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.
| Discipline | Philosophy of biology |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Michael Weisberg |
| Publication details | |
| History | 1986–Present |
| Publisher | |
| Frequency | Bimonthly |
| 1.461 (2020) | |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | Biol. Philos. |
| Indexing | |
| CODEN | BIOPEI |
| ISSN | 0169-3867 (print) 1572-8404 (web) |
| LCCN | 86642996 |
| OCLC no. | 13073787 |
| Links | |
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 edit
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 edit
- ^ 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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