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Inquiry
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Inquiry

0020-174X

Published by: Taylor & Francis

https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/sinq20

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Social Sciences and Humanities 940 14 21 5

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 23
Documents by Best Scientists*: 32
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 43
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.848
Impact Factor: 0.9

Overview

Top Research Topics at Inquiry: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy?

Inquiry: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy mostly deals with topics like Epistemology, Law, Metaphysics, Skepticism and Positive economics. Aside from Epistemology, it also covered works in the field of Semantics (computer science). In the journal, Complaint, Subjectivism and Phenomenon are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Metaphysics research.

The journal addresses concerns in Skepticism which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Economic Justice, Egalitarianism, Political philosophy and Value (ethics). Inquiry: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy tackles studies in Duty and the interrelated subject of Punishment to gain insights into Consciousness. Issues in Reductionism were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Materialism, Dualism and Neurophilosophy.

It explores topics in Dilemma which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Order (virtue) and Ontic. The journal holds forums on Rationality that merges themes from other disciplines such as Form of the Good and Moral disengagement, Social cognitive theory of morality, Morality. The studies on Argument discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Disadvantage and Law and economics.

  • Epistemology (54.55%)
  • Law (18.18%)
  • Metaphysics (9.09%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Grounding and Necessity (133 citations)
  • Two theories of justice (41 citations)
  • Metaphysical Experience and Constitutive Error in Adorno's “Meditations on Metaphysics” (21 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Inquiry: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy:

The journal papers generally zeroe in on subjects such as Epistemology, Consciousness, Causation, Criminology and Theory of criminal justice. In addition to Epistemology research, the most cited articles aim to explore topics under Complaint, Order (virtue) and Law. The journal papers explore topics in Consciousness which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Punishment, Absurdity and Duty.

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 Inquiry: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Will Kymlicka (2 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Kai Nielsen (1 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Wlodek Rabinowicz (1 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Kenneth W. Simons (1 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Beyond Being (1 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 Inquiry: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Australian National University (2 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Amsterdam (2 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Lund University (2 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Tilburg University (1 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • University of Sussex (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, 0.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 100.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 0.00% 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).

Top Publications

  • Conceptual engineering: when do we need it? How can we do it?

    Unknown

    (2021)
    109 Citations
  • How should we think about linguistic function?

    Unknown

    (2022)
    75 Citations
  • On On Folk Epistemology

    (2023)
    9 Citations
  • Quasi-fideism and epistemic relativism

    (2022)
    5 Citations
  • Deflating inflationism? Reflections on Douglas Edwards’ The Metaphysics of Truth

    (2022)
    5 Citations
  • Planning, time, and self-governance: replies to Andreou, Tenenbaum, and Velleman

    Michael E. Bratman

    (2021)
    3 Citations
  • The rational roles of experiences of utterance meanings

    (2024)
    2 Citations
  • Understanding force cancellation

    (2022)
    2 Citations
  • Impostor syndrome and pretense

    (2022)
    2 Citations
  • Extended knowledge and autonomous belief

    (2023)
    1 Citations

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