Philosophy and Public Affairs

Aims & Scope

Issues of public concern often have an important philosophical dimension.

Philosophy & Public Affairs is published in the belief that a philosophical examination of these issues can contribute to their clarification and to their resolution.

It welcomes philosophical discussion of substantive legal, social, and political problems, as well as discussions of the more abstract questions to which they give rise.

In addition, it aims to publish studies of the moral and intellectual history of such problems.

Philosophy & Public Affairs is designed to fill the need for a venue in which philosophers with different viewpoints and philosophically inclined writers from various disciplines-including law, political science, economics.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.1
2024	3.30

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.508

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	87

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	2364

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	174

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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 and Social Sciences, 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.

• The Problem of Global Justice

  Citation: 728

  Authors: THOMAS

• Objectification

  Citation: 603

  Authors: MARTHA C.

• Elements of a Theory of Human Rights

  Citation: 580

  Authors: AMARTYA

• Enfranchising All Affected Interests, and Its Alternatives

  Citation: 505

  Authors: ROBERT E.

• Limits to Health Care: Fair Procedures, Democratic Deliberation, and the Legitimacy Problem for Insurers

  Citation: 386

  Authors: NORMAN, JAMES

• Distributive Justice, State Coercion, and Autonomy

  Citation: 326

  Authors: MICHAEL

• Ideal and Nonideal Theory

  Citation: 314

  Authors: A. JOHN

• What is Egalitrianism?

  Citation: 309

  Authors: SAMUEL

• Objectivity and Truth: You'd Better Believe It

  Citation: 304

  Authors: RONALD

• Fairness, Respect, and the Egalitarian Ethos

  Citation: 241

  Authors: JONATHAN

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