Philosophy and Public Affairs

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SCImago
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Impact factor
2.1
SJR
1.508
CiteScore
4.3
Categories
History and Philosophy of Science
Political Science and International Relations
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
Areas
Arts and Humanities
Social Sciences
Years of issue
1973-1982, 1984-1986, 1988-2001, 2003-2025
journal names
Philosophy and Public Affairs
PHILOS PUBLIC AFF
Publications
643
Citations
28 907
h-index
90
Publications
117
Citations
11 479
Top-3 organizations
Top-3 countries
USA (48 publications)
United Kingdom (15 publications)
Italy (11 publications)
USA (5 publications)
United Kingdom (5 publications)
Australia (1 publication)

Most cited in 5 years

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Citing journals

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Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy
641 citations, 2.22%
SSRN Electronic Journal
527 citations, 1.82%
Ethical Theory and Moral Practice
413 citations, 1.43%
Res Publica
397 citations, 1.37%
Philosophical Studies
353 citations, 1.22%
Politics, Philosophy and Economics
349 citations, 1.21%
Ethics
268 citations, 0.93%
Political Studies
265 citations, 0.92%
Utilitas
210 citations, 0.73%
Philosophy Compass
206 citations, 0.71%
Journal of Social Philosophy
184 citations, 0.64%
Journal of Political Philosophy
180 citations, 0.62%
European Journal of Political Theory
169 citations, 0.58%
Economics and Philosophy
158 citations, 0.55%
Moral Philosophy and Politics
137 citations, 0.47%
Synthese
131 citations, 0.45%
Journal of Business Ethics
127 citations, 0.44%
Journal of Ethics
125 citations, 0.43%
Philosophy and Phenomenological Research
123 citations, 0.43%
Journal of Global Ethics
115 citations, 0.4%
European Journal of Philosophy
114 citations, 0.39%
Social Philosophy and Policy
113 citations, 0.39%
Journal of Politics
103 citations, 0.36%
Journal of Applied Philosophy
93 citations, 0.32%
Philosophy and Social Criticism
91 citations, 0.31%
American Political Science Review
89 citations, 0.31%
Perspectives on Politics
89 citations, 0.31%
Journal of Medical Ethics
89 citations, 0.31%
Ratio Juris
85 citations, 0.29%
Philosophy and Public Affairs
85 citations, 0.29%
Canadian Journal of Philosophy
85 citations, 0.29%
Australasian Journal of Philosophy
85 citations, 0.29%
Nous
81 citations, 0.28%
Philosophical Quarterly
80 citations, 0.28%
Philosophia (United States)
80 citations, 0.28%
International Theory
77 citations, 0.27%
Inquiry (United Kingdom)
70 citations, 0.24%
Journal of International Political Theory
69 citations, 0.24%
Business Ethics Quarterly
64 citations, 0.22%
Analysis
63 citations, 0.22%
American Journal of Political Science
58 citations, 0.2%
Pacific Philosophical Quarterly
58 citations, 0.2%
Handbook of African Philosophy
58 citations, 0.2%
Journal of the American Philosophical Association
53 citations, 0.18%
Public Health Ethics
51 citations, 0.18%
Ethics and Global Politics
51 citations, 0.18%
Ethics, Policy and Environment
50 citations, 0.17%
American Journal of Bioethics
50 citations, 0.17%
Hypatia
47 citations, 0.16%
Criminal Law and Philosophy
47 citations, 0.16%
Episteme
47 citations, 0.16%
Ethics and International Affairs
46 citations, 0.16%
Theory and Research in Education
46 citations, 0.16%
Constellations
45 citations, 0.16%
Philosophy and Technology
44 citations, 0.15%
Legal Theory
44 citations, 0.15%
Journal of Military Ethics
44 citations, 0.15%
Mind
42 citations, 0.15%
Contemporary Political Theory
42 citations, 0.15%
British Journal of Political Science
40 citations, 0.14%
Journal of Medicine and Philosophy
39 citations, 0.13%
Polity
39 citations, 0.13%
Journal of Value Inquiry
39 citations, 0.13%
Political Research Quarterly
36 citations, 0.12%
Ethics and Information Technology
36 citations, 0.12%
Journal of Moral Philosophy
35 citations, 0.12%
Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics
34 citations, 0.12%
Criminal Justice Ethics
34 citations, 0.12%
Annual Review of Political Science
34 citations, 0.12%
Hegel and Global Justice
34 citations, 0.12%
Nous-Supplement: Philosophical Issues
33 citations, 0.11%
Metaphilosophy
33 citations, 0.11%
Public Affairs Quarterly
33 citations, 0.11%
Journal of Human Development and Capabilities
31 citations, 0.11%
Erkenntnis
30 citations, 0.1%
Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy
30 citations, 0.1%
Philosophical Psychology
29 citations, 0.1%
Global Constitutionalism
29 citations, 0.1%
Ratio
28 citations, 0.1%
Science and Engineering Ethics
28 citations, 0.1%
Theoria
28 citations, 0.1%
Proceedings of the Aristotelean Society
28 citations, 0.1%
AI and Society
27 citations, 0.09%
Philosophical Papers
27 citations, 0.09%
Law and Philosophy Library
27 citations, 0.09%
Political Studies Review
26 citations, 0.09%
Dialogue-Canadian Philosophical Review
26 citations, 0.09%
Review of International Studies
26 citations, 0.09%
Social Epistemology
26 citations, 0.09%
Southern Journal of Philosophy
25 citations, 0.09%
Law and Philosophy
25 citations, 0.09%
Review of Social Economy
24 citations, 0.08%
Political Theory
24 citations, 0.08%
Neuroethics
24 citations, 0.08%
Kantian Review
23 citations, 0.08%
Jus Cogens
22 citations, 0.08%
Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics
21 citations, 0.07%
Health Policy
21 citations, 0.07%
Philosophy
21 citations, 0.07%
Health Care Analysis
21 citations, 0.07%
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Citing publishers

