journals
TagNew: Journal of the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists
December 2022 saw the publication of the first two issues of the Journal of the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists (JHWP). (more…)
New: Philosophy of the City Journal
Philosophy of the City Journal is a new open-access, peer-reviewed journal that aims to serve as an interdisciplinary forum for philosophical inquiry about cities in general and particular cities, including their “political, social, epistemological, metaphysical, ethical, and environmental dimensions.”
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New Publishing Arrangements for “Thought: A Journal of Philosophy”
Crispin Wright (NYU), one of the editors of Thought, tells us that the journal has a new publisher and is moving to an open access arrangement.
Remarks about Graduate Student Raise Questions about Journal’s Editorial Policies
The Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain is investigating the editorial processes at one of its journals, Impact: Philosophical Perspectives on Education Policy (Wiley), after its latest issue included defamatory remarks about a graduate student in philosophy. (more…)
Logic Journal Retracts Two Articles After Refutation in Online Discussion
Studia Logica: An International Journal for Symbolic Logic, recently published and then retracted two articles by Janusz Czelakowski (Opole) following a discussion at MathOverflow, a site for professional mathematicians. (more…)
How Often Are Philosophy Articles Actually Cited? Encouraging News (guest post)
In the following guest post, Eric Schwitzgebel (UC Riverside) recounts what he found when, prompted by claims about how infrequently academic philosophy articles are cited, he looked at the citation rates of articles published in a few journals a decade ago. (more…)
New: Journal of NeuroPhilosophy
A new interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary journal, the Journal of Neurophilosophy, published its first issue this past summer. (more…)
JESP to Pause New Submissions
The Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy (JESP) will temporarily stop accepting new submissions on November 1st. (more…)
How Much Do Philosophers Referee?
Last week, we asked how many journal submissions philosophers in various positions referee each year. (more…)
What Can Journals, Publishers, and Authors Do Now to Improve the Publication Process in Philosophy?
A postdoctoral fellow at a prestigious university recently wrote in to share their story of a leading journal that took three months to desk-reject their submission. The experience, they wrote, was an example of “how dysfunctional publishing in philosophy journals can be.” (more…)
How Much Do You Referee?
How many journal submissions do you referee each year? (more…)
New Editorial Team at Philosophia (updated)
In the wake of controversies over Philosophia‘s publishing of articles on “Jewish Influence” (see here), its editor’s decisions regarding referees (see here), and its editorial processes (see here), the journal will soon have a new editor. (more…)
2021 Philosopher’s Annual
Philosopher’s Annual has released its 41st volume, covering the literature from 2021. (more…)
Seeking Feedback on “Good Practices Guide” – Part 4
This is the last in a series of posts asking for comments on a draft “Good Practices Guide” for advancing diversity in philosophy. (more…)
Ergo To Stop Requesting Submission Fee from Authors
The philosophy journal Ergo will no longer be asking authors for a $20 fee or “donation” to consider a manuscript for publication. (more…)
A Little Rough Data About Journal Refereeing in Philosophy
Is there a refereeing crisis in philosophy? There has been a fair amount of discussion about this over the past couple of months. What was missing from much of this discussion, though, was data. So I asked for some. (more…)
Which Journals Still Impose Style Requirements on Initial Submissions?
I didn’t think this happened anymore, but apparently some philosophy journals still reject or decline to consider manuscripts because they don’t conform to the journal’s or publisher’s style requirements. (more…)
New Data on Women in Philosophy Journals
How much writing by women do philosophy journals publish? How does this vary by quality and type of journal? How does it vary by the type of reviewing manuscripts undergo? How have women’s rates of publication changed over time? (more…)
Reminder to Journal Editors Re: Refereeing Data
Several journal editors have emailed me responses to my request for data regarding referee requests at their journals. If you haven’t yet, please at least provide an answer to this one question: (more…)
Call for Refereeing Data from Journal Editors
Over the past couple of weeks we’ve seen complaints from journal editors about the difficulty of finding referees and managing the refereeing process in a timely way but also some commentary suggesting that there may not be a problem. (more…)
How Editors Can Use PhilPeople to Find Referees
At least part of the “referee crisis” in philosophy comes from the fact that many philosophers are never or only rarely asked to referee. How can editors find these relatively untapped referees? (more…)
How to Fix the Referee Crisis in Professional Philosophy (guest post)
In the following guest post, Eric Schliesser (Amsterdam) provides a two-step solution to the referee crisis in philosophy. (more…)
Is Peer Review in Philosophy “Broken Beyond Reasonable Repair”?
Over at The Philosopher’s Cocoon, Helen de Cruz (SLU) laments her experiences with peer review from the perspective of an editor trying to get submissions refereed, saying “it is my strong suspicion that the peer review system is finally broken beyond reasonable repair.” (more…)
Why a Crowd-Sourced Peer-Review System Would Be Good for Philosophy (guest post)
Would “an online, crowd-sourced peer-review system” work better than traditional peer-review as a “quality control device” in philosophy? In a paper forthcoming in The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, three philosophers, Marcus Arvan (Tampa), Liam Kofi Bright (LSE), and Remco Heesen (Western Australia), argue for a positive answer to this question. (m..
A Public Database of Referee Service (guest post)
A few years ago, Neil Sinhababu, associate professor of philosophy at the National University of Singapore, wrote about the “publication crisis” in academic philosophy in a post entitled “2,000 Spaces for 10,000 Papers: Why Everything Gets Rejected & Referees Are Exhausted.” In this guest post*, he follows up with a proposal for how to help make things better. (more..
Areas/Topics of Submissions to Generalist Philosophy Journals
Some philosophical areas (and topics) don’t show up often in the pages of prestigious generalist philosophy journals. Is it because the journals don’t get many submissions in those areas? (And if so, why not?) (more…)
New: Annals of Mathematics and Philosophy
A new journal, The Annals of Mathematics and Philosophy, will soon be releasing its first issue. (more…)
News About Two Open-Access Philosophy Journals
One philosophy journal has shed its corporate publisher to protect its current open-access status, while another has initiated a funding plan that offers departments of philosophy institutional memberships. (more…)