Journal of Speculative Philosophy

Aims & Scope

[T]his journal is unique in contemporary philosophy.

It provides a place where ideas that follow no one school or doctrine can appear on the fundamental and traditional questions of philosophy.

In my view it keeps alive what real philosophy is all about.” —Donald Phillip Verene, Emory University.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.2
2024	0.30

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	24600

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	22

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.149

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	15

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Arts and Humanities, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Precarious Life, Vulnerability, and the Ethics of Cohabitation

  Citation: 258

  Authors: Judith

• Social Inequality, Power, and Politics: Intersectionality and American Pragmatism in Dialogue

  Citation: 75

  Authors: Patricia

• Decoloniality and Phenomenology: The Geopolitics of Knowing and Epistemic/Ontological Colonial Differences

  Citation: 47

  Authors: Walter D.

• Pragmatism as a Philosophy of Hope: Emerson, James, Dewey, Rorty

  Citation: 39

  Authors: COLIN

• SPEP Co-Director's Address: Hesitation as Philosophical Method—Travel Bans, Colonial Durations, and the Affective Weight of the Past

  Citation: 35

  Authors: Alia

• Decolonial Feminism at the Intersection: A Critical Reflection on the Relationship Between Decolonial Feminism and Intersectionality

  Citation: 28

  Authors: Emma D.

• Decolonial Woes and Practices of Un-knowing

  Citation: 28

  Authors: Mariana

• Theorizing Black Feminist Pragmatism: Forethoughts on the Practice and Purpose of Philosophy as Envisioned by Black Feminists and John Dewey

  Citation: 25

  Authors: V. DENISE

• Born This Way? Time and the Coloniality of Gender

  Citation: 21

  Authors: Marie

• Enforcement Matters: Reframing the Philosophical Debate over Immigration

  Citation: 18

  Authors: José Jorge

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