''Philosophers' Imprint'' is a refereed

philosophy Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational an ...

journal. The journal was launched by

University of Michigan The University of Michigan (U-M, U of M, or Michigan) is a public university, public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Founded in 1817, it is the oldest institution of higher education in the state. The University of Mi ...

Philosophy professors

Stephen Darwall Stephen Darwall (born 1946) is a contemporary moral philosophy, moral philosopher, best known for his work developing Kantian and deontological themes. He was named Andrew Downey Orrick Professor of Philosophy at Yale University in 2008. He was ...

(now at

Yale University Yale University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701, Yale is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Stat ...

) and J. David Velleman (now at

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and

Johns Hopkins University The Johns Hopkins University (often abbreviated as Johns Hopkins, Hopkins, or JHU) is a private university, private research university in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Founded in 1876 based on the European research institution model, J ...

). In 2000, a year before the

Budapest Open Access Initiative The Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) is a public statement of principles relating to open access to the Scientific literature, research literature, which was released to the public on February 14, 2002. It arose from a convening in Budape ...

conference promoted open-access more widely, Darwall and Velleman approached Michigan's librarians with the goal of starting a small revolution in academic philosophy publishing. They hoped that publishing philosophical research online could significantly reduce the amount of time between submission and publication from what was then typical in professional journals. The university's librarians, incentivized by the rising costs of subscribing to academic journals, in turn drew on their expertise in managing digital content to collaborate with the editors to produce a journal from within the library, calling the resulting operation The Scholarly Publishing Office. The editors of ''Philosophers' Imprint'' recognized that by publishing an academic journal online, they could also make research available to everyone with internet access, "including students and teachers in developing countries, as well as members of the general public." Originally edited by Darwall and Velleman, ''Philosophers' Imprint'' is now edited by Brian Weatherson leading a team of thirteen philosophers and advised by an international editorial board. The journal consistently ranked in the top ten of all general philosophy journals in an recurrent poll between academic philosophers.

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