Tag: citation
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Whither the Literature Review? (updated)
Has the literature review in philosophy dissertations largely disappeared, and if so, what should we think of this change?
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Most Cited Recent Philosophy Articles, Year by Year
“What philosophy journal article, published less than ten years ago, has the most citations in philosophy journals?”
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Philosophy’s Digital Future (guest post)
“The crucial question for any academic system is how filtering works. Information is cheap. What we want is some way to identify the most valuable…
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Citation Rates by Academic Field: Philosophy Is Near the Bottom (guest post)
Academia’s emphasis on citation rates is “mixed news” for philosophy: it can bring attention to high-quality work, but tends to make philosophy and other…
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Pay Referees Per Mistake Caught?
James Stacey Taylor, a professor of philosophy at The College of New Jersey, is concerned about the problem that “scholars are not verifying the…
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Comparing Three (No, Four) Top 20 Lists in Philosophy (guest post)
What, if anything, can be learned by comparing several different accounts of philosophers’ citation rankings and other indicators of disciplinary impact?
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Citation Rankings of Philosophers Based on Scopus Data (updated)
A database of information regarding citations of researchers has been updated, and now includes information about the citation rates of researchers, including philosophers.
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Which Scientific Disciplines Cite Philosophy of Science? (guest post)
What is the impact of philosophy of science on science?
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Peter Singer On His New Yorker Interview
In a recent interview in The New Yorker, Daniel Gross asked philosopher Peter Singer (Princeton) a question about race and who he chooses to…
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Jargon for Trouble (guest post by Maximilian Noichl)
The following guest post* was prompted by last week’s inquiry about whether philosophy papers with more jargony titles get cited less. Maximilian Noichl (University…
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Jargon & Citation in Philosophy
A study of papers published in academic science journals on the topic of “cave science” found that “papers containing higher proportions of jargon in…
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Citing (and Thanking) the Referees at the Journal that Rejected You, Part 2
“We argue that when an author’s work is published, the author should thank the reviewers whose comments improved the paper regardless of whether those…
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A Norm for Self-Citation (guest post by Colin Klein)
“How to self-cite without giving away your identity? I’ve seen two ways of doing it over the years. One is great, and one is…
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Citing the Referees at the Journal that Rejected You
You may not like it when your article is rejected from a journal, but at least sometimes you get something good out of it: criticism.
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Visualizing the Structure of Philosophy from the 1950s to Today
Maximilian Noichl has designed a beautiful visualization of philosophy from the 1950s to today.
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Self-Citation and Anonymous Review
How should you go about preparing an article for anonymous peer-review if you cite yourself in your article? There are a couple of issues…
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Philosophy Has High Rate of Uncited Publications
A discipline-by-discipline analysis of data from Elsevier’s Scopus database concering over 10,000 pieces of research published between 2012 and 2016 shows that a massive amount…
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Citation Patterns Across Journals (guest post by Brian Weatherson)
“Anything can happen in a small sample, but it was enough to suggest to me a hypothesis: There is no such thing as a generalist…
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Philosophy Citation Practices Revisited
You may recall that earlier this year, in a guest post, Marcus Arvan decried philosophers’ reading and citation habits. Now, Moti Mizrahi has a…
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No One Is Listening
Up to 1.5 million peer-reviewed articles are published annually. However, many are ignored even within scientific communities — 82 per cent of articles published…