Social Epistemology (journal)

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Academic journal

Social EpistemologyDiscipline| Science, Technology and Society, Philosophy, Interdisciplinary Social Science

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Language| English
Edited by| Eric Kerr
Publication details
History| 1987–present
Publisher|

Taylor & Francis

Frequency| Bimonthly

Impact factor

| 1.4 (2023)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt)
NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt )
ISO 4| Soc. Epistemol.
Indexing
CODEN (alt · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt)
MIAR · NLM (alt) · Scopus · W&L
ISSN| 0269-1728 (print)
1464-5297 (web)

OCLC no.| 87643561
Links

* Journal homepage
* Online access
* Online archive

Social Epistemology: A Journal of Knowledge, Culture and Policy is a ranked, bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal. It was established in 1987 and is published by Taylor & Francis in collaboration with the Society for Social Studies of Science and the European Association for the Study of Science and Technology.[1] It 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. It operates in tandem with the Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective, an open-access forum for intellectual inquiry which publishes critical replies to journal articles, book reviews, and article reviews, and hosts debates exploring knowledge as a social phenomenon.

## Editors-in-chief

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* (1987–1997) Steve Fuller (University of Warwick) – Founding Editor-in-chief
* (1997–2009) Joan Leach (University of Queensland)
* (2009–2018) James H. Collier (Virginia Tech)
* (2018–2023) Georg Theiner (Villanova University)
* (since 2024) Eric Kerr (National University of Singapore)

## External links

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* Official website
* Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective
* Social Epistemology Network Public Facebook Group
* European Association for the Study of Science and Technology
* Society for Social Studies of Science

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Science and technology studies

Economics|

* Economics of science
* Economics of scientific knowledge

History|

* History and philosophy of science
* History of science
* and technology
* History of technology
* Languages of science
* Scientific language

Philosophy|

* Anthropocene
* Antipositivism
* Empiricism
* Fuzzy logic
* Neo-Luddism
* Philosophy of science
* Philosophy of social science
* Philosophy of technology
* Positivism
* Postpositivism
* Religion and science
* Scientism
* Social constructivism
* Social epistemology
* Transhumanism

Sociology|

* Actor–network theory
* Social
* construction of technology
* shaping of technology
* Sociology of knowledge
* scientific
* Sociology of scientific ignorance
* Sociology of the history of science
* Sociotechnology
* Strong programme

Science
studies|

* Academic bias
* Antiscience
* Bibliometrics
* Boundary-work
* Consilience
* Criticism of science
* Demarcation problem
* Double hermeneutic
* Logology
* Mapping controversies
* Metascience
* Paradigm shift
* black swan events
* Pseudoscience
* Psychology of science
* Science
* citizen
* communication
* education
* normal
* Neo-colonial
* post-normal
* rhetoric
* wars
* Scientific
* community
* consensus
* controversy
* dissent
* enterprise
* literacy
* method
* misconduct
* priority
* skepticism
* Scientocracy
* Scientometrics
* Team science
* Traditional knowledge
* ecological
* Unity of science
* Women in science
* STEM

Technology
studies|

* Co-production
* Cyborg anthropology
* Design studies
* Dematerialization
* Digital anthropology
* Digital media use and mental health
* Early adopter
* Engineering studies
* Financial technology
* Hype cycle
* Innovation
* diffusion
* disruptive
* linear model
* system
* user
* Leapfrogging
* Normalization process theory
* Media studies
* Reverse salient
* Skunkworks project
* Sociotechnical system
* Technical change
* Technocracy
* Technoscience
* feminist
* Technological
* change
* convergence
* determinism
* revolution
* transitions
* Technology
* and society
* criticism of
* dynamics
* theories of
* transfer
* Women in engineering

Policy|

* Academic freedom
* Digital divide
* Evidence-based policy
* Factor 10
* Funding of science
* Horizon scanning
* Politicization of science
* Regulation of science
* Research ethics
* Right to science
* Science policy
* history of
* science of
* Technology assessment
* Technology policy
* Transition management

* Portals
* Science
* History of science
* Technology
* Category
* Associations
* Journals
* Scholars

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## References

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1. ^ ""About this journal". Taylor & Francis. Retrieved 2025-06-25.

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