Canadian Journal of Philosophy: Metrics

Canadian Journal of Philosophy

The Canadian Journal of Philosophy (CJP) is a peer-reviewed academic journal founded in 1971 and published in partnership with Cambridge University Press. Registered as an Alberta non-profit corporation, it operates as a fully open-access publication indexed in Clarivate's Arts & Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) with a Journal Impact Factor of 0.8, a 5-year Impact Factor of 1.5, and an approximate 8% acceptance rate.

ByCASRAI Editorial Board

· Last updated 7 Nov 2026

What is the Canadian Journal of Philosophy?

The Canadian Journal of Philosophy (CJP) is an international general-interest philosophy journal established in 1971 by four Alberta philosophers: John King-Farlow, Kai Nielsen, T. M. Penelhum, and W. W. Rozeboom. It is incorporated in Alberta as a private not-for-profit corporation and governed by an executive editorial board alongside an editorial board coordinator. Since 2020, the journal has been published on Cambridge Core in partnership with Cambridge University Press.

The journal publishes original contributions across all philosophical traditions in both English and French. For researchers navigating the discipline’s conceptual foundations, our guide to what is philosophy outlines core methodological domains, while our overview of principles of research ethics addresses procedural norms in academic inquiry.

Editorial Scope, Acceptance Rate, and Review Process

The Canadian Journal of Philosophy receives approximately 400 manuscript submissions each year from scholars worldwide. Regular research articles undergo rigorous double-anonymous peer review, with selection grounded in whether submissions make significant, original contributions to active philosophical debates. The journal’s competitive acceptance rate remains close to 8%.

In addition to regular research articles, the CJP publishes Discussion Notes directly engaging previously published papers, as well as occasional Special Issues and Author Meets Critics symposiums. The journal also sponsors the annual Distinguished Lecture presented at the Canadian Philosophical Association conference. Digital preservation is secured through archiving agreements with Portico and CLOCKSS.

Bibliometric Indicators and Citation Metrics

The CJP is indexed in major bibliographic indexes, including Clarivate’s Web of Science Core Collection under the Arts & Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and Scopus. Within Clarivate’s Journal Citation Reports (JCR), the journal carries a two-year Journal Impact Factor of 0.8 and a 5-year Impact Factor of 1.5. Within Scopus and SCImago Journal Rank (SJR), it maintains a rating of 0.744, placing it in Quartile 1 (Q1) for philosophy titles.

The two-year impact factor reflects citations received during the JCR data year to articles and reviews published by the journal in the preceding two years, divided by the total number of citable items published in that window. For alternative multi-year evaluation windows, researchers also consult CiteScore indicators based on Scopus citation data.

Open Access and Responsible Research Assessment

The Canadian Journal of Philosophy is fully open access. The majority of articles are published without author-facing article processing charges through Cambridge University Press’s institutional read-and-publish agreements, which encompass more than 2,000 research institutions worldwide.

When assessing scholarship published in the CJP, academic evaluation panels should follow responsible assessment frameworks such as the DORA (San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment) and the Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment (CoARA). Under these standards, journal-level metrics such as the Impact Factor or CiteScore must not serve as proxies for the merit, originality, or rigorous methodological quality of an individual philosophical article.

Sources

Cambridge University Press, “Canadian Journal of Philosophy – About this journal,” Cambridge Core, accessed 2026-11-07: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/canadian-journal-of-philosophy/information/about-this-journal
Canadian Journal of Philosophy Official Portal, “About and Governance,” accessed 2026-11-07: https://www.canadianjournalofphilosophy.com
Clarivate, “Journal Citation Reports – Canadian Journal of Philosophy,” Web of Science Core Collection, accessed 2026-11-07: https://mjl.clarivate.com

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