History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences

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CiteScore
0.5
Years of issue
2024-2025
journal names
History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences
Publications
518
Citations
1 440
h-index
17
Publications
198
Citations
991
Top-3 citing journals
Top-3 organizations
Top-3 countries
USA (141 publications)
France (95 publications)
Germany (53 publications)
France (51 publications)
USA (23 publications)
Germany (16 publications)
Top-1 researchers by articles count

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Citing journals

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History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences
80 citations, 5.56%
Synthese
58 citations, 4.03%
History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences
45 citations, 3.13%
Biology and Philosophy
27 citations, 1.88%
Science and Education
25 citations, 1.74%
Biological Theory
22 citations, 1.53%
European Journal for Philosophy of Science
16 citations, 1.11%
Frontiers in Psychology
15 citations, 1.04%
Erkenntnis
15 citations, 1.04%
Journal of Medicine and Philosophy
12 citations, 0.83%
Biosemiotics
12 citations, 0.83%
Journal for General Philosophy of Science
12 citations, 0.83%
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
9 citations, 0.63%
Biological Reviews
9 citations, 0.63%
Scientific Reports
9 citations, 0.63%
Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics
8 citations, 0.56%
Ecology and Evolution
7 citations, 0.49%
Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy
7 citations, 0.49%
Perspectives on Science
7 citations, 0.49%
Systems Research and Behavioral Science
7 citations, 0.49%
SpringerBriefs in Philosophy
7 citations, 0.49%
Around the Tree
7 citations, 0.49%
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
6 citations, 0.42%
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution
6 citations, 0.42%
International Journal of Science Education
6 citations, 0.42%
Acta Biotheoretica
6 citations, 0.42%
Philosophical Psychology
6 citations, 0.42%
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A
6 citations, 0.42%
Handbook of African Philosophy
6 citations, 0.42%
Foundations of Science
5 citations, 0.35%
Environmental Conservation
5 citations, 0.35%
Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
5 citations, 0.35%
Evolutionary Biology
5 citations, 0.35%
Science Education
5 citations, 0.35%
Journal of Research in Science Teaching
5 citations, 0.35%
Neuroethics
5 citations, 0.35%
Shaping the Future of Biological Education Research
5 citations, 0.35%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
4 citations, 0.28%
Evolution: Education and Outreach
4 citations, 0.28%
History of the Human Sciences
4 citations, 0.28%
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
4 citations, 0.28%
BioSystems
4 citations, 0.28%
Cognitive Systems Monographs
4 citations, 0.28%
Frontiers in Physiology
4 citations, 0.28%
Journal of Medical Ethics
4 citations, 0.28%
Journal of the History of Biology
4 citations, 0.28%
Philosophy Compass
4 citations, 0.28%
Zygon
4 citations, 0.28%
Molecular Ecology
4 citations, 0.28%
Journal of Psychedelic Studies
4 citations, 0.28%
European Studies in Philosophy of Science
4 citations, 0.28%
British Journal for the History of Philosophy
3 citations, 0.21%
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
3 citations, 0.21%
Systematics and Biodiversity
3 citations, 0.21%
Conservation Biology
3 citations, 0.21%
PeerJ
3 citations, 0.21%
Philosophy and Technology
3 citations, 0.21%
Centaurus
3 citations, 0.21%
Journal of Molluscan Studies
3 citations, 0.21%
Pacific Philosophical Quarterly
3 citations, 0.21%
Ecological Psychology
3 citations, 0.21%
Medical Anthropology: Cross Cultural Studies in Health and Illness
3 citations, 0.21%
Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
3 citations, 0.21%
Christian Bioethics
3 citations, 0.21%
Canadian Journal of Philosophy
3 citations, 0.21%
IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing
3 citations, 0.21%
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
3 citations, 0.21%
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C :Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences
3 citations, 0.21%
Topoi
3 citations, 0.21%
Journal of Economic Methodology
3 citations, 0.21%
Journal of Evolutionary Biology
3 citations, 0.21%
Journal of Bioethical Inquiry
3 citations, 0.21%
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
3 citations, 0.21%
Journal of Biogeography
3 citations, 0.21%
Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism
3 citations, 0.21%
Systematic Biology
3 citations, 0.21%
American Journal of Bioethics
3 citations, 0.21%
PLoS Computational Biology
3 citations, 0.21%
British Journal for the Philosophy of Science
3 citations, 0.21%
PLoS ONE
3 citations, 0.21%
The Cold War Politics of Genetic Research
3 citations, 0.21%
Philosophy and Medicine
3 citations, 0.21%
Artefactos
3 citations, 0.21%
Evolutionary Biology: Contemporary and Historical Reflections Upon Core Theory
3 citations, 0.21%
Review of General Psychology
2 citations, 0.14%
Frontiers in Plant Science
2 citations, 0.14%
Entropy
2 citations, 0.14%
Ethical Economy
2 citations, 0.14%
Science of the Total Environment
2 citations, 0.14%
Nature Communications
2 citations, 0.14%
Diversity and Distributions
2 citations, 0.14%
European Journal of the History of Economic Thought
2 citations, 0.14%
Frontiers in Psychiatry
2 citations, 0.14%
Public Understanding of Science
2 citations, 0.14%
Behavioral Ecology
2 citations, 0.14%
Ecosystem Services
2 citations, 0.14%
Cladistics
2 citations, 0.14%
Intellectual History Review
2 citations, 0.14%
BMC Medical Ethics
2 citations, 0.14%
Philosophy of Science
2 citations, 0.14%
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Springer Nature
543 citations, 37.71%
Wiley
138 citations, 9.58%
Oxford University Press
93 citations, 6.46%
Taylor & Francis
68 citations, 4.72%
Elsevier
53 citations, 3.68%
Frontiers Media S.A.
