Journal profile · PHILOSOPHY
Analytic Philosophy
ISSN 2153-9596 · eISSN 2153-960X · Wiley-Blackwell
Analytic Philosophy: CAS Zone 3 · Philosophy (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.9 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC about USD 2,900; median 357 days to acceptance (48 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 13% (journal website); 35 articles in 2025; indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Analytic Philosophy is published by Wiley-Blackwell and is in Zone 3 of Philosophy in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Philosophy and Theoretical Science, Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics and Philosophical Ethics and Theory, together about 57.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Philosophy. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
In 2011, Philosophical Books became Analytic Philosophy. Edited out of the University of Texas at Austin, the journal focuses on peer-reviewed research articles. Original philosophical work in all areas of philosophy (book symposia, critical notices, and reviews will still be carried, as well as discussions and other sorts of philosophical pieces. Submissions in any area will be accepted. Please submit manuscripts to be considered at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/analyticphilosophy Keywords Analysis, Analytic, Analytical, Causation, Cognitive, Consciousness, Epistemology, Ethical, Ethics, Journal, Language, Linguistic, Logic, Mental, Metaphysics, Meaning, Mental, Mind, Moral, Normative, Normativity, Ontological, Peer-reviewed, Philosophical, Philosophy, Rationality, Reasons, Wiley Online Library Abstracting and Indexing Information Academic Search (EBSCO Publishing) Academic Search Alumni Edition (EBSCO Publishing) Academic Search Premier (EBSCO Publishing) Arts & Humanities Citation Index (Clarivate Analytics) CSA Biological Sciences Database (ProQuest) CSA Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management Database (ProQuest) Current Contents: Arts & Humanities (Clarivate Analytics) Ecology Abstracts (ProQuest) Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts (ProQuest) PhilPapers SCOPUS (Elsevier) Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics)
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PHILOSOPHY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Philosophy and Theoretical SciencePsychology24.4%
- Epistemology, Ethics, and MetaphysicsArts and Humanities23.7%
- Philosophical Ethics and TheoryArts and Humanities9.4%
- Philosophy and History of ScienceArts and Humanities6.1%
- Free Will and AgencyNeuroscience5.9%
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional JudgmentNeuroscience3.5%
- Political Philosophy and EthicsSocial Sciences2.5%
- Philosophy, Science, and HistoryArts and Humanities2.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Philosophy Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Philosophy | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Philosophy | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Philosophy Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Philosophy | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Philosophy | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Philosophy Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Philosophy | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Philosophy | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
AHCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, ProQuest
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 0.9Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.7LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 1.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 1.7Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.48LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.06LetPub ·
- h-index
- 36OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 114OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.54OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 55.17%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 27LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 27Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 57,038Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 550 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 27 | 16 | 7 |
| 2025 | 35 | 22 | 15 |
| 2024 | 36 | 24 | 31 |
| 2023 | 49 | 38 | 199 |
| 2022 | 39 | 16 | 159 |
| 2021 | 43 | 18 | 231 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
357 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 186 days – 516 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 25 days (48 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 381 days
- Sample
- 48 articles with submission and acceptance dates (65 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 13%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 13%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 79 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 79 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 287 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 40 daysPublisher website ·
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 2,900 / EUR 2,400 / GBP 1,930 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- MLA
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
Article types accepted5
- book symposiaBook symposia, critical notices, and reviews are still carried, as well as discussions and other sorts of philosophical pieces.Length not stated
- critical noticesBook symposia, critical notices, and reviews are still carried, as well as discussions and other sorts of philosophical pieces.Length not stated
- discussionsBook symposia, critical notices, and reviews are still carried, as well as discussions and other sorts of philosophical pieces.Length not stated
- peer-reviewed research articlesthe journal focuses on peer-reviewed research articles—original philosophical work in all areas of philosophyLength not stated
- reviewsBook symposia, critical notices, and reviews are still carried, as well as discussions and other sorts of philosophical pieces.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteConflicts of interest, Peer review
- Conflicts of interest
Liberal style guidelines for first round reviewing; any standard citation format accepted Model summary
The style guidelines for first round reviewing are liberal. Papers following any standard citation format (e.g. MLA, Chicago, etc.) will be accepted.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Blind review required Model summary
Submissions should be prepared for blind review.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- ISSN
- 2153-9596
- Electronic ISSN
- 2153-960X
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 67, Issue 3 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Analytic Philosophy
What CAS zone is Analytic Philosophy in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Analytic Philosophy is in Zone 3 of Philosophy, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Philosophy. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Philosophy. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Analytic Philosophy?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.9 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 1.7, h-index 36.
How long does peer review take at Analytic Philosophy?
Based on the dates recorded on 48 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 357 days (interquartile range 186–516 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 13% (2025). Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What are the manuscript requirements of Analytic Philosophy?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Reference style: MLA; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Which databases index Analytic Philosophy?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Analytic Philosophy is indexed in AHCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Analytic Philosophy open access, and what is the APC?
Analytic Philosophy is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 2,900.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .