Synthese
{{Infobox Journal
| title = Synthese
| cover = Synthese.jpg
| former_name =
| abbreviation = Synthese
| discipline = Philosophy, philosophy of science
| editor =
| publisher = Springer Science+Business Media
| country =
| history = 1936–present
| frequency = Monthly
| openaccess = Hybrid
| license =
| impact = 1.5
| impact-year = 2022
| ISSN = 0039-7857
| eISSN = 1573-0964
| CODEN =
| 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 ({{IPAc-en|s|ɪ|n|ˈ|t|eɪ|z|ə}}) is a monthly peer-reviewed academic journal covering the epistemology, methodology, and philosophy of science, and related issues.{{cite web |title=Synthese |url=https://www.springer.com/journal/11229 |website=Homepage |access-date=2020-11-08}} 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.{{cite journal |title=Inleiding |journal=Synthese |date=December 1936 |volume=1 |issue=1 |pages=1–6 |doi=10.1007/BF01272768}}
Jaakko Hintikka was editor-in-chief from 1965 to 2002.{{cite journal |last=Sher |first=Gila |date=August 2015 |title=In memoriam: Jaakko Hintikka |journal=Synthese |volume=192 |issue=8 |pages=2337–2338 |doi=10.1007/s11229-015-0882-2|doi-access=free}} The current editors-in-chief are Otávio Bueno (University of Miami), Wiebe van der Hoek (University of Liverpool), and Kristie Miller (University of Sydney).{{cite web |title=Editors |url=https://www.springer.com/journal/11229/editors |website=Synthese |access-date=2020-11-08}}
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,{{cite journal |last1=Branch |first1=Glenn |last2=Fetzer |first2=James H. |title=Evolution and Its Rivals |journal=Synthese |volume=178 |issue=2 |date=January 2011 |url=https://link.springer.com/journal/11229/178/2/page/1 |access-date=28 January 2016}} 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".{{cite news |last=Oppenheimer |first=Mark |title=Debate Over Intelligent Design Ensnares a Journal |newspaper=New York Times |date=13 May 2011 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/14/us/14beliefs.html |access-date=28 January 2016}}
The journal engendered controversy again in 2016, when an article was called a "homophobic and sexist rant".{{cite journal |last1=Billingham |first1=Paul |last2=Parr |first2=Tom |date=December 2020 |title=Enforcing social norms: the morality of public shaming |journal=European Journal of Philosophy |volume=28 |issue=4 |pages=997–1016 |doi=10.1111/ejop.12543 |hdl=10230/49122 |s2cid=218803630 |hdl-access=free}}
"Due to an unfortunate human error", one of the articles accepted for publication in the special issue Logic and Relativity Theory{{cite journal |last=Székely |first=Gergely |title=Logic and Relativity Theory |journal=Synthese |volume=192 |issue=7 |pages=1937–1938 |date=July 2015 |doi=10.1007/s11229-014-0622-z |doi-access=free }} 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.{{cite web |last=W. |first=Justin |title=Statement from Synthese Editors/Moratorium on Special Issues |website=Daily Nous |date=27 January 2016 |url=https://dailynous.com/2016/01/27/statement-from-synthese-editors-moratorium-on-special-issues/ |access-date=30 January 2016}}
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
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- Arts and Humanities Citation Index{{cite web |url=http://mjl.clarivate.com/ |title=Web of Science Master Journal List |publisher=Clarivate |work=Intellectual Property & Science |access-date=2024-01-04}}
- Current Contents/Arts & Humanities
- Index Islamicus{{cite MIAR |title=Synthese |issn=0039-7857 |access-date=2024-01-04}}
- International Bibliography of Periodical Literature
- Linguistic Bibliography
- MathSciNet{{cite web |url=https://mathscinet.ams.org/dmr/JournalListS.html |title=Synthese |publisher=American Mathematical Society |work=MathSciNet |access-date=2024-01-04}}
- Modern Language Association Database
- ProQuest databases
- Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale
- Science Citation Index Expanded
- Scopus{{cite web |url=https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/27699 |title=Source details: Synthese |publisher=Elsevier |work=Scopus Preview |access-date=2024-01-04}}
- Social Sciences Citation Index
- zbMATH Open{{cite web |url=https://zbmath.org/serials/727 |title=Synthese |publisher=Springer Science+Business Media |work=zbMATH Open |access-date=2024-01-04}}
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Reception
In 2022, the journal was ranked 4th in a meta-analysis of philosophy journals.{{Cite journal |title=Ranking philosophy journals: a meta-ranking and a new survey ranking |first=Boudewijn |last=de Bruin |date=November 27, 2023 |journal=Synthese |volume=202 |issue=6 |pages=188 |doi=10.1007/s11229-023-04342-9|doi-access=free }} According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2022 impact factor of 1.5.{{cite book |year=2023 |chapter=Synthese |title=2022 Journal Citation Reports |publisher=Clarivate |edition=Science/Social Sciences/Arts and Humanities |via=Web of Science |title-link=Journal Citation Reports}}
See also
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://www.springer.com/11229}}
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