About this journal
Aims and scope
Social Epistemology provides a forum for philosophical and social scientific enquiry that incorporates the work of scholars from a variety of disciplines who share a concern with the production, assessment and validation of knowledge. The journal covers both empirical research into the origination and transmission of knowledge and normative considerations which arise as such research is implemented, serving as a guide for directing contemporary knowledge enterprises.
Peer Review Policy:
All research articles published in this journal have undergone peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by at least two referees.
Readership:
Philosophers, sociologists, psychologists, cultural historians, social studies of science researchers, political theorists, and education researchers.
Journal metrics
Usage
- 196K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 1.4 (2023) Impact Factor
- Q1 Impact Factor Best Quartile
- 2.0 (2023) 5 year IF
- 2.6 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 1.336 (2023) SNIP
- 0.552 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 80 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 110 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
- 27 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
- 37% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
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We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
For more details, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
Journal metrics in brief
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of the following metrics (find out why).
- Usage: the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
- Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles published in the journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
- Impact Factor Best Quartile*: the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
- 5 Year Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal within a five-year window.
- CiteScore (Scopus)†: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over a four-year period.
- CiteScore Best Quartile†: the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
- SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper): the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation potential in the field.
- SJR (Scimago Journal Rank): Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
- From submission to first decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a first decision in the last six months.
- From submission to first post-review decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review. Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last six months.
- From acceptance to online publication: the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published in the last six months.
- Acceptance rate: articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
For more details on the data above, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
*Copyright: Journal Citation Reports®, Clarivate Analytics
†Copyright: CiteScore™, Scopus
Editorial board
Executive Editor:
Eric Kerr - National University of Singapore, Singapore
Former Executive Editors:
Georg Theiner - Villanova University, USA
James H. Collier - Virginia Tech, USA
Joan Leach - University of Queensland, Australia
Founding Editor & Auguste Comte Chair in Social Epistemology:
Steve Fuller - University of Warwick, UK
Founding and Executive Editor of the Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective (SERRC):
James. H. Collier - Virginia Tech, USA
Book Review Editor:
Kamili Posey - City University of New York, USA
Editorial Board:
David Berry - University of Sussex, UK
Kean Birch - University of Toronto, Canada
Adam Briggle - University of North Texas, USA
Daniel Chernilo - Universidad Adolfo Ibanez, Chile
Finn Collin - University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Susan Dieleman - Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, USA
Melinda Bonnie Fagan - University of Utah, USA
Ulrike Felt - University of Vienna, Austria
Brett Frischmann - Villanova University, USA
Robert Frodeman - Independent Scholar, USA
Mattia Gallotti - London School of Economics, UK
Michael Gorman - University of Virginia, USA
Inanna Hamati-Ataya - Cambridge University, UK
Johanna Hartelius - University of Pittsburgh, USA
Birger Hjørland - University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Ilya Kasavin - Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
Quill R. Kukla - Georgetown University, USA
Sabine Leonelli - University of Exeter, UK
Peng Liu - Nanjing University, China
Katarina Loncarevic - University of Belgrade, Serbia
James Maffie - University of Maryland, USA
Alcibiades Malapi-Nelson - Humber College, Canada
Fabien Medvecky - University of Otago, New Zealand
Russ McBride - University of California Merced, USA
José Medina - Northwestern University, USA
Seumas Miller - Charles Sturt University, Australia
Moti Mizrahi - Florida Institute of Technology, USA
Mammo Muchi - Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa
María G. Navarro - University of Salamanca, Spain
Gloria Origgi - Institut Jean Nicod, France
Hans Radder - VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Sujatha Raman - Australian National University, Australia
Francis Remedios - Independent Scholar, Canada
Sharon Rider - Uppsala University, Sweden
Raphael Sassower - University of Colorado Colorado Springs, USA
Sonja Schmid - Virginia Tech, USA
Nico Stehr - Zeppelin University, Germany
Stephen Turner - University of South Florida, USA
Kei Yoshida - Waseda University, Japan
Updated 28-05-2024
Abstracting and indexing
Social Epistemology is abstracted/indexed in:
C S A Worldwide Political Science Abstracts (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts); Current Abstracts; Lancaster Index to Defence & International Security Literature; OCLC; Philosopher's Index; International Philosophical Bibliography/Repertoire Bibliographique de la Philosophie; SCOPUS; Social Services Abstracts; Sociological Abstracts.
Open access
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- Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
- Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
- Rigorous peer review for every open access article
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
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News, offers and calls for papers
News and offers
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Society information
Social Epistemology will be operating in collaboration with The Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) and the European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (EASST).
The Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective provides an open access forum for intellectual inquiry and dialogue concerning issues of knowledge, society, science, technology, politics, economics, and ecology. The website solicits replies, and promotes dialogues, on articles published in Social Epistemology with which it contributes to a unique, dynamic, and interdependent publishing assemblage.
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Asian Philosophy - £73/$120
Ethics, Policy and Environment - £33/$55
Inquiry - £43/$74
International Journal of Philosophical Studies - £33/$55
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Philosophical Psychology - £45/$72
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