Tag: journals
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Flipping the System: One Possible Solution to the Publishing Odyssey (guest post by Felix Bender)
“How could we, in other words, make the publishing system more efficient both for the authors and the journals?”
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Royal Institute of Philosophy 2019 Essay Prize Results
The Royal Institute of Philosophy, a charitable organization aimed at promoting philosophy, has announced the results of its 2019 essay contest, which had the…
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New: The Journal of Philosophy of Disability
The Journal of Philosophy of Disability is a new, peer-reviewed, open-access journal dedicated to questions regarding disability, broadly construed.
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New Journal: Symphilosophie
Symphilosophie: International Journal of Philosophical Romanticism just published its first issue.
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The Inefficiencies of Traditional Academic Writing
Most of the words in an average, considered-well-written paper are in some sense superfluous: for the right audience, you can usually boil it down…
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New: Journal of Contemporary African Philosophy
The Journal of Contemporary African Philosophy is a new peer-reviewed journal that aims to provide a venue for the “formulation and presentation of African philosophy…
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New: Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Consciousness
The International Journal of Machine Consciousness, which ceased publication in 2014, is being reborn as the Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Consciousness.
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Refereeing Papers About Your Own Work
A graduate student in philosophy writes in with the following query:
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Do Academics Overestimate the Importance of Journal Prestige?
A recent study of academics in the United States and Canada found that when it comes to choosing where to submit their work for…
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How to Write a Referee Report (guest post by John Greco)
The following is a guest post* by John Greco, who is currently Leonard and Elizabeth Eslick Chair in Philosophy at Saint Louis University, but…
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Manifesto for Public Philosophy (guest post by C. Thi Nguyen)
“It’s war, the soul of humanity is at stake, and the discipline that has been in isolation training for 2000 years for this very…
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Australasian Journal of Philosophy Reaches Out to Historians
The Australasian Journal of Philosophy (AJP) has been making efforts to publish more history of philosophy.
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A White Paper on Publication Ethics in Philosophy
A project that “seeks to foster greater awareness among humanities scholars and editors about ethical issues in publishing, with a focus on the discipline of…
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The NSF and the Rise of Value-Free Philosophies of Science (guest post by Joel Katzav & Krist Vaesen)
Why were social, moral and political issues relatively neglected in philosophy of science during the 20th Century? Joel Katzav (Queensland) and Krist Vaesen (Eindhoven) continue their investigation of the institutional and…
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New Site for Philosophy Journal Survey Project
The Journal Survey Project of the American Philosophical Association (APA) (previously) has been moved.
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A Question about Article Cover Letters
A graduate student writes in with a question about submitting articles to journals:
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Solidarity Instead of Pseudonymity: an Alternative Strategy for “Controversial Ideas”
Last week we discussed the planned Journal of Controversial Ideas, which will allow its authors to protect themselves from possible negative professional and social consequences of…
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“Journal of Controversial Ideas” with Pseudonymous Authors to Launch Next Year
A new interdisciplinary journal in the works will publish pseudonymously-authored peer-reviewed articles in an attempt to protect its contributors from the negative repercussions of…
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Ways to Increase Diversity of Authors in Philosophy Journals
A recent series of articles on diversity and philosophy journals at the Blog of the American Philosophical Association (APA) culminates today with various suggestions for…
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Hypatia and other Journals Successfully Tricked Into Accepting “Fake” Papers (Updated)
Three writers, working as a team and using pseudonyms, produced and submitted to academic peer-reviewed journals 20 “fake” papers—papers written with the intent to spoof…