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Database Usage Statistics

Usage of Philosophy Databases: 2021

Database Searches Downloads
Arts & Humanities Citation Index 13,488
EBSCO Academic Search Complete 129,335 76,292
Humanities Abstracts 21,584
JSTOR 87,784 116,256
Past Masters 771 554
Philosopher's Index 12,768
Project Muse 1,564 6,810

Usage of Philosophy Databases: 2020

Database Searches Downloads
Arts & Humanities Citation Index 20,810
EBSCO Academic Search Complete 124,281 80,008
Humanities Abstracts 21,584
JSTOR 107,242 84,837
Past Masters 425 26
Philosopher's Index 11,664
Project Muse 2,144 7,672

Usage of Philosophy Databases: 2019

Database Searches Downloads
Arts & Humanities Citation Index 16,122
EBSCO Academic Search Complete 168,223 77,844
Humanities Abstracts 21,584
JSTOR 219,548 120,492
Past Masters 767 49
Philosopher's Index 16,118
Project Muse 2,303 10,039

Usage of Philosophy Databases: 2018

Database Searches Downloads
Arts & Humanities Citation Index 20,719
EBSCO Academic Search Complete 193,214 102,408
Humanities Abstracts 21,563
JSTOR 88,795 112,614
Past Masters 372 7
Philosopher's Index 18,731
Project Muse 4,147 13,674

Usage of Philosophy Databases: 2017

Database Searches Downloads
Arts & Humanities Citation Index 23,702
EBSCO Academic Search Complete 181,782 99,095
Humanities Abstracts 15,205
JSTOR 69,101 110,400
Past Masters 1,212 210
Philosopher's Index 19,813
Project Muse 4,494 13,390

Usage of Philosophy Databases: 2016

Database Searches Downloads
Arts & Humanities Citation Index 24,498
EBSCO Academic Search Complete 213,990 114,142
Humanities Abstracts 14,881
JSTOR 83,447 117,853
Past Masters 545 3
Philosopher's Index 25,370
Project Muse 5,644 12,298

Usage of Philosophy Databases: 2015

Database Searches Downloads
Arts & Humanities Citation Index 24,211
Humanities Abstracts 20,057
Philosopher's Index 27,477
Project Muse 5,140 10,616

Top 10 Journals

The lists of Top 10 journals by subject were extracted from Journal Citation Reports database. The Libraries own or have access to all titles linked below.
View definitions of Journal Impact Factor, Eigenfactor Score, and Article Influence Score.

Top 10 Journals

Journal Name ISSN Total Citations 2021 Journal Impact Factor Eigenfactor Score Article Influence Score
Synthese 0039-7857 8,633 N/A 0.013 0.908
Philosophical Studies 0031-8116 6,771 N/A 0.011 1.183
Journal of Philosophy 0022-362X 5,452 N/A 0.002 1.767
Nous 0029-4624 4,590 N/A 0.007 3.133
Philosophy & Phenomenological Research 0031-8205 4,179 N/A 0.006 1.683
Mind 0026-4423 4,102 N/A 0.004 2.884
Philosophical Review 0031-8108 4,056 N/A 0.002 3.944
Ethics 0014-1704 3,934 N/A 0.003 3.181
Analysis 0003-2638 3,166 N/A 0.002 1.092
Hypatia - A Journal of Feminist Philosophy 0887-5367 2,581 N/A 0.003 1.159

Book Holdings

Program Reviews

As part of the University of Louisville's New Academic Program Approval Process, the University Libraries are asked to provide a letter of support and an evaluation of the library resources available to support newly proposed degrees and certificates.  Below are recent reviews written by Library faculty that outline available resources for specific programs proposed by the Department of Philosophy.