43 citations, 2.99%
SAGE
23 citations, 1.6%
Cambridge University Press
20 citations, 1.39%
MDPI
20 citations, 1.39%
The Royal Society
16 citations, 1.11%
Duke University Press
10 citations, 0.69%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
10 citations, 0.69%
CAIRN
9 citations, 0.63%
MIT Press
8 citations, 0.56%
University of Chicago Press
7 citations, 0.49%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
7 citations, 0.49%
Walter de Gruyter
6 citations, 0.42%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
6 citations, 0.42%
BMJ
5 citations, 0.35%
Akademiai Kiado
5 citations, 0.35%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
4 citations, 0.28%
PeerJ
4 citations, 0.28%
American Psychological Association (APA)
3 citations, 0.21%
IMR Press
2 citations, 0.14%
Emerald
2 citations, 0.14%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2 citations, 0.14%
AIP Publishing
2 citations, 0.14%
Magnolia Press
2 citations, 0.14%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
2 citations, 0.14%
American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB)
2 citations, 0.14%
Association Centre Sevres
2 citations, 0.14%
Annual Reviews
2 citations, 0.14%
World Scientific
1 citation, 0.07%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
1 citation, 0.07%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
1 citation, 0.07%
Edinburgh University Press
1 citation, 0.07%
EDP Sciences
1 citation, 0.07%
University of California Press
1 citation, 0.07%
Begell House
1 citation, 0.07%
Pleiades Publishing
1 citation, 0.07%
Mary Ann Liebert
1 citation, 0.07%
Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France
1 citation, 0.07%
Les Laboratoires Servier
1 citation, 0.07%
Arizona State University
1 citation, 0.07%
The Company of Biologists
1 citation, 0.07%
American Speech Language Hearing Association
1 citation, 0.07%
Pensoft Publishers
1 citation, 0.07%
Editions E D K
1 citation, 0.07%
Ornithological Society of Japan
1 citation, 0.07%
Vilniaus Universiteto Leidykla
1 citation, 0.07%
Royal College of Psychiatrists
1 citation, 0.07%
Northeast Forestry University
1 citation, 0.07%
Zoological Society of Japan
1 citation, 0.07%
National Research Council Canada
1 citation, 0.07%
S. Karger AG
1 citation, 0.07%
CSIRO Publishing
1 citation, 0.07%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
1 citation, 0.07%
Moscow State University of Psychology and Education
1 citation, 0.07%
Media Sphere Publishing House
1 citation, 0.07%
IGI Global
1 citation, 0.07%
American Psychiatric Association Publishing
1 citation, 0.07%
South Florida Publishing LLC
1 citation, 0.07%
The Japan Association for Philosophy of Science
1 citation, 0.07%
Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society
1 citation, 0.07%
Apex Publishing
1 citation, 0.07%
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Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University
36 publications, 6.95%
University of South Florida
17 publications, 3.28%
University of the Basque Country
16 publications, 3.09%
Zhejiang University
13 publications, 2.51%
University of Lisbon
13 publications, 2.51%
Campus Bio-Medico University
13 publications, 2.51%
Witten/Herdecke University
12 publications, 2.32%
Tel Aviv University
10 publications, 1.93%
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
10 publications, 1.93%
University of Cologne
8 publications, 1.54%
Paris Cité University
8 publications, 1.54%
Université du Québec à Montréal
8 publications, 1.54%
University of São Paulo
8 publications, 1.54%
University of Toulouse-Jean Jaurès
8 publications, 1.54%
Université Catholique de Louvain
7 publications, 1.35%
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
7 publications, 1.35%
Jean Moulin University Lyon 3
7 publications, 1.35%
Ghent University
6 publications, 1.16%
University of Sydney
6 publications, 1.16%
Florida State University
5 publications, 0.97%
Michigan State University
