journals
TagThe Case for a Peer Review Market (guest post)
“The academic peer review system as it currently stands is frustrating and dysfunctional for many of those who participate in it.” (more…)
Article’s Acceptance “On Hold” Following Complaints on Social Media
An article that was accepted for publication in a special issue of The New Bioethics is now “on hold” following postings critical of the article on X (Twitter). (more…)
New Journal: Philosophy of AI
Philosophy of AIÂ is a new, peer-reviewed, online, open-access philosophy journal. (more…)
Dialectica and the Challenges of Converting a Journal to Open Access
A reader recently pointed out that the philosophy journal Dialectica in 2020 became an open access journal, after 15 years of being published by Blackwell-Wiley, but that the journal’s latest issue was dated 2020. What’s going on at this journal? (more…)
Philosophers, Should You Pay to Publish Your Paper? (guest post)
“In a survey of 27 philosophy of science journal editors we conducted in 2023, many, if not most of them, did not know that they were working in a transformative journal.” A what now? (more…)
Notably Good Experiences with Philosophy Journals
As stories of philosophy journal horror stories continue to come in, one commenter made a suggestion.
Philosophy Journal Horror Stories (updated)
By request, here is a post for people to share their journal “horror stories.”
Wiley’s APA Session on the Journal of Political Philosophy
“Anything they said about why this happened was at such a general level and in vague formulations, that those in the room didn’t really get any new factual information.” (more…)
Solidarity among Philosophers Leads to New Journal: Political Philosophy
Philosophers may be known for disagreeing with each another, but an agreement last year by a thousand of them helped lead to the creation of a new journal and a cautionary tale to publishers about the importance of editorial independence and academic freedom. (more…)
Philosophia Introduces Outstanding Referee Award
Philosophia is now offering an annual Outstanding Referee award, and has just announced the inaugural co-winners. (more…)
Open Access Journals in Philosophy
How many open access philosophy journals are there? Take a guess. (more…)
Ethics Has a New Editor
Douglas W. Portmore, professor of philosophy at Arizona State University, is the new editor-in-chief of Ethics. (more…)
The Future of Philosophy Journals
“What is the future of philosophy journals?” (more…)
Session on the Journal of Political Philosophy at Upcoming APA
The upcoming Eastern Division meeting of the American Philosophical Association (APA) will include a session on the Journal of Political Philosophy, in light of the uproar following the decision of its publisher, Wiley, to fire the journal’s editor and founder, Robert Goodin (ANU). (more…)
New Editors for JESP Announced
The current executive editor of the Journal of Ethics & Social Philosophy (JESP) is stepping down, and the journal will be getting a new pair of editors and new institutional home. (more…)
New “Meta-Ranking” of Philosophy Journals
A new article in Synthese presents two new rankings of philosophy journals—a survey ranking and a composite of several existing rankings—and discusses their strengths and weaknesses. (more…)
The Appropriateness of Appropriateness
A journal’s editorial team conditioned the acceptance of an article on the removal of two footnotes they said were “distracting,” its author reports. Distracting how? The author thinks the editors judged the footnotes to be salacious, and thus inappropriate for the journal, though it’s not clear that was their reasoning. (more…)
First Issue of Philosophy of Physics Published
The inaugural issue of the journal Philosophy of Physics (PoP) has been published. (more…)
Utilitas Becomes Open Access
At the end of October, Utilitas, one of the leading journals in moral philosophy, converted to an open-access publication. (more…)
Journal of Political Philosophy Update (guest post)
The following is an update on the Journal of Political Philosophy, whose advisory board resigned following a decision by the journal’s publisher, Wiley, to fire its editor, Robert Goodin. (more…)
New Resource: Database of Philosophical Research on Policing (guest post)
Ben Jones (Penn State) and some of his colleagues have launched a Policing, Policy, and Philosophy Initiative. (more…)
Philosopher’s Annual – 2022 Edition
The new Philosopher’s Annual has been compiled.
Journal Articles: Quantity & Quality
“Considering my own area of philosophy of language and mind, I don’t think there is all that much difference between most of what gets published in the ‘top’ journals, and most of what gets published in the ‘tier 2 ‘journals. My sense is that there is rather too much good work to keep track of, not that the difference between the top tier and the tier 2 journals is ..
Goodin on Journals, Editors, and Publishers
“It is a classic collective action problem. In that Tragedy of the Commons, the role of the editor is to be The Enforcer, against both self-serving authors in the blogsphere and self-serving commercial publishers in the share market.” (more…)
Philosophy & Public Affairs to Publish New Article Types
Philosophy & Public Affairs (PP&A) will be welcoming submissions in a range of forms besides the traditional academic article that has dominated its pages during its 51-year history, according to editor-in-chief Anna Stilz (Princeton) and review editor Nico Cornell (Michigan). (more…)
Journal to Begin Featuring Short Philosophical Essays
Res Philosophica, a quarterly academic philosophy journal which normally accepts submissions up to 12,000 words long, has started a new feature that aims to publish “bold, experimental, and original papers that convey a philosophical idea compellingly in the space of fewer than 3,000 words.” (more…)
How To Alleviate the Referee Crisis: A Proposal (guest post)
“There are just too many papers for which editors are seeking reviews.” What can be done about that? (more…)
Philosophy News Summary
Recent philosophy-related news.* (more…)