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Epistemology and Philosophy of Science
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Epistemology and Philosophy of Science

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Social Sciences and Humanities 1278 6 10 3

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 6
Documents by Best Scientists*: 10
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 10
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.299
Impact Factor: 0.2

Overview

Top Research Topics at Epistemology & Philosophy of science?

The primary areas of discussion in the journal are Epistemology, Philosophy of science, Humanities, Contemporary philosophy and Theology.

  • Epistemology (18.08%)
  • Philosophy of science (5.93%)
  • Humanities (4.49%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Language, mind, and reality (79 citations)
  • L'actualité de l'histoire des sciences (12 citations)
  • PHILOSOPHICAL INTUITIONS ARE SURPRISINGLY ROBUST ACROSS DEMOGRAPHIC DIFFERENCES (10 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Epistemology & Philosophy of science:

The journal publications mostly deal with topics like Epistemology, Philosophy of science, Contemporary philosophy, Human enhancement and Technoscience. The published articles dive deep in exploring the relationship between the study of Epistemology and Referent. While work presented in the published papers provide substantial information on Philosophy of science, it also covers topics in Empirical research, Computational theory of mind, Consensus reality and Simulated reality.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Epistemology
  • Law
  • Social science

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Epistemology, Philosophy of science, Contemporary philosophy, Context (language use) and Literature are the subjects of interest in Epistemology & Philosophy of science. It focused on Epistemology research but expanded to cover Interpretation (philosophy). The Philosophy of science works featured in the journal incorporate elements from Realism, Modernization theory, Set (abstract data type) and Reductionism.

The studies in Contemporary philosophy featured incorporate elements of History and philosophy of science, Classics, Self-preservation and Greening. While Context (language use) is the focus of it, it also provided insights into the studies of Meaning (existential), Value (ethics), Expression (architecture), Cognitive science and Metaphor. Epistemology & Philosophy of science discusses concepts in Organum and Mythology under Literature and how they intertwine with disciplines like Debt.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Alexius Meinong's Extraontology: Beyond Being and Non-being (1 citations)
  • Self-preservation and the Transformation of Nature: A Response to Garber (0 citations)
  • The Baconian Background of Hogben’s Scientific Humanism (0 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Epistemology & Philosophy of science (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Александр Юрьевич Антоновский (27 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • И.Т. Касавин (19 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • И.А. Герасимова (13 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Ilya Kasavin (12 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Petr Kusliy (10 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Epistemology & Philosophy of science (based on the number of publications) are:

  • National Research University – Higher School of Economics (8 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Warwick (3 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Moscow State University (3 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Saint Petersburg State University (2 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Cornell University (1 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 92.73% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 50.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 50.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 0.00% of all publications and 0.00% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Top Publications

  • Life as Process

    John Dupré

    (2020)
    16 Citations
  • In Defense of Veritism

    (2021)
    8 Citations
  • If Science Is a Public Good, Why Do Scientists Own It?

    Steve Fuller

    (2020)
    4 Citations
  • The Prophetic Bacon: Response to Garber

    Steve Fuller

    (2021)
    2 Citations
  • MAKING ‘SCIENCE AS A PUBLIC GOOD’ MEANINGFUL: RESPONSE TO STEHR, TURNER AND SASSOWER

    Steve Fuller

    (2020)
    2 Citations
  • In Defense of Veritism: Responses to My Critics

    (2021)
    2 Citations
  • On Veritism. Pritchard’s Defense

    (2021)
    1 Citations
  • A New Concept of Reason?

    (2022)
    0 Citations
  • Reflections on Schlick and Waismann on Philosophy

    (2024)
    0 Citations
  • Galileo’s Truth

    (2024)
    0 Citations

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