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.

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
Links

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)