Tag: publishing
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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…
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New Site Collects and Standardizes Philosophy Journal Information
The Philosophy Journal Insight Project (PJIP) “aims to provide philosophy researchers with practical insights on potential venues for publication.”
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Rejection Rates Should Not Be a Measure of Journal Quality (guest post)
“If philosophy relies too heavily on rejection rates as a measure for journal quality or prestige, we run the risk of further degrading the…
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Bad Reviewer Experiences
A couple of years ago, we had a discussion of “Philosophy Journal Horror Stories“. Most of the experiences shared were from the perspective of…
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Favorite Articles Off The Beaten Path
Many of you could probably list the names of 50+ academic philosophy journals off the top of your head.
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Sosa Comments on Experiences with Wiley
Ernest Sosa (Rutgers), the longtime editor-in-chief of Philosophy and Phenomenological Research and Noûs (and editor of its supplement, Philosophical Issues), journals published by Wiley, offers…
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More Details on the Dispute Between JPP & Wiley
The Chronicle of Higher Education has followed up on Wiley’s firing of Robert Goodin (ANU) from the editorship of the Journal of Political Philosophy.
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The Various Literary Forms of Philosophy (guest post)
“What are the literary forms philosophy can come in? Judging by contemporary works it seems the best way to express our ideas is in…
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What’s So Bad About “Bad” Philosophy?
In some domains, “overall quality depends on how good the worst stuff is,” while in others, “overall quality depends on how good the best stuff is, and the…
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It’s All Too Hard to Get Plagiarizing Philosophy Publications Retracted (guest post)
“It can involve an unreasonable amount of time, an unreasonable amount of work, and an unreasonably uphill struggle to obtain retractions of philosophy publications,…
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New Project to Fund Converting Journals to Open Access
Editors of academic philosophy journals whose content is largely behind paywalls may be interested in applying to a new program from MIT Press that…
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Norms for Publishing Work Created with AI
What should our norms be regarding the publishing of philosophical work created with the help of large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT or other…
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Trade Secrets: From Academic Literature to Trade Books (guest post)
Erik Angner, professor of practical philosophy at Stockholm University, has authored a book intended not mainly for academic readers, but for the general public—a…
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JESP to Pause New Submissions
The Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy (JESP) will temporarily stop accepting new submissions on November 1st.
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How Much Do Philosophers Referee?
Last week, we asked how many journal submissions philosophers in various positions referee each year.
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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…
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2021 Philosopher’s Annual
Philosopher’s Annual has released its 41st volume, covering the literature from 2021.
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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.
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OUP Responds to Letter Regarding Gender-Critical Feminism Book
Oxford University Press (OUP) has responded to an open letter circulated earlier this month (the first letter covered in this post) that voiced concerns…