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Philosophical Studies
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Philosophical Studies

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Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/11098

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Social Sciences and Humanities 830 14 22 6

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 24
Documents by Best Scientists*: 32
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 5
SCIMAGO H-index: 94
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.343
Impact Factor: 1.3

Overview

Top Research Topics at Philosophical Studies?

The journal is organized to address concerns in the fields of Epistemology, Philosophy of mind, Philosophy of language, Metaphysics and Argument. It concentrates on Epistemology topics that focus on Skepticism, Philosophy of religion, Rationality, Property (philosophy) and Relation (history of concept). The work on Philosophy of mind tackled in the journal brings together disciplines like Perception, Action (philosophy), Consciousness, Law and economics and Normative.

The Philosophy of language works featured in Philosophical Studies incorporate elements from Linguistics, Proposition and Object (philosophy). The research on Metaphysics tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Identity (philosophy), Realism and Humanities.

  • Epistemology (66.06%)
  • Philosophy of mind (60.88%)
  • Philosophy of language (58.18%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Equality and equal opportunity for welfare (1034 citations)
  • Two concepts of consciousness (609 citations)
  • Making Sense of Emergence (515 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Philosophical Studies:

The main points discussed in the most cited publications deal with Epistemology, Philosophy of mind, Philosophy of language, Metaphysics and Philosophy of religion. The journal papers address concerns in Epistemology which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Contextualism and Humanities. The works on Philosophy of mind tackled in the most cited articles bring together disciplines like Aesthetics, Perception, Rationality, Action (philosophy) and Causation.

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

  • Epistemology
  • Law
  • Linguistics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Philosophical Studies mainly deals with areas of study such as Philosophy of mind, Philosophy of language, Metaphysics, Epistemology and Argument. Issues in Philosophy of mind were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Rationality, Action (philosophy), Normative, Law and economics and Appeal. While it focused on Law and economics, it was also able to explore topics like Economic Justice and Harm.

Philosophical Studies addresses concerns in Philosophy of language which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Cognitive psychology, Mathematical economics, Positive economics, Value (ethics) and Content (Freudian dream analysis). Topics in Metaphysics were tackled in line with various other fields like Realism, Subject (philosophy), Dilemma, Internalism and externalism and Principle of sufficient reason. The study on Epistemology presented in the journal intersects with the topics under Face (sociological concept).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • There is no dilemma for conceptual engineering. Reply to Max Deutsch (6 citations)
  • The normality of error (5 citations)
  • Could a middle level be the most fundamental (4 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 Philosophical Studies (based on the number of publications) are:

  • J D Bastable (47 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Patrick K Bastable (38 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • John A Mourant (30 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Gavin Ardley (26 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Alan P F Sell (25 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 Philosophical Studies (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Oxford (104 papers) published 12 papers at the last edition, 9 more than at the previous edition,
  • Rutgers University (101 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition,
  • New York University (94 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (90 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Arizona (89 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 5 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, 6.08% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 13.31% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 13.67% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 15.11% of all publications and 57.91% 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.

Career Paths for Philosophical Studies Graduates

A degree in philosophical studies can open up various career paths in areas such as law, business, academia, counseling, and more. Studying this subject equips students with a set of transferrable skills such as critical thinking, argument analysis, and problem-solving, thus making them sought after in different professional settings. Jobs that philosophical studies graduates might consider include teaching, legal practice, government roles, consulting, and even marriage and family therapy. To embark on the latter career path, one would usually need a master's degree in Marriage and Family Therapy, along with licensure to practice as a therapist. For those interested in this, particular standards and procedures are state-specific. For instance, students who wish to practice in Tennessee can follow the detailed guide, Marriage counseling education requirements in Tennessee. Additionally, philosophy graduates can pursue further academic research in their chosen philosophical field, contributing to journals such as Philosophical Studies, among others. In all cases, philosophical studies graduates have a wide variety of interesting and meaningful career avenues to explore.

Top Publications

  • Borderline consciousness, when it’s neither determinately true nor determinately false that experience is present

    (2023)
    47 Citations
  • Theorizing about evidence

    (2022)
    23 Citations
  • Moral responsibility and manipulation: on a novel argument against historicism

    Alfred R. Mele

    (2020)
    20 Citations
  • Is the brain an organ for free energy minimisation?

    (2021)
    10 Citations
  • Objective falsity is essential to lying: an argument from convergent evidence

    John Turri

    (2021)
    8 Citations
  • Explanation impossible

    (2021)
    7 Citations
  • Responses to Herman Cappelen and Jennifer Nado.

    Edouard Machery

    (2020)
    6 Citations
  • Too humble for words

    (2023)
    6 Citations
  • Just too different: normative properties and natural properties

    David Copp

    (2020)
    6 Citations
  • Self-deception and selectivity

    Alfred R. Mele

    (2020)
    5 Citations

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