5 publications, 0.97%
National University of Quilmes
5 publications, 0.97%
Indiana University Bloomington
5 publications, 0.97%
University of Utah
5 publications, 0.97%
University of Rijeka
5 publications, 0.97%
French Institute of Health and Medical Research
5 publications, 0.97%
Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle
5 publications, 0.97%
Université Paris Nanterre
5 publications, 0.97%
University of Pittsburgh
5 publications, 0.97%
University of Oxford
4 publications, 0.77%
University of Otago
4 publications, 0.77%
New York University
4 publications, 0.77%
University of California, San Diego
4 publications, 0.77%
Federal University of ABC
4 publications, 0.77%
Université Laval
4 publications, 0.77%
Bordeaux Montaigne University
3 publications, 0.58%
University of Turin
3 publications, 0.58%
Aston University
3 publications, 0.58%
University of Cambridge
3 publications, 0.58%
University of Liverpool
3 publications, 0.58%
Ca' Foscari University of Venice
3 publications, 0.58%
Stellenbosch University
3 publications, 0.58%
Tufts University
3 publications, 0.58%
University of California, Los Angeles
3 publications, 0.58%
University of California, Davis
3 publications, 0.58%
University of Notre Dame
3 publications, 0.58%
Federal University of Santa Catarina
3 publications, 0.58%
University of Leeds
3 publications, 0.58%
University of Vienna
3 publications, 0.58%
Paris School of Economics
3 publications, 0.58%
Western University
3 publications, 0.58%
University of Tours
3 publications, 0.58%
Radboud University Nijmegen
2 publications, 0.39%
University of Bordeaux
2 publications, 0.39%
University of Nantes
2 publications, 0.39%
University of Geneva
2 publications, 0.39%
Australian National University
2 publications, 0.39%
University of Milan
2 publications, 0.39%
Durham University
2 publications, 0.39%
University of Copenhagen
2 publications, 0.39%
University of Padua
2 publications, 0.39%
Sorbonne University
2 publications, 0.39%
National Tsing Hua University
2 publications, 0.39%
University of Melbourne
2 publications, 0.39%
Virginia Tech
2 publications, 0.39%
Duke University
2 publications, 0.39%
Harvard University
2 publications, 0.39%
University of California, Irvine
2 publications, 0.39%
Keio University
2 publications, 0.39%
Leibniz University Hannover
2 publications, 0.39%
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
2 publications, 0.39%
Collège de France
2 publications, 0.39%
Lancaster University
2 publications, 0.39%
University of Minnesota
2 publications, 0.39%
University of Rostock
2 publications, 0.39%
University of Tokyo
2 publications, 0.39%
Federal University of Bahia
2 publications, 0.39%
Erasmus University Rotterdam
2 publications, 0.39%
York University
2 publications, 0.39%
Université Marie et Louis Pasteur
2 publications, 0.39%
University of Toronto
2 publications, 0.39%
University of Alberta
2 publications, 0.39%
University of Ljubljana
2 publications, 0.39%
University of Exeter
2 publications, 0.39%
University of Valladolid
2 publications, 0.39%
National University of Distance Education
2 publications, 0.39%
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
2 publications, 0.39%
National Human Genome Research Institute
2 publications, 0.39%
University of Alabama at Birmingham
2 publications, 0.39%
École pratique des hautes études
2 publications, 0.39%
Paris Sciences et Lettres
2 publications, 0.39%
Federal University of São Paulo
2 publications, 0.39%
Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1
2 publications, 0.39%
Universidad de Chile
2 publications, 0.39%
Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana
2 publications, 0.39%
University of Iowa
2 publications, 0.39%
Université de Montréal
2 publications, 0.39%
Institute of Cytology and Genetics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
1 publication, 0.19%
University of Calcutta
1 publication, 0.19%
University of Tübingen
1 publication, 0.19%
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Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University
23 publications, 11.62%
Zhejiang University
13 publications, 6.57%
Tel Aviv University
10 publications, 5.05%
University of Toulouse-Jean Jaurès
8 publications, 4.04%
University of São Paulo
7 publications, 3.54%
University of Lisbon
6 publications, 3.03%
University of the Basque Country
5 publications, 2.53%
University of Rijeka
5 publications, 2.53%
Ghent University
4 publications, 2.02%
University of Otago
4 publications, 2.02%
Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle
4 publications, 2.02%
Ca' Foscari University of Venice
3 publications, 1.52%
Paris Cité University
3 publications, 1.52%
Paris School of Economics
3 publications, 1.52%
Université Laval
3 publications, 1.52%
University of Bordeaux
2 publications, 1.01%
University of Nantes
2 publications, 1.01%
Federal University of Santa Catarina
2 publications, 1.01%
National University of Quilmes
2 publications, 1.01%
Collège de France
2 publications, 1.01%
University of Leeds
2 publications, 1.01%
University of Ljubljana
2 publications, 1.01%
National Human Genome Research Institute
2 publications, 1.01%
Federal University of São Paulo
2 publications, 1.01%
Jean Moulin University Lyon 3
2 publications, 1.01%
Université Paris Nanterre
2 publications, 1.01%
Université de Montréal
2 publications, 1.01%
University of Pittsburgh
2 publications, 1.01%
Weizmann Institute of Science
1 publication, 0.51%
Donostia International Physics Center
1 publication, 0.51%
Radboud University Nijmegen
1 publication, 0.51%
University of Strasbourg
1 publication, 0.51%
Eindhoven University of Technology
1 publication, 0.51%
University of Geneva
1 publication, 0.51%
Delft University of Technology
1 publication, 0.51%
Université Catholique de Louvain
1 publication, 0.51%
Durham University
1 publication, 0.51%
Maastricht University
1 publication, 0.51%
Sorbonne University
1 publication, 0.51%
University of Edinburgh
1 publication, 0.51%
Florida State University
1 publication, 0.51%
University of Sydney
1 publication, 0.51%
Technical University of Dortmund
1 publication, 0.51%
University of Waikato
1 publication, 0.51%
University of Melbourne
1 publication, 0.51%
Princeton University
1 publication, 0.51%
Virginia Tech
1 publication, 0.51%
Duke University
1 publication, 0.51%
Harvard University
1 publication, 0.51%
Technical University of Berlin
1 publication, 0.51%
Tufts University
1 publication, 0.51%
University of California, Los Angeles
1 publication, 0.51%
University of California, San Diego
1 publication, 0.51%
University of Arizona
1 publication, 0.51%
University of Chicago
1 publication, 0.51%
University of Notre Dame
1 publication, 0.51%
Georgia State University
1 publication, 0.51%
University of Namur
1 publication, 0.51%
Max Planck Institute for the History of Science
1 publication, 0.51%
Leibniz University Hannover
1 publication, 0.51%
National University of General San Martín
1 publication, 0.51%
National University of La Plata
1 publication, 0.51%
Wayne State University
1 publication, 0.51%
Lancaster University
1 publication, 0.51%
Simon Fraser University
1 publication, 0.51%
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
1 publication, 0.51%
University of Münster
1 publication, 0.51%
University of Potsdam
1 publication, 0.51%
Bauhaus University Weimar
1 publication, 0.51%
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
1 publication, 0.51%
University of Vienna
1 publication, 0.51%
University of Graz
1 publication, 0.51%
Complexity Science Hub Vienna
1 publication, 0.51%
Emory University
1 publication, 0.51%
Federal University of Bahia
1 publication, 0.51%
Colorado School of Mines
1 publication, 0.51%
Federal University of ABC
1 publication, 0.51%
Polytechnic University of Valencia
1 publication, 0.51%
Université Marie et Louis Pasteur
1 publication, 0.51%
Biofisika Institute
