History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences

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CiteScore
0.2
Years of issue
2024
journal names
History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences
Publications
509
Citations
1 294
h-index
15
Publications
189
Citations
845
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)

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Synthese
48 citations, 3.71%
History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences
35 citations, 2.7%
History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences
31 citations, 2.4%
Biology and Philosophy
25 citations, 1.93%
Science and Education
23 citations, 1.78%
Biological Theory
20 citations, 1.55%
European Journal for Philosophy of Science
16 citations, 1.24%
Frontiers in Psychology
14 citations, 1.08%
Erkenntnis
13 citations, 1%
Journal of Medicine and Philosophy
12 citations, 0.93%
Biosemiotics
12 citations, 0.93%
Journal for General Philosophy of Science
11 citations, 0.85%
Biological Reviews
9 citations, 0.7%
Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics
8 citations, 0.62%
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
8 citations, 0.62%
Ecology and Evolution
7 citations, 0.54%
Scientific Reports
7 citations, 0.54%
Perspectives on Science
7 citations, 0.54%
Systems Research and Behavioral Science
7 citations, 0.54%
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
6 citations, 0.46%
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution
6 citations, 0.46%
International Journal of Science Education
6 citations, 0.46%
Acta Biotheoretica
6 citations, 0.46%
Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy
6 citations, 0.46%
Philosophical Psychology
6 citations, 0.46%
Environmental Conservation
5 citations, 0.39%
Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
5 citations, 0.39%
Evolutionary Biology
5 citations, 0.39%
Science Education
5 citations, 0.39%
Journal of Research in Science Teaching
5 citations, 0.39%
Neuroethics
5 citations, 0.39%
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A
5 citations, 0.39%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
4 citations, 0.31%
Evolution: Education and Outreach
4 citations, 0.31%
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
4 citations, 0.31%
Cognitive Systems Monographs
4 citations, 0.31%
Journal of Medical Ethics
4 citations, 0.31%
Journal of the History of Biology
4 citations, 0.31%
Philosophy Compass
4 citations, 0.31%
Zygon
4 citations, 0.31%
Molecular Ecology
4 citations, 0.31%
Handbook of African Philosophy
4 citations, 0.31%
British Journal for the History of Philosophy
3 citations, 0.23%
Systematics and Biodiversity
3 citations, 0.23%
PeerJ
3 citations, 0.23%
Foundations of Science
3 citations, 0.23%
Philosophy and Technology
3 citations, 0.23%
Centaurus
3 citations, 0.23%
Journal of Molluscan Studies
3 citations, 0.23%
Pacific Philosophical Quarterly
3 citations, 0.23%
Ecological Psychology
3 citations, 0.23%
Medical Anthropology: Cross Cultural Studies in Health and Illness
3 citations, 0.23%
BioSystems
3 citations, 0.23%
Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
3 citations, 0.23%
Christian Bioethics
3 citations, 0.23%
Canadian Journal of Philosophy
3 citations, 0.23%
IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing
3 citations, 0.23%
Frontiers in Physiology
3 citations, 0.23%
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
3 citations, 0.23%
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C :Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences
3 citations, 0.23%
Journal of Economic Methodology
3 citations, 0.23%
Journal of Evolutionary Biology
3 citations, 0.23%
Journal of Bioethical Inquiry
3 citations, 0.23%
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
3 citations, 0.23%
Journal of Biogeography
3 citations, 0.23%
Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism
3 citations, 0.23%
Systematic Biology
3 citations, 0.23%
American Journal of Bioethics
3 citations, 0.23%
PLoS Computational Biology
3 citations, 0.23%
British Journal for the Philosophy of Science
3 citations, 0.23%
PLoS ONE
3 citations, 0.23%
The Cold War Politics of Genetic Research
3 citations, 0.23%
Philosophy and Medicine
3 citations, 0.23%
Artefactos
3 citations, 0.23%
Shaping the Future of Biological Education Research
3 citations, 0.23%
Review of General Psychology
2 citations, 0.15%
Frontiers in Plant Science
2 citations, 0.15%
Entropy
2 citations, 0.15%
Ethical Economy
2 citations, 0.15%
Science of the Total Environment
2 citations, 0.15%
History of the Human Sciences
2 citations, 0.15%
Nature Communications
2 citations, 0.15%
European Journal of the History of Economic Thought
2 citations, 0.15%
Frontiers in Psychiatry
2 citations, 0.15%
Public Understanding of Science
2 citations, 0.15%
Behavioral Ecology
2 citations, 0.15%
Ecosystem Services
2 citations, 0.15%
Cladistics
2 citations, 0.15%
Intellectual History Review
2 citations, 0.15%
BMC Medical Ethics
2 citations, 0.15%
Philosophy of Science
2 citations, 0.15%
History of Psychiatry
2 citations, 0.15%
Dialogue-Canadian Philosophical Review
2 citations, 0.15%
Biological Conservation
2 citations, 0.15%
Social Theory and Health
2 citations, 0.15%
CBE Life Sciences Education
2 citations, 0.15%
Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics
2 citations, 0.15%
Human Ecology
2 citations, 0.15%
Zoologica Scripta
2 citations, 0.15%
Coral Reefs
2 citations, 0.15%
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Springer Nature
413 citations, 31.92%
Wiley
127 citations, 9.81%
Taylor & Francis
66 citations, 5.1%
Oxford University Press
62 citations, 4.79%
Elsevier
49 citations, 3.79%
Frontiers Media S.A.
40 citations, 3.09%
SAGE
21 citations, 1.62%
Cambridge University Press
19 citations, 1.47%
MDPI
16 citations, 1.24%
The Royal Society
15 citations, 1.16%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
10 citations, 0.77%
MIT Press
8 citations, 0.62%
University of Chicago Press
7 citations, 0.54%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
7 citations, 0.54%
CAIRN
7 citations, 0.54%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
6 citations, 0.46%
BMJ
5 citations, 0.39%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
4 citations, 0.31%
PeerJ
4 citations, 0.31%
Walter de Gruyter
3 citations, 0.23%
Emerald
2 citations, 0.15%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2 citations, 0.15%
AIP Publishing
2 citations, 0.15%
Magnolia Press
2 citations, 0.15%
American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB)
2 citations, 0.15%
Association Centre Sevres
2 citations, 0.15%
Annual Reviews
2 citations, 0.15%
American Psychological Association (APA)
2 citations, 0.15%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
1 citation, 0.08%
Edinburgh University Press
1 citation, 0.08%
EDP Sciences
1 citation, 0.08%
University of California Press
1 citation, 0.08%
Begell House
1 citation, 0.08%
Pleiades Publishing
1 citation, 0.08%
Mary Ann Liebert
1 citation, 0.08%
Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France
1 citation, 0.08%
Les Laboratoires Servier
1 citation, 0.08%
Arizona State University
1 citation, 0.08%
The Company of Biologists
1 citation, 0.08%
American Speech Language Hearing Association
1 citation, 0.08%
Pensoft Publishers
1 citation, 0.08%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
1 citation, 0.08%
Editions E D K
1 citation, 0.08%
Ornithological Society of Japan
1 citation, 0.08%
Vilniaus Universiteto Leidykla
1 citation, 0.08%
Northeast Forestry University
1 citation, 0.08%
Zoological Society of Japan
1 citation, 0.08%
National Research Council Canada
1 citation, 0.08%
S. Karger AG
1 citation, 0.08%
Akademiai Kiado
1 citation, 0.08%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
1 citation, 0.08%
Moscow State University of Psychology and Education
1 citation, 0.08%
Media Sphere Publishing House
1 citation, 0.08%
IGI Global
1 citation, 0.08%
American Psychiatric Association Publishing
1 citation, 0.08%
South Florida Publishing LLC
1 citation, 0.08%
The Japan Association for Philosophy of Science
1 citation, 0.08%
Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society
1 citation, 0.08%
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Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University
27 publications, 5.3%
University of South Florida
17 publications, 3.34%
University of the Basque Country
16 publications, 3.14%
Zhejiang University
13 publications, 2.55%
University of Lisbon
13 publications, 2.55%
Campus Bio-Medico University
13 publications, 2.55%
Witten/Herdecke University
12 publications, 2.36%
Tel Aviv University
10 publications, 1.96%
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
10 publications, 1.96%
University of Cologne
8 publications, 1.57%
Paris Cité University
8 publications, 1.57%
Université du Québec à Montréal
8 publications, 1.57%
University of São Paulo
8 publications, 1.57%
University of Toulouse-Jean Jaurès
8 publications, 1.57%
Université Catholique de Louvain
7 publications, 1.38%
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
7 publications, 1.38%
Jean Moulin University Lyon 3
7 publications, 1.38%
Ghent University
6 publications, 1.18%
University of Sydney
6 publications, 1.18%
Florida State University
5 publications, 0.98%
Michigan State University
5 publications, 0.98%
National University of Quilmes
5 publications, 0.98%
Indiana University Bloomington
5 publications, 0.98%
University of Utah
5 publications, 0.98%
University of Rijeka
5 publications, 0.98%
French Institute of Health and Medical Research
5 publications, 0.98%
Université Paris Nanterre
5 publications, 0.98%
University of Pittsburgh
5 publications, 0.98%
University of Oxford
4 publications, 0.79%
University of Otago
4 publications, 0.79%
New York University
4 publications, 0.79%
University of California, San Diego
4 publications, 0.79%
Federal University of ABC
4 publications, 0.79%
Université Laval
4 publications, 0.79%
Bordeaux Montaigne University
3 publications, 0.59%
University of Turin
3 publications, 0.59%
Aston University
3 publications, 0.59%
University of Cambridge
3 publications, 0.59%
University of Liverpool
3 publications, 0.59%
Ca' Foscari University of Venice
3 publications, 0.59%
Stellenbosch University
3 publications, 0.59%
Tufts University
3 publications, 0.59%
University of California, Los Angeles
3 publications, 0.59%
University of California, Davis
3 publications, 0.59%
University of Notre Dame
3 publications, 0.59%
Federal University of Santa Catarina
3 publications, 0.59%
University of Leeds
3 publications, 0.59%
University of Vienna
3 publications, 0.59%
Paris School of Economics
3 publications, 0.59%
Western University
3 publications, 0.59%
University of Tours
3 publications, 0.59%
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, 0.2%
University of Calcutta
1 publication, 0.2%
University of Tübingen
1 publication, 0.2%
Presidency University
1 publication, 0.2%
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Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University
14 publications, 7.41%
Zhejiang University
13 publications, 6.88%
Tel Aviv University
10 publications, 5.29%
University of Toulouse-Jean Jaurès
8 publications, 4.23%
University of São Paulo
7 publications, 3.7%
University of Lisbon
6 publications, 3.17%
University of the Basque Country
5 publications, 2.65%
University of Rijeka
5 publications, 2.65%
Ghent University
4 publications, 2.12%
University of Otago
4 publications, 2.12%
Ca' Foscari University of Venice
3 publications, 1.59%
National University of Quilmes
3 publications, 1.59%
Paris Cité University
3 publications, 1.59%
Paris School of Economics
3 publications, 1.59%
Université Laval
3 publications, 1.59%
University of Bordeaux
2 publications, 1.06%
University of Nantes
2 publications, 1.06%
Federal University of Santa Catarina
2 publications, 1.06%
Collège de France
2 publications, 1.06%
University of Leeds
2 publications, 1.06%
University of Ljubljana
2 publications, 1.06%
National Human Genome Research Institute
2 publications, 1.06%
Federal University of São Paulo
2 publications, 1.06%
Jean Moulin University Lyon 3
2 publications, 1.06%
Université Paris Nanterre
2 publications, 1.06%
Université de Montréal
2 publications, 1.06%
University of Pittsburgh
2 publications, 1.06%
Weizmann Institute of Science
1 publication, 0.53%
Donostia International Physics Center
1 publication, 0.53%
Radboud University Nijmegen
1 publication, 0.53%
University of Strasbourg
1 publication, 0.53%
Eindhoven University of Technology
1 publication, 0.53%
University of Geneva
1 publication, 0.53%
Delft University of Technology
1 publication, 0.53%
Université Catholique de Louvain
1 publication, 0.53%
Durham University
1 publication, 0.53%
Maastricht University
1 publication, 0.53%
Sorbonne University
1 publication, 0.53%
University of Edinburgh
1 publication, 0.53%
Florida State University
1 publication, 0.53%
University of Sydney
1 publication, 0.53%
Technical University of Dortmund
1 publication, 0.53%
University of Waikato
1 publication, 0.53%
University of Melbourne
1 publication, 0.53%
Princeton University
1 publication, 0.53%
Virginia Tech
1 publication, 0.53%
Duke University
1 publication, 0.53%
Harvard University
1 publication, 0.53%
Technical University of Berlin
1 publication, 0.53%
Tufts University
1 publication, 0.53%
University of California, Los Angeles
1 publication, 0.53%
University of California, San Diego
1 publication, 0.53%
University of Arizona
1 publication, 0.53%
University of Chicago
1 publication, 0.53%
University of Notre Dame
1 publication, 0.53%
Georgia State University
1 publication, 0.53%
University of Namur
1 publication, 0.53%
Max Planck Institute for the History of Science
1 publication, 0.53%
Leibniz University Hannover
1 publication, 0.53%
National University of General San Martín
1 publication, 0.53%
National University of La Plata
1 publication, 0.53%
Wayne State University
1 publication, 0.53%
Lancaster University
1 publication, 0.53%
Simon Fraser University
1 publication, 0.53%
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
1 publication, 0.53%
University of Münster
1 publication, 0.53%
University of Potsdam
1 publication, 0.53%
Bauhaus University Weimar
1 publication, 0.53%
