).
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Aristotle’s “On Trolling”
That trolling is a shameful thing, and that no one of sense would accept to be called ‘troll’, all are agreed; but what trolling…
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Prominent Philosophy Journal Broadens Scope
Mind, a longstanding leading journal of philosophy known for publishing high quality work in the analytic tradition, has a new editorial staff and has announced…
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Improving Journal – Author Communication
A philosopher who prefers to remain anonymous recently wrote in with some complaints about a journal. Among them: The editor and editorial staff have…
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New Philosophy Journal Aims to Publish “Creative Philosophical Work”
S.Ph. Essays and Explorations is a new, open-access biannual journal seeking to publish “creative philosophical work” in “the neglected middle-ground between the cultural-literary essay and the…
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Continuous Publication Model for Journals — Input Sought
A philosopher who will be taking over a well-known specialty journal in philosophy writes in seeking feedback on a possible change to the journal’s…
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Editorial Changes at Thought
The editorial staff at the journal, Thought, has changed. Crispin Wright writes: We wish to record our great gratitude to Jc Beall (Subject Editor for…
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Making Journal Issues Larger
The European Journal of Philosophy has announced it is increasing the size of its issues. Joseph Schear (Oxford), the journal’s editor, writes: For the last several…