Journal profile · PHILOSOPHY
Pacific philosophical quarterly
ISSN 0279-0750 · eISSN 1468-0114 · Wiley-Blackwell
Pacific philosophical quarterly: CAS Zone 2 · Philosophy (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC about USD 2,760; median 153 days to acceptance (33 articles, last 24 months); 26 articles in 2025; indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Pacific philosophical quarterly is published by Wiley-Blackwell 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 Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics, Philosophy and Theoretical Science and Philosophical Ethics and Theory, together about 47.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Philosophy. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The journal aims at offering a lively mix of topics in each edition. It also publishes special editions devoted to a concentrated effort to investigate important topics in a particular area of philosophy. Abstracting and Indexing Information Academic Search (EBSCO Publishing) Academic Search Alumni Edition (EBSCO Publishing) Academic Search Elite (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) Expanded Academic ASAP (GALE Cengage) FRANCIS Database (INIST/CNRS) IBR & IBZ: International Bibliographies of Periodical Literature (KG Saur) InfoTrac (GALE Cengage) Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts (ProQuest) OmniFile Full Text Mega Edition (HW Wilson) Philosopher's Index (Philosopher's Information Center) Philosophy Research Index (PDC) PhilPapers ProQuest Central (ProQuest) ProQuest Research Library (ProQuest) RILM Abstracts of Music Literature (RILM) Worldwide Political Sciences Abstracts (ProQuest)
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PHILOSOPHY
Editor-in-chief Dmitri GallowPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Epistemology, Ethics, and MetaphysicsArts and Humanities20%
- Philosophy and Theoretical SciencePsychology16.9%
- Philosophical Ethics and TheoryArts and Humanities10.2%
- Free Will and AgencyNeuroscience7.4%
- Political Philosophy and EthicsSocial Sciences6.2%
- Philosophy and History of ScienceArts and Humanities5.5%
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional JudgmentNeuroscience4.6%
- Theology and Philosophy of EvilArts and Humanities3.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Philosophy Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Philosophy | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Philosophy | Zone 2 |
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: yesReview 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
Current 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)
- 1Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.7LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 2.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 2.7Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.83LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.52LetPub ·
- h-index
- 79OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 621OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.59OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 60.66%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 18LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 18Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 65,892Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,632 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 24 | 12 | 3 |
| 2025 | 26 | 19 | 6 |
| 2024 | 33 | 26 | 40 |
| 2023 | 25 | 19 | 80 |
| 2022 | 32 | 17 | 187 |
| 2021 | 75 | 33 | 647 |
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
153 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 125 days – 284 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 43 days (33 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 203 days
- Sample
- 33 articles with submission and acceptance dates (47 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
- Peer review
- Single-anonymous peer reviewPublisher website · model-extracted
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 2,760 / EUR 2,280 / GBP 1,840 | — | — |
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)
Article types accepted1
- editorialA submitted manuscript first goes through a substantive intra-departmental initial review which usually takes 2-3 weeks. If it passes the review, it will be sen…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteConflicts of interest, Peer review
- Conflicts of interest
Simultaneous submission to other journals is prohibited. Model summary
They must not be submitted simultaneously elsewhere.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Manuscripts must be prepared for blind review, include a word count and bibliography. Model summary
It should be prepared for blind review and should include a word count and bibliography.
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
- 0279-0750
- Electronic ISSN
- 1468-0114
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 107, Issue 3 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Pacific philosophical quarterly
What CAS zone is Pacific philosophical quarterly in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Pacific philosophical quarterly is in Zone 2 of Philosophy, and in Zone 2 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 Pacific philosophical quarterly?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 2.7, h-index 79.
How long does peer review take at Pacific philosophical quarterly?
Based on the dates recorded on 33 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 153 days (interquartile range 125–284 days). 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.
Which databases index Pacific philosophical quarterly?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Pacific philosophical quarterly is indexed in AHCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Pacific philosophical quarterly open access, and what is the APC?
Pacific philosophical quarterly is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 2,760.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .