Synthese Explained

Synthese
Cover:Synthese.jpg
Abbreviation:Synthese
Discipline:Philosophy, philosophy of science
Publisher:Springer Science+Business Media
History:1936–present
Frequency:Monthly
Openaccess:Hybrid
Impact:1.5
Impact-Year:2022
Issn:0039-7857
Eissn:1573-0964
Jstor:00397857
Lccn:49013363
Oclc:299331447
Website:https://www.springer.com/11229
Link2:https://link.springer.com/journal/11229/volumes-and-issues
Link2-Name:Online archive

Synthese is a monthly peer-reviewed academic journal covering the epistemology, methodology, and philosophy of science, and related issues.[1] The name Synthese (from the Dutch for synthesis) finds its origin in the intentions of its founding editors: making explicit the supposed internal coherence between the different, highly specialised scientific disciplines.[2] Jaakko Hintikka was editor-in-chief from 1965 to 2002.[3] The current editors-in-chief are Otávio Bueno (University of Miami), Wiebe van der Hoek (University of Liverpool), and Kristie Miller (University of Sydney).[4]

Editorial decision controversies

In 2011, the journal became involved in a controversy over intelligent design. The printed version of the special issue Evolution and Its Rivals,[5] which appeared two years after the online version, was supplied with a disclaimer from the then editors of the journal that "appeared to undermine [the authors] and the guest editors".[6]

The journal engendered controversy again in 2016, when an article was called a "homophobic and sexist rant".[7]

"Due to an unfortunate human error", one of the articles accepted for publication in the special issue Logic and Relativity Theory[8] was not sent by the guest editor to the editors of the journal for approval as the then current policies had required. Upon the discovery of this discrepancy, the editors of the journal imposed a moratorium on new special issues for approximately two-three months pending review of the policies.[9]

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

Reception

In 2022, the journal was ranked 4th in a meta-analysis of philosophy journals.[10] According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2022 impact factor of 1.5.[11]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Synthese . Homepage . 2020-11-08.
  2. Inleiding . Synthese . December 1936 . 1 . 1 . 1–6 . 10.1007/BF01272768.
  3. Sher . Gila . August 2015 . In memoriam: Jaakko Hintikka . Synthese . 192 . 8 . 2337–2338 . 10.1007/s11229-015-0882-2. free.
  4. Web site: Editors . Synthese . 2020-11-08.
  5. Branch . Glenn . Fetzer . James H. . Evolution and Its Rivals . Synthese . 178 . 2 . January 2011 . 28 January 2016.
  6. News: Oppenheimer . Mark . Debate Over Intelligent Design Ensnares a Journal . . 13 May 2011 . 28 January 2016.
  7. Billingham . Paul . Parr . Tom . December 2020 . Enforcing social norms: the morality of public shaming . . 28 . 4 . 997–1016 . 10.1111/ejop.12543 . 10230/49122 . 218803630 . free.
  8. Székely . Gergely . Logic and Relativity Theory . Synthese . 192 . 7 . 1937–1938 . July 2015 . 10.1007/s11229-014-0622-z . free .
  9. Web site: W. . Justin . Statement from Synthese Editors/Moratorium on Special Issues . Daily Nous . 27 January 2016 . 30 January 2016.
  10. Ranking philosophy journals: a meta-ranking and a new survey ranking . Boudewijn . de Bruin . November 27, 2023 . Synthese . 202 . 6 . 188 . 10.1007/s11229-023-04342-9. free .
  11. Book: 2023 . Synthese . 2022 Journal Citation Reports . . Science/Social Sciences/Arts and Humanities . . Journal Citation Reports.