Peer-review process
All submitted articles are evaluated at submission to check that they meet the structural and subject principles of Philosophical Thought. Articles that pass this check undergo a double-blind peer-review process by at least two specialist reviewers (experts in the field who are not part of the journal’s editorial staff), who are selected by the Editorial Board members according to their field specialties. The Editorial Board members have the final responsibility to select the articles.
Each stage of submission, review, revision and publication is described in the Guide for Authors.
Governing body
Philosophical Thought is under the scientific control of the Editorial Board, whose members are recognized experts in the subject areas included within the journal’s scope. Some executive roles of the Editorial Board members are delegated to the Editor-in-Chief, who is well known in the journal’s scope.
Editorial team
Philosophical Thought is under the scientific supervision of the Editorial Team, whose members are all experts with a high number of publications in their field. See the Editorial Board.
Author fees and access
There are no fees or charges at all for submission, reviewing and publishing in Philosophical Thought. The journal follows the Bethesda Statement on Open Access Publishing.
Copyright
Authors retain the copyright of their articles. By signing the Authors’ Commitment Form, the authors grant Philosophical Thought non-exclusive publishing rights for the article (excluding its content). These publishing rights are revoked if the manuscript is rejected, or if the authors withdraw it before a final decision is made.
All content of Philosophical Thought is published under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0), which allows anyone to share and adapt the material for non-commercial purposes, provided that appropriate credit is given to the authors and the original publication.
Process for identifying and dealing with allegations of research misconduct
The publisher and editors of Philosophical Thought take reasonable steps to identify and prevent the publication of papers where research misconduct has occurred, including plagiarism, citation manipulation, and data falsification or fabrication, among others. In doing so, Philosophical Thought follows COPE’s guidelines in dealing with allegations.
Ownership and management
Philosophical Thought is owned by Tarbiat Modares University, Iran, and is managed and published by Afarand Scholarly Publishing Institute.
Conflicts of interest
Articles submitted by Editorial Board members and the Editor-in-Chief go through the same review process as those of other authors. Where a reviewer suspects an undisclosed conflict of interest in a submitted manuscript, or a reader suspects an undisclosed conflict of interest in a published article (all authors complete the ICMJE Form for Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest at submission), Philosophical Thought follows COPE’s guidelines.
Revenue sources, advertising and direct marketing
Philosophical Thought is financially supported entirely by Tarbiat Modares University, Iran, and has no other sources of funding. The journal accepts no advertisements, either on the website or as report articles.
Publishing schedule
Philosophical Thought publishes 4 issues per year.
Archiving and repository policies
All content, from the first issue onwards, will remain permanently available on the journal’s website. Philosophical Thought is included in the Islamic World Science Citation Center (ISC) and plans to apply to Scopus and Clarivate databases.
Philosophical Thought allows authors to deposit versions of their work in an institutional or other repository of their choice.