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TagThe 253 Most Cited Works in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (guest post)
What are the most cited works in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (SEP)? (more…)
Trouble in the US Non-Academic Job Market and What It Means for Philosophers (guest post)
“I’m here to sound a warning bell for those who are now in the position I was several years ago.” (more…)
Philosophy Major Retention Data
How many college graduates end up getting their undergraduate degree in the major they declared when they initially started college?
Why Do Journal Articles Linger in “Online First”?
Some philosophy journals have a lot of articles in “online first” status. They’ve been accepted, copyedited, and typeset, but not yet assigned an issue. Why? (more…)
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?” (more…)
A New Tool to Track and Analyze Philosophers’ Mentions (guest post)
Philosophers have always referred to other philosophers in their writing, but not always with citations. (more…)
More Minorities Are Earning Degrees in Philosophy
The percentage of bachelor’s degrees in philosophy awarded to members of racial and ethnic minorities in the United States has more than doubled since the turn of the century, as has the percentage of doctoral degrees in philosophy, according to reports from Humanities Indicators. (more…)
Grad Program Data: Climate, Mental Health, Employment, Demographics
What do current and former graduate students think of the culture in their graduate programs? Are they satisfied with its climate? With how diverse it is? With the employment they’ve secured post graduation? With their financial situation while a graduate student? (more…)
The Not-So-Silent Generation in Philosophy (guest post)
“What explains the Silent Generation’s disproportionate representation among the most influential philosophers in the mainstream Anglophone tradition?” (more…)
The Benefits of Studying Philosophy: Not Just Selection Effects?
Philosophy majors do well according to various measures of critical reasoning and intellectual habits. But is this an effect of studying philosophy, or an effect of students already talented in these ways choosing to major in philosophy? (more…)
New Placement Data
Academic Philosophy Data and Analysis (APDA) has been updated to include information through 2023, and the new data has been incorporated into its interactive interface. (more…)
Doing Philosophy in English: A Survey for Native and Non-Native Speakers
“Academic English,” the dominant language of contemporary philosophy, is different from everyday English. What are the challenges faced by native and non-native speakers of everyday English as they work in this language? (more…)
Philosophy Job Market Report for January-June 2024
How was the academic philosophy job market during last season’s “secondary cycle”? (more…)
The “Academic Great Gatsby Curve” in Philosophy
The “Great Gatsby Curve” describes the positive correlation between “income inequality” and “intergenerational income persistence” (lack of income mobility). An academic Great Gatsby curve refers to a positive correlation between academic inequality and intergenerational persistence.
The 378 Most-Cited Contemporary Authors in the SEP (guest post) (updated)
The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (SEP) is one of the most widely respected online reference works. Many philosophers and students have found it to be invaluable, and even non-philosophers have marveled at it. (more…)
Developments at the Philosophy Journal Insight Project (guest post)
The Philosophy Journal Insight Project, which collects and organizes information about philosophy journals, has grown a bit since we first reported on it last year and is asking journals to submit data via a new “operations survey”. (more…)
2023 Survey Results: Graduate Student Income (guest post)
How do current graduate students in philosophy PhD programs perceive their financial situation? (more…)
How Many People Are Applying for Philosophy Jobs? (guest post)
How many people went on the philosophy job market this past cycle?
2023 Philosophy Primary Job Cycle Report (guest post)
What did the Fall 2023 philosophy job market look like? (more…)
Demographic Trends in the US Philosophy Major, 2001-2022 (guest post)
How many philosophy majors are there, who are they, and how has this changed over the past twenty years? (more…)
New “Meta-Ranking” of Philosophy Journals
A new article in Synthese presents two new rankings of philosophy journals—a survey ranking and a composite of several existing rankings—and discusses their strengths and weaknesses. (more…)
Percent of U.S. Philosophy PhD Recipients Who Are Women: A 50-Year Perspective (guest post) (updated)
Has there been a recent uptick in the percentage of women among philosophy PhD recipients? (more…)
New Guide to Terminal MA Programs in Philosophy
What kind of advice can you offer students trying to figure out which terminal MA program in philosophy to apply to or attend? (more…)
Does Studying Philosophy Develop Special Skills That Improve One’s Intuitions?
A new study suggests the answer to that question is “no.” Rather, according to the study’s authors, what explains why the intuitions about particular cases of those who’ve studied philosophy differ from others is simply that they’ve been taught the standard interpretation of those specific cases, while the others have not. (more…)
Percentage of Women Philosophy Majors Has Risen Sharply Since 2016 — Why? Or: The 2017 Knuckle (guest post)
What explains the recent sharp increase in women philosophy majors? (more…)
Areas of Specialization in Philosophy — Data from 2022-23 (guest post)
What areas of specialization (AOS) are philosophy departments hiring in? (more…)
New Data on the Employment of Philosophy PhDs (guest post)
As noted in yesterday’s post, Academic Philosophy & Data Analysis (APDA) has completed its data gathering for nearly 150 philosophy PhD programs, with a new data dashboard capturing nearly 6,000 philosophy PhD graduates between 2013 and 2023. (more…)
New Interface for Academic Philosophy Data & Analysis (guest post)
Academic Philosophy & Data Analysis (APDA), an ongoing project to collect, analyze, and distribute data about job placement, student experience, and other aspects of PhD programs in philosophy, is launching a new “data dashboard” through which people can explore the information it has collected. (more…)