Ethics & International Affairs

Ethics & International Affairs is published by Cambridge University Press and is in Zone 2 of Philosophy in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Global Peace and Security Dynamics, International Law and Human Rights and War, Ethics, and Justification, together about 37.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Political Science and International Relations. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

The aim of Ethics & International Affairs, the journal of the Carnegie Council, is to help close the gap between theory and practice (and between theorists and practitioners) by publishing original essays that integrate rigorous thinking about principles of justice and morality into discussions of practical dilemmas related to current policy developments, global institutional arrangements, and the conduct of important international actors. Theoretical discussions that originate in philosophy, religion, or the social sciences should connect with the interests of journalists, activists, policy-makers, and citizens who are primarily concerned with assessing and reforming specific policies, as well as existing rules and institutions such as the United Nations, the World Bank, and the International Monetary Fund; arrangements governing trade, environmental protection, and the use of force; and the International Criminal Court and ad hoc tribunals that address genocide and past societal injustices.Ethics & International Affairs is an open access journal in which all research content is published Gold Open Access.

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Multiple

Editor-in-chief Joel H. RosenthalPublisher website

Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 11, United Kingdom 5, Australia 4, Germany 1 (21 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website · 2026-09-29

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

SSCIScopusLetPub

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Impact

Impact factor

1.71LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore 2026-06

2.4LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR 2026-06

0.47LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

1.17LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

77OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

449OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

1.2OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

0%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

88.75%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

25LetPub · 2026-09-13

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A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.

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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.

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

ISSN

0892-6794

Electronic ISSN

1747-7093

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
• Submission system ↗Publisher website