Biology & Philosophy is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes articles about philosophy of biology, broadly understood to span conceptual, theoretical, and methodological issues in the biological sciences.
The journal was founded by Michael Ruse in 1986,[1][2] edited by him from 1986 to 2000, then edited by Kim Sterelny from 2000 to 2016,[3] and it is currently edited by Michael Weisberg.[4] It is published by Springer.
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in the following databases
- Academic OneFile
- Academic Search
- Arts & Humanities Citation Index
- Biological Abstracts
- BIOSIS
- Current Abstracts
- Current Contents/Arts and Humanities
- Dietrich's Index Philosophicus
- EBSCO
- EMBiology
- ERIH
- Gale
- GEOBASE
- International Bibliography of Book Reviews
- International Bibliography of Periodical Literature
- ISIS Current Bibliography of the History of Science
- OmniFile
- Répertoire Bibliographique de la Philosophie
- Science Citation Index
- Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition
- Journal Citation Reports/Social Sciences Edition
- Social Sciences Citation Index
- Social SciSearch
- SCOPUS
- Science Select
- SCImago
- Summon by Serial Solutions
- The Philosopher's Index
- Zoological Record
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 1.461.[5]
References
- ^ Griffiths, Paul (4 July 2008). "Philosophy of Biology". Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Retrieved 2012-08-29.
- ^ Ross, Gregg. "An interview with Michael Ruse". American Scientist. Retrieved 2012-08-29.
- ^ Sterelny, Kim (2017-01-01). "Farewell". Biology & Philosophy. 32 (1): 1–3. doi:10.1007/s10539-016-9559-6. ISSN 0169-3867.
- ^ "Biology and Philosophy (Editorial Board)". Springer. Retrieved 2017-01-09.
- ^ "Biology & Philosophy". 2020 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2021.
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