The Journal of Applied Philosophy (JOAP) is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the Society for Applied Philosophy and edited by Avery Kolers (University of Louisville). It covers a broad spectrum of issues in all areas of applied philosophy, including work on the environment, medicine, science, engineering, policy, law, politics, economics, and education.
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| Discipline | Applied philosophy |
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| Language | English |
| Edited by | Avery Kolers |
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| History | 1984–present |
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| Frequency | Quinquennial |
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| 1.1 (2022) | |
| Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt1 · alt2) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt  ) | |
| ISO 4 | J. Appl. Philos. |
| Indexing CODEN (alt · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR · NLM (alt) · Scopus | |
| ISSN | 0264-3758 (print) 1468-5930 (web) |
| LCCN | 86649990 |
| JSTOR | 02643758 |
| OCLC no. | 40341378 |
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According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2022 impact factor of 1.1, ranking it 29th out of 189 journals in the category "Philosophy" and 41st out of 57 journals in the category "Ethics".[1]
The Journal of Applied Philosophy awards an annual prize of £1,000 to the best article published in the year's volume.[2]
Each year since 2010, the Journal of Applied Philosophy has published the Annual Lecture hosted by the Society of Applied Philosophy.[3]
In 2023, JOAP announced a new prize in honor of the late Charles W. Mills, who had served as an editorial board member of the Journal. The Prize, in the amount of £1,500, is awarded annually for an outstanding paper published in the journal in the spirit, and on the themes, of Mills’ work, including racial injustice, philosophy of race, non-ideal theory, and ideology.