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International Studies in the Philosophy of Science is a scholarly journal dedicated to publishing original research in philosophy of science and in philosophically informed history and sociology of science. Its scope includes the foundations and methodology of the natural, social, and human sciences, philosophical implications of particular scientific theories, and broader philosophical reflection on science. The editors invite contributions not only from philosophers, historians, and sociologists of science, but also from researchers in the sciences. The journal publishes articles from a wide variety of countries and philosophical traditions. All peer review is double anonymized and submissions are typically reviewed by two referees. The editors encourage participation in the annual Philosophy of Science conference at the Inter-University Centre, Dubrovnik, a forum for high-quality research and international debate in philosophy of science.
Journal metrics
Usage
31K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
0.7 (2023) Impact Factor
Q2 Impact Factor Best Quartile
1.2 (2023) 5 year IF
Speed/acceptance
14 days avg. from submission to first
decision
36% acceptance rate
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However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s
quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it
should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to
support and not replace qualitative review.
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.
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.
Vasso Kindi - National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Associate Editors:
M.A.J. Macleod - University of Twente, The Netherlands Maria Panagiotatou- National Technical University of Athens, Greece
Editorial Board:
Lars Bergström - Stockholm University James Robert Brown - University of Toronto Martin Carrier - University of Bielefeld Nancy Cartwright - London School of Economics Jiwei Ci - University of Hong Kong David Davies - McGill University Catherine Elgin - Harvard University Márta Fehér - Budapest University of Technology and Economics Michel Ghins - Catholic University of Louvain Don Howard - University of Notre Dame James G. Lennox - University of Pittsburgh Helen E. Longino - Stanford University Elena Mamchur - Russian Academy of Sciences James W. McAllister - University of Leiden Nenad Miscevic - University of Maribor Jürgen Mittelstrass - University of Konstanz W. H. Newton-Smith - University of Oxford John D. Norton - University of Pittsburgh David Papineau - King’s College, London Zvonimir Sikic - University of Zagreb Stavroula Tsinorema - University of Crete Alison Wylie - University of British Columbia
Abstracting and indexing
International Studies in the Philosophy of Science is currently noted in
British Humanities Index; Current Abstracts; Educational Research Abstracts Online; International Bibliography of the Social Sciences; International Philosophical Bibliography/Repertoire Bibliographique de la Philosophie; MathSciNet; OCLC; Philosopher's Index; Philosophy Research Index; ProQuest Central; SCOPUS; Sociology of Education Abstracts; Studies on Women and Gender Abstracts; Thomson Reuters Arts and Humanities Citation Index lang="EN">®; Zentralblatt MATH.
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