1 publication, 0.51%
Eastern Kentucky University
1 publication, 0.51%
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
1 publication, 0.51%
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
1 publication, 0.51%
Indiana University Bloomington
1 publication, 0.51%
University of Alabama
1 publication, 0.51%
École pratique des hautes études
1 publication, 0.51%
Paris Sciences et Lettres
1 publication, 0.51%
Université du Québec à Montréal
1 publication, 0.51%
Paul Valéry University Montpellier 3
1 publication, 0.51%
Universidad de Chile
1 publication, 0.51%
Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana
1 publication, 0.51%
Universidade do Estado da Bahia
1 publication, 0.51%
Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana
1 publication, 0.51%
University of Caen Normandy
1 publication, 0.51%
University of Picardy Jules Verne
1 publication, 0.51%
University of Toulon
1 publication, 0.51%
University of Iowa
1 publication, 0.51%
Concordia University
1 publication, 0.51%
Université Paris 8 Vincennes - Saint-Denis
1 publication, 0.51%
Lille Catholic University
1 publication, 0.51%
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USA, 141, 27.22%
USA
141 publications, 27.22%
France, 95, 18.34%
France
95 publications, 18.34%
Germany, 53, 10.23%
Germany
53 publications, 10.23%
United Kingdom, 43, 8.3%
United Kingdom
43 publications, 8.3%
Italy, 31, 5.98%
Italy
31 publications, 5.98%
Canada, 30, 5.79%
Canada
30 publications, 5.79%
Israel, 21, 4.05%
Israel
21 publications, 4.05%
Spain, 20, 3.86%
Spain
20 publications, 3.86%
Brazil, 19, 3.67%
Brazil
19 publications, 3.67%
China, 17, 3.28%
China
17 publications, 3.28%
Australia, 17, 3.28%
Australia
17 publications, 3.28%
Belgium, 15, 2.9%
Belgium
15 publications, 2.9%
Portugal, 13, 2.51%
Portugal
13 publications, 2.51%
Netherlands, 8, 1.54%
Netherlands
8 publications, 1.54%
Argentina, 7, 1.35%
Argentina
7 publications, 1.35%
New Zealand, 6, 1.16%
New Zealand
6 publications, 1.16%
Austria, 5, 0.97%
Austria
5 publications, 0.97%
Croatia, 5, 0.97%
Croatia
5 publications, 0.97%
Greece, 4, 0.77%
Greece
4 publications, 0.77%
Mexico, 4, 0.77%
Mexico
4 publications, 0.77%
Switzerland, 4, 0.77%
Switzerland
4 publications, 0.77%
Sweden, 4, 0.77%
Sweden
4 publications, 0.77%
South Africa, 3, 0.58%
South Africa
3 publications, 0.58%
Japan, 3, 0.58%
Japan
3 publications, 0.58%
Denmark, 2, 0.39%
Denmark
2 publications, 0.39%
Slovenia, 2, 0.39%
Slovenia
2 publications, 0.39%
Chile, 2, 0.39%
Chile
2 publications, 0.39%
Russia, 1, 0.19%
Russia
1 publication, 0.19%
India, 1, 0.19%
India
1 publication, 0.19%
Colombia, 1, 0.19%
Colombia
1 publication, 0.19%
Luxembourg, 1, 0.19%
Luxembourg
1 publication, 0.19%
Finland, 1, 0.19%
Finland
1 publication, 0.19%
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France, 51, 25.76%
France
51 publications, 25.76%
USA, 23, 11.62%
USA
23 publications, 11.62%
Germany, 16, 8.08%
Germany
16 publications, 8.08%
China, 13, 6.57%
China
13 publications, 6.57%
Brazil, 12, 6.06%
Brazil
12 publications, 6.06%
Israel, 11, 5.56%
Israel
11 publications, 5.56%
Canada, 11, 5.56%
Canada
11 publications, 5.56%
Portugal, 6, 3.03%
Portugal
6 publications, 3.03%
Belgium, 6, 3.03%
Belgium
6 publications, 3.03%
United Kingdom, 6, 3.03%
United Kingdom
6 publications, 3.03%
Spain, 5, 2.53%
Spain
5 publications, 2.53%
New Zealand, 5, 2.53%
New Zealand
5 publications, 2.53%
Croatia, 5, 2.53%
Croatia
5 publications, 2.53%
Argentina, 4, 2.02%
Argentina
4 publications, 2.02%
Australia, 3, 1.52%
Australia
3 publications, 1.52%
Italy, 3, 1.52%
Italy
3 publications, 1.52%
Netherlands, 3, 1.52%
Netherlands
3 publications, 1.52%
Austria, 2, 1.01%
Austria
2 publications, 1.01%
Mexico, 2, 1.01%
Mexico
2 publications, 1.01%
Slovenia, 2, 1.01%
Slovenia
2 publications, 1.01%
Switzerland, 2, 1.01%
Switzerland
2 publications, 1.01%
Chile, 1, 0.51%
Chile
1 publication, 0.51%
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