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
1 publication, 0.53%
University of Vienna
1 publication, 0.53%
University of Graz
1 publication, 0.53%
Complexity Science Hub Vienna
1 publication, 0.53%
Emory University
1 publication, 0.53%
Federal University of Bahia
1 publication, 0.53%
Colorado School of Mines
1 publication, 0.53%
Federal University of ABC
1 publication, 0.53%
Polytechnic University of Valencia
1 publication, 0.53%
Université Marie et Louis Pasteur
1 publication, 0.53%
Biofisika Institute
1 publication, 0.53%
Eastern Kentucky University
1 publication, 0.53%
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
1 publication, 0.53%
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
1 publication, 0.53%
Indiana University Bloomington
1 publication, 0.53%
University of Alabama
1 publication, 0.53%
École pratique des hautes études
1 publication, 0.53%
Paris Sciences et Lettres
1 publication, 0.53%
Université du Québec à Montréal
1 publication, 0.53%
Paul Valéry University Montpellier 3
1 publication, 0.53%
Universidad de Chile
1 publication, 0.53%
Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana
1 publication, 0.53%
Universidade do Estado da Bahia
1 publication, 0.53%
Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana
1 publication, 0.53%
University of Caen Normandy
1 publication, 0.53%
University of Picardy Jules Verne
1 publication, 0.53%
University of Toulon
1 publication, 0.53%
University of Iowa
1 publication, 0.53%
Concordia University
1 publication, 0.53%
Université Paris 8 Vincennes - Saint-Denis
1 publication, 0.53%
Lille Catholic University
1 publication, 0.53%
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USA
141 publications, 27.7%
France, 95, 18.66%
France
95 publications, 18.66%
Germany, 53, 10.41%
Germany
53 publications, 10.41%
United Kingdom, 43, 8.45%
United Kingdom
43 publications, 8.45%
Italy, 31, 6.09%
Italy
31 publications, 6.09%
Canada, 30, 5.89%
Canada
30 publications, 5.89%
Israel, 21, 4.13%
Israel
21 publications, 4.13%
Spain, 20, 3.93%
Spain
20 publications, 3.93%
Brazil, 19, 3.73%
Brazil
19 publications, 3.73%
China, 17, 3.34%
China
17 publications, 3.34%
Australia, 17, 3.34%
Australia
17 publications, 3.34%
Belgium, 15, 2.95%
Belgium
15 publications, 2.95%
Portugal, 13, 2.55%
Portugal
13 publications, 2.55%
Netherlands, 8, 1.57%
Netherlands
8 publications, 1.57%
Argentina, 7, 1.38%
Argentina
7 publications, 1.38%
New Zealand, 6, 1.18%
New Zealand
6 publications, 1.18%
Austria, 5, 0.98%
Austria
5 publications, 0.98%
Croatia, 5, 0.98%
Croatia
5 publications, 0.98%
Greece, 4, 0.79%
Greece
4 publications, 0.79%
Mexico, 4, 0.79%
Mexico
4 publications, 0.79%
Switzerland, 4, 0.79%
Switzerland
4 publications, 0.79%
Sweden, 4, 0.79%
Sweden
4 publications, 0.79%
South Africa, 3, 0.59%
South Africa
3 publications, 0.59%
Japan, 3, 0.59%
Japan
3 publications, 0.59%
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, 0.2%
Russia
1 publication, 0.2%
India, 1, 0.2%
India
1 publication, 0.2%
Colombia, 1, 0.2%
Colombia
1 publication, 0.2%
Luxembourg, 1, 0.2%
Luxembourg
1 publication, 0.2%
Finland, 1, 0.2%
Finland
1 publication, 0.2%
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France, 51, 26.98%
France
51 publications, 26.98%
USA, 23, 12.17%
USA
23 publications, 12.17%
Germany, 16, 8.47%
Germany
16 publications, 8.47%
China, 13, 6.88%
China
13 publications, 6.88%
Brazil, 12, 6.35%
Brazil
12 publications, 6.35%
Israel, 11, 5.82%
Israel
11 publications, 5.82%
Canada, 11, 5.82%
Canada
11 publications, 5.82%
Portugal, 6, 3.17%
Portugal
6 publications, 3.17%
Belgium, 6, 3.17%
Belgium
6 publications, 3.17%
United Kingdom, 6, 3.17%
United Kingdom
6 publications, 3.17%
Argentina, 5, 2.65%
Argentina
5 publications, 2.65%
Spain, 5, 2.65%
Spain
5 publications, 2.65%
New Zealand, 5, 2.65%
New Zealand
5 publications, 2.65%
Croatia, 5, 2.65%
Croatia
5 publications, 2.65%
Australia, 3, 1.59%
Australia
3 publications, 1.59%
Italy, 3, 1.59%
Italy
3 publications, 1.59%
Netherlands, 3, 1.59%
Netherlands
3 publications, 1.59%
Austria, 2, 1.06%
Austria
2 publications, 1.06%
Mexico, 2, 1.06%
Mexico
2 publications, 1.06%
Slovenia, 2, 1.06%
Slovenia
2 publications, 1.06%
Switzerland, 2, 1.06%
Switzerland
2 publications, 1.06%
Chile, 1, 0.53%
Chile
1 publication, 0.53%
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