The British Journal of Aesthetics is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering philosophical aesthetics and the philosophy of art. It was established in 1960 and is published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Society of Aesthetics. The first issue was edited by Harold Osborne in November 1960. The journal was originally published by Routledge and then by Thames & Hudson, before switching to its current publisher in 1975.

Editors-in-chief

The following people have been editor-in-chief of the journal:

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

Notable articles

Some of the most cited articles published in the journal are:

BSA essay prize

Since 2008, the journal publishes the biannual British Society of Aesthetics essay prize.