Journal profile · PHILOSOPHY
Journal of Scottish Philosophy
ISSN 1479-6651 · eISSN 1755-2001 · Edinburgh University Press
Journal of Scottish Philosophy: CAS Zone 3 · Philosophy (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; 28 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Scottish Philosophy is published by Edinburgh University Press 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 Philosophical Ethics and Theory, American Constitutional Law and Politics and Historical Philosophy and Science, together about 32.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Philosophy. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of Scottish Philosophy publishes innovative scholarly work on all aspects and every period of the Scottish philosophical tradition, from the late scholastics of the fifteenth century, through the eighteenth century Enlightenment philosophers, to the Scottish Idealists of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The Journal also welcomes scholarship on the global influence of the Scottish philosophical tradition, along with work that recovers the resources of the tradition for engagement with present-day philosophical research.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PHILOSOPHY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Philosophical Ethics and TheoryArts and Humanities17.3%
- American Constitutional Law and PoliticsSocial Sciences7.6%
- Historical Philosophy and ScienceArts and Humanities7.3%
- Political Philosophy and EthicsSocial Sciences6.1%
- Epistemology, Ethics, and MetaphysicsArts and Humanities5.3%
- Philosophy and Theoretical SciencePsychology5.1%
- Classical Philosophy and ThoughtArts and Humanities5%
- Seventeenth-Century Political and Philosophical ThoughtArts and Humanities4.3%
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 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Philosophy Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Philosophy | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Philosophy | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.18LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.84LetPub ·
- h-index
- 20OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 57OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.16OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 25%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 11LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 596 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 28 | 8 | 2 |
| 2024 | 28 | 11 | 9 |
| 2023 | 29 | 8 | 24 |
| 2022 | 30 | 4 | 17 |
| 2021 | 31 | 5 | 38 |
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.
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.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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)
Article types accepted1
- editorialVolume 24Issue 1March 2026 Editorial Lauren KopajticLength not stated
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
- Edinburgh University Press
- ISSN
- 1479-6651
- Electronic ISSN
- 1755-2001
- Society / sponsor
- Center for the Study of Scottish Philosophy
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Scottish Philosophy
What CAS zone is Journal of Scottish Philosophy in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Scottish Philosophy is in Zone 3 of Philosophy, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Philosophy. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Philosophy. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index Journal of Scottish Philosophy?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Scottish Philosophy is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Journal of Scottish Philosophy open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Scottish Philosophy is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .