Biology & Philosophy

26.0k citations
1.6k papers · indexed · active since 1950

Biology & Philosophy

1.4k papers receiving 21.9k citations

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Biology & Philosophy
Comparison fields: 5 of 219
  • History and Philosophy of Science 8.0k
  • Sociology and Political Science 7.4k
  • Genetics 5.0k
  • Molecular Biology 3.7k
  • Cognitive Neuroscience 3.7k
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About Biology & Philosophy

The 1.6k papers published in Biology & Philosophy in the last decades have received a total of 26.0k indexed citations . Papers published in Biology & Philosophy usually cover History and Philosophy of Science (630 papers), Sociology and Political Science (567 papers) and Genetics (362 papers) specifically the topics of Philosophy and History of Science (583 papers), Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (525 papers) and Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (258 papers). The most active scholars publishing in Biology & Philosophy are Michael Lynch, Peter Godfrey‐Smith, Steve Woolgar, Daniel W. McShea, Kim Sterelny, Robert N. Brandon, James Woodward, Paul E. Griffiths, Marc Ereshefsky and Alan C. Love.

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