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Cambridge University Press
7522 citations, 26.02%
Springer Nature
4118 citations, 14.25%
Oxford University Press
3717 citations, 12.86%
Wiley
2646 citations, 9.15%
Taylor & Francis
2469 citations, 8.54%
SAGE
1659 citations, 5.74%
Elsevier
587 citations, 2.03%
University of Chicago Press
481 citations, 1.66%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
478 citations, 1.65%
Walter de Gruyter
271 citations, 0.94%
MDPI
130 citations, 0.45%
BMJ
128 citations, 0.44%
Emerald
126 citations, 0.44%
CAIRN
84 citations, 0.29%
Brill
67 citations, 0.23%
Annual Reviews
65 citations, 0.22%
Consortium Erudit
62 citations, 0.21%
University of Illinois Press
58 citations, 0.2%
SciELO
56 citations, 0.19%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
48 citations, 0.17%
Frontiers Media S.A.
46 citations, 0.16%
IGI Global
45 citations, 0.16%
Duke University Press
44 citations, 0.15%
University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
32 citations, 0.11%
Japanese Political Science Association
27 citations, 0.09%
OpenEdition
25 citations, 0.09%
Edinburgh University Press
21 citations, 0.07%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
17 citations, 0.06%
The Pennsylvania State University Press
17 citations, 0.06%
John Benjamins Publishing Company
16 citations, 0.06%
Philosophy Documentation Center, Saint Louis University
15 citations, 0.05%
Revus Klub
15 citations, 0.05%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
14 citations, 0.05%
Berghahn Books
14 citations, 0.05%
Scandinavian University Press / Universitetsforlaget AS
13 citations, 0.04%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
11 citations, 0.04%
Mary Ann Liebert
10 citations, 0.03%
MIT Press
10 citations, 0.03%
University of Pittsburgh
10 citations, 0.03%
Bristol University Press
9 citations, 0.03%
Instytut Filozofii UJ
8 citations, 0.03%
IntechOpen
8 citations, 0.03%
Academy of Management
7 citations, 0.02%
American Psychological Association (APA)
7 citations, 0.02%
University of Michigan Library
7 citations, 0.02%
University of Westminster Press
7 citations, 0.02%
Health Affairs (Project Hope)
6 citations, 0.02%
IOP Publishing
6 citations, 0.02%
Scientific Research Publishing
6 citations, 0.02%
Zeitschrift fur Praktische Philosophie
6 citations, 0.02%
The Royal Society
5 citations, 0.02%
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
5 citations, 0.02%
White Horse Press
5 citations, 0.02%
Instituto Universitario de Pesquisas do Rio de Janeiro
5 citations, 0.02%
Akademiai Kiado
5 citations, 0.02%
JMIR Publications
5 citations, 0.02%
Project MUSE
5 citations, 0.02%
Intellect
5 citations, 0.02%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
4 citations, 0.01%
American Economic Association
4 citations, 0.01%
AOSIS
4 citations, 0.01%
Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
4 citations, 0.01%
Georg Thieme Verlag KG
3 citations, 0.01%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
3 citations, 0.01%
Institute of Political Studies, Charles University
3 citations, 0.01%
Centro de Estudos de Opiniao Publica, Universidade Estadual de Campinas
3 citations, 0.01%
University Pub. Group
3 citations, 0.01%
University of Montreal
3 citations, 0.01%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
3 citations, 0.01%
Hindawi Limited
3 citations, 0.01%
National Library of Serbia
3 citations, 0.01%
National Documentation Centre (EKT)
3 citations, 0.01%
Hogrefe Publishing Group
3 citations, 0.01%
Uniwersytet Lodzki (University of Lodz)
3 citations, 0.01%
Editorial CSIC
3 citations, 0.01%
Cogitatio
3 citations, 0.01%
IOS Press
2 citations, 0.01%
University of Bialystok
2 citations, 0.01%
University of California Press
2 citations, 0.01%
Society for Judgment and Decision Making
2 citations, 0.01%
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
2 citations, 0.01%
American Academy of Pediatrics
2 citations, 0.01%
International Dose-Response Society
2 citations, 0.01%
Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique
2 citations, 0.01%
The Philosophy Centre of the University of Lisbon
2 citations, 0.01%
American Thoracic Society
2 citations, 0.01%
American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
2 citations, 0.01%
Fondation Nationale de Gerontologie
2 citations, 0.01%
Unisa Press
2 citations, 0.01%
Kerman University of Medical Sciences
2 citations, 0.01%
Vilnius University Press
2 citations, 0.01%
American Public Health Association
2 citations, 0.01%
North-West University
2 citations, 0.01%
Sirey
2 citations, 0.01%
Japan Society of Civil Engineers
2 citations, 0.01%
Royal College of General Practitioners
2 citations, 0.01%
Society for Values in Higher Education
2 citations, 0.01%
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Co. LTD Ukrinformnauka) (Publications)
2 citations, 0.01%
S. Karger AG
2 citations, 0.01%
PERSEE Program
2 citations, 0.01%
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University of Oxford
4 publications, 0.62%
London School of Economics and Political Science
4 publications, 0.62%
University of California, Berkeley
4 publications, 0.62%
Harvard University
4 publications, 0.62%
New York University
4 publications, 0.62%
Australian National University
3 publications, 0.47%
Princeton University
3 publications, 0.47%
University of California, Los Angeles
3 publications, 0.47%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
3 publications, 0.47%
University of Pennsylvania
3 publications, 0.47%
University College London
2 publications, 0.31%
King's College London
2 publications, 0.31%
University of Southern California
2 publications, 0.31%
Yale University
2 publications, 0.31%
Stanford University
2 publications, 0.31%
Georgetown University
2 publications, 0.31%
University of Arizona
2 publications, 0.31%
University of Cambridge
1 publication, 0.16%
University of Copenhagen
1 publication, 0.16%
University of Manchester
1 publication, 0.16%
University of Siena
1 publication, 0.16%
University of Otago
1 publication, 0.16%
Monash University
1 publication, 0.16%
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
1 publication, 0.16%
University of the Witwatersrand
1 publication, 0.16%
Clemson University
1 publication, 0.16%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
1 publication, 0.16%
Virginia Tech
1 publication, 0.16%
Duke University
1 publication, 0.16%
University at Buffalo, State University of New York
1 publication, 0.16%
University of Chicago
1 publication, 0.16%
Kyoto University
1 publication, 0.16%
Georgia State University
1 publication, 0.16%
University of South Florida
1 publication, 0.16%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
1 publication, 0.16%
McMaster University
1 publication, 0.16%
Purdue University
1 publication, 0.16%
Brown University
1 publication, 0.16%
University of Groningen
1 publication, 0.16%
University of Maryland, College Park
1 publication, 0.16%
University of Toronto
1 publication, 0.16%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
1 publication, 0.16%
University of Colorado Boulder
1 publication, 0.16%
University of Utah
1 publication, 0.16%
Wesleyan University
1 publication, 0.16%
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
1 publication, 0.16%
University of Georgia
1 publication, 0.16%
Bowling Green State University
1 publication, 0.16%
University of Virginia
1 publication, 0.16%
Chapman University
1 publication, 0.16%
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Publishing organizations in 5 years

