Khelfaoui, Mahdi and Gingras, Yves and Lemoine, Maël and Pradeu, Thomas (2021) The visibility of philosophy of science in the sciences, 1980–2018. Synthese. ISSN 0039-7857

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In this paper, we provide a macro level analysis of the visibility of philosophy of science in the sciences over the last four decades. Our quantitative analysis of publications and citations of philosophy of science papers, published in 17 main journals representing the discipline, contributes to the longstanding debate on the influence of philosophy of science on the sciences. It reveals the global structure of relationships that philosophy of science maintains with science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and social sciences and humanities (SSH) fields. Explored at the level of disciplines, journals and authors, this analysis of the relations between philosophy of science and a large and diversified array of disciplines allows us to answer several questions: what is the degree of openness of various disciplines to the specialized knowledge produced in philosophy of science? Which STEM and SSH fields and journals have privileged ties with philosophy of science? What are the characteristics, in terms of citation and publication patterns, of authors who get their philosophy of science papers cited outside their field? Complementing existing qualitative inquiries on the influence of specific authors, concepts or topics of philosophy of science, the bibliometric approach proposed in this paper offers a comprehensive portrait of the multiple relationships that links philosophy of science to the sciences.

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Item Type:	Published Article or Volume
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Khelfaoui, Mahdi Gingras, Yves Lemoine, Maël Pradeu, Thomas
Keywords:	bibliometrics; citation analysis
Subjects:	General Issues > History of Philosophy of Science General Issues > Philosophers of Science General Issues > Science and Society General Issues > Social Epistemology of Science
Depositing User:	Thomas Pradeu
Date Deposited:	10 Mar 2021 03:01
Last Modified:	10 Mar 2021 03:01
Item ID:	18789
Journal or Publication Title:	Synthese
Official URL:	http://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-021-03067-x
DOI or Unique Handle:	10.1007/s11229-021-03067-x
Subjects:	General Issues > History of Philosophy of Science General Issues > Philosophers of Science General Issues > Science and Society General Issues > Social Epistemology of Science
Date:	2021
ISSN:	0039-7857
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/18789

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