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The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science is a peer-reviewed journal published by Oxford University Press, covering Philosophy and History of Science, Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics, Philosophy and Theoretical Science.

PublisherOxford University Press
Reference styleAuthor–year (OUP)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 12(3), pp. 45–58.

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Publishes research inPhilosophy and History of Science Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics Philosophy and Theoretical Science Quantum Mechanics and Applications Science and Climate Studies
ISSN0007-0882
Citation impact (2-yr)1.96
h-index132
i10-index1,510
Total citations91,843
Top institutions publishing hereLondon School of Economics and Political Science
Journal websitebjps.oxfordjournals.org
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Papers published in The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science per year

67
2014
53
2015
47
2016
74
2017
81
2018
56
2019
11
2020
113
2021
32
2022
60
2023
51
2024
52
2025

Citation impact of The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science by publication year

2.3K
2014
2K
2015
1.9K
2016
2.4K
2017
2.4K
2018
1.4K
2019
86
2020
1.4K
2021
211
2022
279
2023
157
2024
69
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science

Causes and Explanations: A Structural-Model Approach. Part I: Causes

Joseph Y. Halpern, Judea Pearl · 9 Nov 2005

We propose a new definition of actual causes, using structural equations to model counterfactuals. We show that the definition yields a plausible and elegant account of causation that handles well examples which have caused problems for other definitions and resolves major difficulties in the traditional account. 1. Introduction2. Causal models: a review2.1Causal models2.2Syntax and semantics3. The definition of…

How to Tell When Simpler, More Unified, or Less<i>Ad Hoc</i>Theories will Provide More Accurate Predictions

MALCOLM FORSTER, Elliott Sober · 1 Mar 1994

Traditional analyses of the curve fitting problem maintain that the data do not indicate what form the fitted curve should take. Rather, this issue is said to be settled by prior probabilities, by simplicity, or by a background theory. In this paper, we describe a result due to Akaike [1973], which shows how the data…

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