Biology & Philosophy

Biology & Philosophy
DisciplinePhilosophy of biology
LanguageEnglish
Edited byMichael Weisberg
Publication details
History1986–Present
Publisher
FrequencyBimonthly
1.461 (2020)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Biol. Philos.
Indexing
CODENBIOPEI
ISSN0169-3867 (print)
1572-8404 (web)
LCCN86642996
OCLC no.13073787
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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

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The journal is abstracted and indexed in the following databases

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 1.461.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Griffiths, Paul (4 July 2008). "Philosophy of Biology". Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Retrieved 2012-08-29.
  2. ^ Ross, Gregg. "An interview with Michael Ruse". American Scientist. Retrieved 2012-08-29.
  3. ^ Sterelny, Kim (2017-01-01). "Farewell". Biology & Philosophy. 32 (1): 1–3. doi:10.1007/s10539-016-9559-6. ISSN 0169-3867.
  4. ^ "Biology and Philosophy (Editorial Board)". Springer. Retrieved 2017-01-09.
  5. ^ "Biology & Philosophy". 2020 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2021.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)