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The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science is published for the Society by University of Chicago Press. Founded in 1950, it is one of the leading international journals in the philosophy of science. It has a current Impact Factor of 3.978 (and a 5-year impact factor of 3.433), making the highest cited journal in the field. More editorial statistics can be found here. Each issue features an Editors’ Choice article, available to download for free, and every year the BSPS Committee, in consultation with the Editors, choose a paper for the prestigious BJPS Popper Prize, which is also made available to download for free. In addition, the journal publishes themed collections on topics of particular interest, such as the work of T. S. Kuhn or the philosophy of cognitive science. The journal has two sister sites: the BJPS Review of Books, which publishes reviews of recent philosophy of science books, and BJPS Short Reads, which features short essays based on BJPS articles. It also has a blog, Auxiliary Hypotheses, which features new work in the field, publishing advice, and news about the journal. Instructions for how to submit papers can be found here. For all other matters, email us here.
Deputy Editor
Elizabeth Hannon
Deputy Editor
LSE
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Associate Editors
Jon Bain (NYU)
Pierrick Bourrat (Macquarie University)
Cameron Buckner (University of Houston)
Igor Douven (IHPST Pantheon-Sorbonne University)
Shane N Glackin (University of Exeter)
Nick Huggett (University of Illinois at Chicago)
Mary Leng (University of York)
Peter J Lewis (Dartmouth College)
Caterina Marchionni (University of Helsinki)
Kerry McKenzie (UCSD)
Cédric Paternotte (Université Paris-Sorbonne)
Lauren N Ross (University of California, Irvine)
Jonah N Schupbach (University of Utah)
Daniel Steel (University of British Columbia)
Emily Sullivan (Eindhoven University of Technology)
Jackie Sullivan (Western University Canada)
Dana Tulodziecki (Purdue University)
Alastair Wilson (University of Leeds)
Previous Editor(s)-in-Chief
Steven French & Wendy Parker (2016–2020)
Steven French & Michela Massimi (2011–2016)
Alexander Bird & James Ladyman (2006–2010)
Peter Clark (1999–2006)
David Papineau (1993–1998)
G M K Hunt (1986–1993)
Donald Gillies (1982–1985)
John Worrall (1980–1982)
John Wakins & John Worrall (1974–1979)
Imre Lakatos (1971–1973)
D H Mellor (1970–1971)
Mary Hesse & D H Mellor (1969)
Mary Hesse (1965–1968)
J O Wisdom (1956–1964)
A C Crombie (1950–1955)
Previous Associate Editors
Guido Bacciagaluppi (2012–2017)
Helen Beebee (2012–2015)
Jonathan Birch (2019–2021)
Lara Buchak (2015–2018)
Ellen Clarke (2015–2021)
Roman Frigg (2011–2016)
Katherine Hawley (2000–2011)
Eleanor Knox (2016–2017)
Marc Lange (2010–2014)
Alyssa Ney (2015–2024)
Robert Rupert (2015–2020)
Juha Saatsi ( 2020–2022)
H. Orri Stefánsson ( 2018–2023)
Peter Vickers (2022–2024)
Marcel Weber (2010–2015)
Paul Weirich (2011–2023)
Daniel Weiskopf (2013–2021)
Christian Wüthrich (2017–2021)
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British Journal for the Philosophy of Science
Department of Philosophy, Logic, and Scientific Method
London School of Economics and Political Science
London WC2A 2AE
UK
bjps@thebsps.org
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