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University of Oxford
1 publication, 0.85%
University of Cambridge
1 publication, 0.85%
King's College London
1 publication, 0.85%
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
1 publication, 0.85%
Clemson University
1 publication, 0.85%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
1 publication, 0.85%
University of Arizona
1 publication, 0.85%
University at Buffalo, State University of New York
1 publication, 0.85%
Kyoto University
1 publication, 0.85%
University of South Florida
1 publication, 0.85%
McMaster University
1 publication, 0.85%
Purdue University
1 publication, 0.85%
University of Groningen
1 publication, 0.85%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
1 publication, 0.85%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
1 publication, 0.85%
University of Colorado Boulder
1 publication, 0.85%
University of Georgia
1 publication, 0.85%
Chapman University
1 publication, 0.85%
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USA, 48, 7.47%
USA
48 publications, 7.47%
United Kingdom, 15, 2.33%
United Kingdom
15 publications, 2.33%
Italy, 11, 1.71%
Italy
11 publications, 1.71%
Australia, 6, 0.93%
Australia
6 publications, 0.93%
Canada, 3, 0.47%
Canada
3 publications, 0.47%
France, 1, 0.16%
France
1 publication, 0.16%
Denmark, 1, 0.16%
Denmark
1 publication, 0.16%
Netherlands, 1, 0.16%
Netherlands
1 publication, 0.16%
New Zealand, 1, 0.16%
New Zealand
1 publication, 0.16%
South Africa, 1, 0.16%
South Africa
1 publication, 0.16%
Japan, 1, 0.16%
Japan
1 publication, 0.16%
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Publishing countries in 5 years

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USA, 5, 4.27%
USA
5 publications, 4.27%
United Kingdom, 5, 4.27%
United Kingdom
5 publications, 4.27%
Australia, 1, 0.85%
Australia
1 publication, 0.85%
Canada, 1, 0.85%
Canada
1 publication, 0.85%
Netherlands, 1, 0.85%
Netherlands
1 publication, 0.85%
Japan, 1, 0.85%
Japan
1 publication, 0.85%
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