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Erkenntnis
H-index 5

Erkenntnis

0165-0106

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/10670

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Social Sciences and Humanities 956 12 12 5

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 18
Documents by Best Scientists*: 19
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 51
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.945
Impact Factor: 0.9

Overview

Top Research Topics at Erkenntnis?

The main points discussed in Erkenntnis deals with Epistemology, Ontology, Ontology (information science), Argument and Metaphysics. Causation, Philosophy of science, Realism, Skepticism and Relation (history of concept) are among the concentrations of Epistemology that garnered much attention in the journal. It addresses concerns in Ontology which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Context (language use), Social psychology, Mathematical economics, Interpretation (philosophy) and Structure (mathematical logic).

Discussions in it are anchored in the subject of Ontology (information science) and the similar topic of Theology.

  • Epistemology (73.28%)
  • Ontology (44.49%)
  • Ontology (information science) (22.21%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Mechanisms and the Nature of Causation (552 citations)
  • Logik der Forschung (432 citations)
  • On empirically equivalent systems of the world (347 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Erkenntnis:

The published articles investigate areas of study like Epistemology, Ontology, Ontology (information science), Causation and Mathematical economics. The Epistemology research presented in the published articles places emphasis on topics like Argument, Philosophy of science, Metaphysics, Explication and Realism. The published articles explore issues in Ontology which can be linked to other research areas like Belief revision, Counterfactual thinking, Structure (mathematical logic), Set (psychology) and Scientific theory.

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

  • Epistemology
  • Law
  • Linguistics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Erkenntnis investigates areas of study like Epistemology, Ontology, Argument, Metaphysics and Ontology (information science). The concepts on Epistemology presented in it can also apply to other research fields, including Counterexample and Value (ethics). Erkenntnis facilitates discussions on Ontology that incorporate concepts from other fields like Luck, Action (philosophy), Structure (mathematical logic), Relation (history of concept) and Property (philosophy).

Class (set theory), Mathematical economics, Premise and Skepticism are some topics wherein Argument research discussed in the journal have an impact. Most of the works presented in Erkenntnis deals with Subject (philosophy) but it intersects with the subject of Face (sociological concept).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Mathematics and Explanatory Generality: Nothing but Cognitive Salience (8 citations)
  • The identity theory of powers revised (8 citations)
  • Chomskyan Arguments Against Truth-Conditional Semantics Based on Variability and Co-predication (5 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 Erkenntnis (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Hans Reichenbach (19 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Wolfgang Balzer (16 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Alexander Herzberg (13 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Sven Ove Hansson (13 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Otto Neurath (12 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 Erkenntnis (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (89 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Oxford (43 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • London School of Economics and Political Science (33 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Helsinki (32 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • University of Groningen (31 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous 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, 5.59% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 12.43% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 7.10% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 17.16% of all publications and 63.31% 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

  • Cognition and the Web: Extended, Transactive, or Scaffolded?

    Richard Heersmink;John Sutton

    (2020)
    27 Citations
  • The Value of Surprise in Science

    Steven French;Alice Murphy

    (2021)
    16 Citations
  • The Intermediate Scope of Consciousness in the Predictive Mind

    Francesco Marchi;Jakob Hohwy

    (2020)
    15 Citations
  • The Prospects for a Monist Theory of Non-causal Explanation in Science and Mathematics

    Alexander Reutlinger;Mark Colyvan;Mark Colyvan;Karolina Krzyzanowska;Karolina Krzyzanowska

    (2020)
    13 Citations
  • Another Look at Reflection

    Martin Fischer

    (2021)
    5 Citations
  • Comment on Artiga’s “Teleosemantics and Pushmi-Pullyu Representations”

    Ruth Garrett Millikan

    (2021)
    3 Citations
  • Russellian Monism and Structuralism About Physics

    Torin Alter;Derk Pereboom

    (2021)
    2 Citations
  • Combining Probabilities with Full Beliefs

    (2024)
    1 Citations
  • Concept Learning: Convexity Versus Connectedness

    (2024)
    0 Citations
  • A Peculiar and Perpetual Tendency: An Asymmetry in Knowledge Attributions for Affirmations and Negations

    John Turri

    (2020)
    0 Citations

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