The Journal of Political Philosophy

The Journal of Political Philosophy is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering all aspects of political philosophy.

The Journal of Political Philosophy
DisciplinePhilosophy
LanguageEnglish
Edited byRobert E. Goodin
Publication details
History1993-present
Publisher
FrequencyQuarterly
2.362 (2017)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4J. Political Philos.
Indexing
ISSN0963-8016 (print)
1467-9760 (web)
LCCN93650700
OCLC no.37447096
Links

Controversy

The journal became engaged in a controversy when it published three articles on Black Lives Matter, each written by white academics and previously presented at a conference on that subject.[1] The controversy began when Yale professor Christopher Lebron published an "open letter" criticising the journal for not having included "philosophers of color" in the symposium.[2] Lebron further claimed that the journal had not, up to that point, published on race since the beginning of the Black Lives Matter movement began, and that it had not published a philosopher of color since the journal's inception. The conference organizers pointed out that they had invited philosophers of color to contribute to the symposium but that none had chosen to. Others noted that the Journal of Political Philosophy had published on race since the beginning of Black Lives Matter movement, and that they had published philosophers of color - indeed, the journal was co-founded by Chandran Kukathas, a philosopher of color.[3][4] The editors issued a formal apology, promised to add at least two African American academics to the editorial board, and committed to seeking more works written by non-white academics.[5]

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2015 impact factor of 1.044, ranking it 63rd out of 163 journals in the category "Political Science" and 24th out of 51 journals in the category "Ethics".[6]

See also

References
  1. Goldhill, Olivia (2017-05-27). "Philosophers published a "Black Lives Matter" series written entirely by white professors". Quartz.
  2. "An Open Letter to the Editors of the Journal of Political Philosophy; or How Black Scholarship Matters, Too". politicalphilosopher.net (blog). 2017-05-24.
  3. Ani, Emmanuel (2014). "On Traditional African Consensual Rationality". Journal of Political Philosophy. 22 (3): 342–365. doi:10.1111/jopp.12013.
  4. Wingo, Ajume (2006). "Joy in Living Together: Toward a Civic Appreciation of Laughter". Journal of Political Philosophy. 14 (2): 186–202. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9760.2006.00247.x.
  5. "Open Letter from the Editors of the Journal of Political Philosophy". politicalphilosopher.net (blog). 2017-05-25.
  6. "Journals Ranked by Impact: Political Science and Ethics". 2015 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Social Sciences ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2016.


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