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Review of Philosophy and Psychology
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Review of Philosophy and Psychology

1878-5158

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/13164

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Social Sciences and Humanities 555 11 17 9
Psychology 701 21 23 10

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 38
Documents by Best Scientists*: 38
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 5
SCIMAGO H-index: 48
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.983
Impact Factor: 2

Overview

Top Research Topics at Review of Philosophy and Psychology?

Philosophy of mind, Philosophy of science, Epistemology, Cognitive psychology and Cognition are the subjects of interest in Review of Philosophy and Psychology. It facilitates discussions on Philosophy of mind that incorporate concepts from other fields like Perception, Argument, Phenomenon, Cognitive science and Object (philosophy). It explores topics in Philosophy of science which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Social psychology, Attribution, Action (philosophy), Consciousness and Philosophy of psychology.

The studies on Epistemology discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Nudge theory and Set (psychology). The study on Cognitive psychology presented in the journal intersects with the topics under Episodic memory. Social cognition is part of Cognition studies tackled in Review of Philosophy and Psychology.

  • Philosophy of mind (79.54%)
  • Philosophy of science (78.48%)
  • Epistemology (47.97%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Empathy and Direct Social Perception: A Phenomenological Proposal (129 citations)
  • From Uncaused Will to Conscious Choice: The Need to Study, Not Speculate About People’s Folk Concept of Free Will (123 citations)
  • Survey-Driven Romanticism (112 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Review of Philosophy and Psychology:

The most cited publications cover a variety of subjects, including Philosophy of science, Philosophy of mind, Epistemology, Cognitive psychology and Cognition. While Philosophy of science is the focus of the journal papers, it also provides insights into the studies of Embodied cognition, Nudge theory, Framing (social sciences), Social cognition and Incompatibilism. Empathy, Social psychology, Perception, Interpretation (philosophy) and Cognitive science are some topics wherein Philosophy of mind research discussed in the journal articles has an impact.

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

  • Epistemology
  • Law
  • Cognition

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Philosophy of science, Philosophy of mind, Epistemology, Cognitive psychology and Cognition are among the topics commonly tackled in Review of Philosophy and Psychology. While Philosophy of science is the focus of the journal, it also provided insights into the studies of Empirical evidence, Social psychology, Inference and Action (philosophy). Review of Philosophy and Psychology holds forums on Philosophy of mind that merges themes from other disciplines such as Perception, Consciousness, Argument, Cognitive science and Experimental philosophy.

While Review of Philosophy and Psychology focused on Perception, it was also able to explore topics like Object (philosophy) and Categorization. The journal explores themes in Epistemology like Counterintuitive, Prima facie and Embodied cognition and links them with other fields of study like Framing (construction). Topics in Cognitive psychology explored in it were investigated in conjunction with research in Test (assessment), Control (linguistics), Episodic memory and Mechanism (sociology).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Estimating the Reproducibility of Experimental Philosophy (23 citations)
  • Intention at the Interface (8 citations)
  • Statistical Inference and the Replication Crisis (7 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 Review of Philosophy and Psychology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Matteo Colombo (8 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Edouard Machery (7 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • James Andow (5 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Justin Sytsma (5 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • John Michael (5 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 Review of Philosophy and Psychology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Edinburgh (19 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Pittsburgh (14 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Harvard University (13 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • University of Barcelona (12 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition,
  • École Normale Supérieure (11 papers) published 3 papers 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, 4.21% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 21.98% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 7.69% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 17.58% of all publications and 52.75% 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.

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Top Publications

  • Estimating the Reproducibility of Experimental Philosophy

    Florian Cova;Brent Strickland;Brent Strickland;Angela Gaia Felicita Abatista;Aurélien Allard

    (2021)
    215 Citations
  • Mental Time Travel? A Neurocognitive Model of Event Simulation

    Donna Rose Addis;Donna Rose Addis

    (2020)
    128 Citations
  • Demographic Differences in Philosophical Intuition: a Reply to Joshua Knobe

    (2022)
    66 Citations
  • Representing the Mind as Such in Infancy

    Peter Carruthers

    (2020)
    51 Citations
  • From Generative Models to Generative Passages: A Computational Approach to (Neuro) Phenomenology

    (2022)
    51 Citations
  • Moral Molecules: Morality as a Combinatorial System

    Oliver Scott Curry;Mark Alfano;Mark J. Brandt;Mark J. Brandt;Christine Pelican

    (2021)
    28 Citations
  • Predictive Processing and Some Disillusions about Illusions

    Shaun Gallagher;Shaun Gallagher;Daniel Hutto;Inês Hipólito;Inês Hipólito

    (2021)
    23 Citations

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