British Journal for the Philosophy of Science

Academic journal

British Journal for the Philosophy of ScienceDiscipline| Philosophy of science

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Language| English
Edited by|

* Prof. Wendy Parker
* Prof. Robert Rupert

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Publication details
History| 1950–present
Publisher|

University of Chicago Press

Frequency| Quarterly[2]

Impact factor

| 3.282 (2021)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4 (alt) * Bluebook (alt1 * alt2)
NLM (alt) * MathSciNet (alt )
ISO 4| Br. J. Philos. Sci.
MathSciNet| British J. Philos. Sci.
Indexing
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MIAR * NLM (alt) * Scopus
CODEN| BJPIA5
ISSN| 0007-0882 (print)
1464-3537 (web)

OCLC no.| 01537267
Links

* Journal homepage
* The BJPS Review of Books

British Journal for the Philosophy of Science (BJPS) is a peer-reviewed, academic journal of philosophy, owned by the British Society for the Philosophy of Science (BSPS) and published by University of Chicago Press.[1] The journal publishes work that uses philosophical methods in addressing issues raised in the natural and human sciences.

## Overview

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The leading international journal in the field,[3] BJPS publishes outstanding new work on a variety of traditional and 'cutting edge' topics, from issues of explanation and realism to the applicability of mathematics, from the metaphysics of science to the nature of models and simulations, as well as foundational issues in the physical, life, and social sciences. Recent topics covered in the journal include the epistemology of measurement, mathematical non-causal explanations, signalling games, the nature of biochemical kinds, and approaches to human cognitive development, among many others. The journal seeks to advance the field by publishing innovative and thought-provoking papers, discussion notes and book reviews that open up new directions or shed new light on well-known issues.[4]

The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science operates a triple-anonymized peer review process and receives over 600 submissions a year.[3] It is fully compliant with the RCUK open access policy,[5] and is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).[6]

In 2016, book reviews were moved to online-only publication in the BJPS Review of Books.[7]

The journal also runs a blog, Auxiliary Hypotheses.[8]

## Editorial board

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Past editors include J. O. Wisdom,[9] Alexander Bird, Peter Clark, Mary Hesse, James Ladyman, Imre Lakatos, and David Papineau.[1]

### Editors-in-Chief

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Professor Robert D. Rupert (University of Colorado Boulder) and Professor Wendy Parker (Virginia Tech)[10]

### Deputy Editor

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Dr Elizabeth Hannon (LSE)

### Associate Editors

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* Jon Bain (NYU)
* Cameron Buckner (University of Houston)
* Pierrick Bouratt (Macquarie University)
* Igor Douven (Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University)
* Shane N. Glackin (University of Exeter)
* Nick Huggett (University of Illinois, Chicago)
* Elizabeth Irvine (Cardiff University)
* Mary Leng (University of York)
* Peter J. Lewis (Dartmouth College)
* Kerry McKenzie (UCSD)
* Alyssa Ney (University of California, Davis)
* Cédric Patternotte (Université Paris-Sorbonne)
* Anya Plutynski (Washington University in St. Louis)
* Daniel Steel (University of British Columbia)
* Emily Sullivan (Eindhoven University of Technology)
* Jackie Sullivan (University of Western Ontario)
* Paul Weirich (University of Missouri-Columbia)
* Peter Vickers (University of Durham)[11]

Past Editors-in-Chief Steven French  | 2011-2020

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Michela Massimi | 2011-2017
Alexander Bird & James Ladyman  | 2005-2011
Peter Clark  | 1999-2004
David Papineau | 1993-1998
G M K Hunt  | 1986-1993
Donald A. Gillies | 1983-1985
John Worrall | 1980-1981
John W. N. Watkins & John Worrall | 1974-1979
Imre Lakatos | 1971-1973
David Hugh Mellor | 1969-1971
Mary Hesse & David Hugh Mellor | 1969
Mary Hesse | 1965-1969
John Oulton Wisdom | 1956-1964
Alistair Cameron Crombie | 1950-1955

## The BJPS Popper Prize

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The prize is awarded to the best paper appearing in The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science as determined by the Editors-in-Chief and the BSPS Committee. The prize includes a £500 award to the winner(s).[12]

