First open-access journal for mathematical philosophy founded

The Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy (MCMP) at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München has founded the first open-access journal devoted to mathematical philosophy. The Journal of Mathematical Philosophy has begun accepting submissions.

"Diamond" open access#

What distinguishes the journal is its funding model: no article processing charge for authors and no subscription for readers. The literature calls this diamond open access.

The rationale follows from that: open-access publishing remains difficult for many authors and institutions because of high article processing charges. The journal sets out to remove that barrier.

Scope#

The range is broad:

• Formal epistemology
• Philosophical logic
• Philosophy of science
• Decision theory
• Philosophy of mathematics
• Formal metaphysics
• Philosophy of language
• Formal ethics
• Philosophy of artificial intelligence

Submissions are double-blind refereed. Jürgen Landes and Lennart Ackermans of LMU Munich are joint editors-in-chief.

Why it matters#

The open-access argument in philosophy has run for years: high processing charges disadvantage researchers at institutions with limited budgets. A journal that charges neither authors nor readers — in a field that leans heavily on formal methods — offers a concrete example in that debate.