Journal profile · PHILOSOPHY
Comparative and Continental Philosophy
ISSN 1757-0638 · eISSN 1757-0646 · Taylor & Francis
Comparative and Continental Philosophy: CAS Zone 4 · Philosophy (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.4 (journal website); subscription journal; APC charged, amount not published; review about 107 days (submission to first decision, publisher); acceptance rate 36% (journal website); 22 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
The latest issue on the journal's website is from 2023 (Volume 15, Issue 3): the journal may have stopped publishing or moved platform in the last two years. Check its website before submitting.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Comparative and Continental Philosophy is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 4 of Philosophy in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism, Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy and Chinese history and philosophy, together about 36% of its articles. Its main subfields are Philosophy and Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Comparative and Continental Philosophy is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes leading edge papers by internationally respected scholars in comparative and continental philosophy. Published in affiliation with the Comparative and Continental Philosophy Circle, this academic journal is accessible to a wide range of readers from various disciplines such as philosophy, religion, art history, comparative literature, critical theory, phenomenological psychology, and cultural theory. Although anchored in the discipline of philosophy and designed to provide a much needed niche in the natural development of continental philosophy into other non-western ways of thinking, submissions are welcomed from other disciplines as well and need not be necessarily comparative in nature. For comparative submissions, Asia is the journal’s primary focus, but we welcome papers devoted to any non-western region, especially Africa, Latin America, and comparative Continental and Anglo-American philosophy. The journal also includes papers on critical spirituality that discuss inter-cultural encounters and address understanding through meditative thinking, papers on contemporary feminism, and comparative ecology/environmental philosophy.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PHILOSOPHY
Editor-in-chief David JonesPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 2 in mainland China (about 4%); most named United States 31, Japan 5, Singapore 3, Mainland China 2, Netherlands 2 (54 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Philosophy, Ethics, and ExistentialismArts and Humanities15.8%
- Phenomenology and Existential PhilosophyPsychology13%
- Chinese history and philosophySocial Sciences7.3%
- Critical Theory and PhilosophySocial Sciences6.1%
- Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, and HegelArts and Humanities5.6%
- Philosophical Ethics and TheoryArts and Humanities4.5%
- Posthumanist Ethics and ActivismSocial Sciences4.1%
- History of Science and MedicineArts and Humanities3.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Philosophy Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Philosophy | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Philosophy | Zone 4 |
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)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- CiteScore Q2 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
ATLA Religion Database, ATLASerials (ATLAS), The Philosopher's IndexPublisher website
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) 2025
- 0.4Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.8LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 0.8Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.11LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.11Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.85LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.85Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 13OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 19OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.3OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 4.65%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 14LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 18,000Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 18,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 467 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 10 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 | 22 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 2023 | 27 | 7 | 17 |
| 2022 | 29 | 8 | 57 |
| 2021 | 33 | 10 | 33 |
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
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 36%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 36%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 107 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 107 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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access Open access
Hybrid open access journal, part of Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program. Model summary
Comparative and Continental Philosophy is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the disc…
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
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 1757-0638
- Electronic ISSN
- 1757-0646
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 15, Issue 3 (2023)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Comparative and Continental Philosophy
What CAS zone is Comparative and Continental Philosophy in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Comparative and Continental Philosophy is in Zone 4 of Philosophy, and in Zone 4 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 Comparative and Continental Philosophy?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.4 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 0.8, h-index 13.
How long does peer review take at Comparative and Continental Philosophy?
The publisher reports about 107 days (submission to first decision); first decisions include desk rejections; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 36% (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.
Where are the editorial board members of Comparative and Continental Philosophy based?
Of the 54 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 2 (about 4%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (31), Japan (5) and Singapore (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Comparative and Continental Philosophy?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Comparative and Continental Philosophy is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Comparative and Continental Philosophy open access, and what is the APC?
Comparative and Continental Philosophy is a subscription journal. APC charged, amount not published.
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: .