### History of the prize

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The Sir Karl Popper Essay Prize was originally established at the wish of the late Dr Laurence B. Briskman, formerly of the Department of Philosophy, University of Edinburgh, who died on 8 May 2002, having endowed an essay prize fund to encourage work in any area falling under the general description of the critical rationalist philosophy of Karl Popper. Briskman was greatly influenced by Popper, who remained the dominant intellectual influence on his philosophical outlook throughout his career. While originally open for submissions, since 2011 the prize is only awarded to papers having appeared in The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science.[12] The endowment ended in 2017, at which point the BSPS took over funding the prize. The decision was also taken to widen the prize's remit, to include all papers published in the BJPS and not just those concerned with Popper's work. At the same time, the prize's name was changed to the BJPS Popper Prize.[13]

### Previous winners

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Year | Author | Title

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2022  | Zina B. Ward  | 'Registration Pluralism and the Cartographic Approach to Data Aggregation across Brains'
2021  | Eddy Keming Chen  | 'Quantum Mechanics in a Time-Asymmetric Universe: On the Nature of the Initial Quantum State'
2020  | Jessica Laimann  | 'Capricious Kinds'
2019  | Carlos Santana  | 'Waiting for the Anthropocene'
2018  | Jonah N. Schupbach  | 'Robustness Analysis as Explanatory Reasoning'
2017  | Grant Ramsey and Andreas de Block  | 'Is Cultural Fitness Hopelessly Confused?'
2016  | Co-winner: Elizabeth Irvine  | 'Model-Based Theorizing in Cognitive Neuroscience'
2016  | Co-winner: Eran Tal  | 'Making Time: A Study in the Epistemology of Measurement'
2015 | Matthew Slater | 'Natural Kindness'
2014 | Rachael L. Brown | 'What Evolvability Really Is'
2013 | Charles Pence and Grant Ramsey | 'A New Foundation for the Propensity Interpretation of Fitness'
2012 | Elliott Wagner | 'Deterministic Chaos and the Evolution of Meaning'
2011 | No award made | N/A
2010 | Daniel Greco | 'Significance Testing in Theory and Practice'
2009 | Sebastian Lutz | 'Criteria of Empirical Significance: a Success Story'
2008 | Antoni Diller | 'On Critical and Pancritical Rationalism'
2007 | No award made | N/A
2006 | Maria Kronfeldner | 'Darwinian Hypothesis Formation Revisited'
2005 | No award made | N/A
2004 | Benjamin Elliott | 'Falsifiable Statements in Theology: Karl Popper and Christian Thought'

## Impact factor

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The 2021 impact factor for BJPS was 3.282, while its five-year impact factor was 3.144, making it the leading philosophy of science journal, 3rd in the Science Citation Index, and 4th in the Social Sciences Citation Index.[3]

Year  | Impact Factor

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2021  | 3.282
2020  | 3.978
2019  | 2.605
2018  | 1.768
2017  | 2.053
2016  | 1.985
2015  | 1.738
2014  | 1.281
2013  | 1.017
2012  | 0.919
2011  | 1.097
2010  | 1.048
2009  | 1.109
2008  | 0.867
2007  | 0.884
2006  | 0.689

## References

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1. ^ a b c "The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science".
2. ^ "The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science". NLM Catalog. NCBI. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
3. ^ a b c "British Journal for the Philosophy of Science Editorial Statistics".
4. ^ "The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science | Vol 73, No 2".
5. ^ Open Access at Chicago.
6. ^ "The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science". Committee on Publication Ethics, COPE. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
7. ^ "BJPS Review of Books". BJPS Review of Books.
8. ^ "Auxiliary Hypotheses". Auxiliary Hypotheses.
9. ^ "Obituary: J. O. Wisdom". The Independent. 4 March 1993. Retrieved 1 February 2019. "John Oulton Wisdom, philosopher, born Dublin 29 December 1908.. editor British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 1952–63 transforming it from a newcomer into a world-class journal.."
10. ^ "Editorial Board".
11. ^ "BJPS History".
12. ^ a b "The Sir Karl Popper Essay Prize". British Society for the Philosophy of Science. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
13. ^ "BJPS Popper Prize 2017". Auxiliary Hypotheses. 8 January 2018.

## External links

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* Official website
* Print: ISSN 0007-0882
* Online: ISSN 1464-3537
* BJPS Review of Books
* Auxiliary Hypotheses: The BJPS Blog
* British Society for the Philosophy of Science

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