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1、投稿方式：在线投稿。
2、期刊网址：
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4、官网邮箱：journal@philsci.org
5、期刊刊期：一年5期，每年1、4、7、10、12月出版。
2020年11月17日星期二
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GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION
All submissions must be made through the Philosophy of Science Editorial Manager website. Please read these guidelines carefully to help avoid delays with your manuscript.
Submission Policies
What We Publish
Philosophy of Science aims to publish the best original work in philosophy of science, broadly construed. This work will advance the discussion in some area of philosophy of science or the philosophy of a particular science in a way that is of direct interest to experts in the field, and in a way that explicitly acknowledges and responds to existing work in the area. All submissions are peer reviewed.
Professional Standards
Submissions that do not take into account the existing literature on the topic of the paper and related topics are not publishable in Philosophy of Science.
Submission Types
Philosophy of Science publishes Articles, Discussion Notes, Book Reviews, and Essay Reviews. Policies for each submission type are listed below.
Articles
Articles make novel contributions to current research and debates in contemporary philosophy of science and locate this new work in relation to existing literature in the field.
Articles are limited to 9,500 words all inclusive (title, abstract, footnotes, citations).
Authors may have no more than one peer-reviewed submission (article or discussion note) under consideration at any time.
Authors who have published an article in Philosophy of Science (not including book reviews or discussion notes) in the past 12 months may not submit another article until 12 months after the date of acceptance.
Authors may submit no more than one article every 6 months to the journal. Co-authored papers with different first authors may also be considered at the discretion of the Editorial team.
Discussion Notes
Discussion Notes, more restricted in scope than articles, engage with and provide focused commentary on a recently published article, or result, of high interest to the philosophy of science community. We encourage Discussion Notes that give attention to recently published articles from the journal.
Discussion Notes are normally limited to 4,000 words all inclusive (title, abstract, footnotes, citations).
Authors may have no more than one peer-reviewed submission (article or discussion note) under consideration at any time.
Authors who have published a discussion note in Philosophy of Science in the past 12 months may not submit another until 12 months after the date of acceptance.
Authors may submit no more than one discussion note every 6 months to the journal. Co-authored discussion notes with different first authors may also be considered at the discretion of the Editorial team.
Book Reviews
Book reviews provide helpful summary and brief discussion of a recent book publication for the journal’s readership.
Book reviews are solicited, but members of the PSA may offer to review books.
Book reviews are normally limited to 1,500 words.
Book reviews are checked by the Editorial team, and modest revisions are frequently requested. Book reviews are subject to approval by the Editor.
Essay Reviews
Essay reviews, longer than standard book reviews, critically engage with the content of a recent book publication. Essay reviews may also sometimes focus on a cluster of related works or themes that are of interest to the journal’s readership.
Essay reviews are solicited, but members of the PSA may suggest topics for essay reviews.
Essay reviews are normally limited to 4,000 words.
Essay reviews are checked by the Editorial team, and modest revisions are frequently requested. Essay reviews are subject to approval by the Editor.
*Note that these rules do not include submissions related to the PSA biennial meetings, which are handled separately by the PSA Program Chair and do not count against ordinary article submission quotas.
Author Guidelines
Manuscripts
Philosophy of Science only publishes original work. The submission should not have been previously published and should not be currently under review elsewhere. Submissions should be double-spaced. Articles and Discussion Notes should include an abstract of no more than 100 words. Please refer to Submission Policies regarding word length for each submission type.
Manuscripts must be prepared for anonymous review. Please see the section Preparing Your Paper for Anonymous Review.
All figures must be drawn and lettered with a professional appearance. All formulas and equations should be put in such a form as to help minimize the number of printed lines in the journal. See the section below on "figures" for further important information about figures.
The journal follows University of Chicago style guidelines. A bibliographical list of cited references (in alphabetical order) should be headed "References." Within this list, each reference should begin with the author's surname, given name, the year of publication in parentheses, followed by the rest of the information. In the text, simple citations or attributions should be made by supplying the author and year of publication, for example, "Jones (1958) claims ..." or "New evidence overturns this theory (Smith 1974, 46)." Footnotes should not be used for simple citations. Discursive footnotes (consecutively numbered) should be kept to an absolute minimum. Review our formatting guidelines to prepare your paper for publication. When you submit your paper on the Philosophy of Science Editorial Manager website, the paper will be built as an Adobe PDF which you must view and approve. When you view the file, make sure that it has all figures, illustrations, references, footnotes and the bibliography. The submission will only be forwarded to the editor after you have approved the submitted files.
File Format
Acceptable submission formats are determined by the Editorial Manager software. Editorial Manager must be able to build an Adobe PDF from your files. You will be required to preview and approve the built file before the submission is complete.
File formats must be PDF (for submission only), Microsoft Word, TeX, or LaTeX. If you are using TeX or LaTeX, please ensure that your source file can be compiled using only standard libraries. And if you are submitting your LaTeX files to EM, please read our Editorial Manager and LaTeX Guide.
Figures and Illustrations
We strongly prefer that graphics be incorporated into the main file wherever possible. If you send us figures in a separate file, please make sure that:
There is just one figure per file
It is very clear where the figures should be inserted into the text.
The figure is print-quality. Scans are not normally print-quality.
You have permission to use any figure that you have taken from another source.
The file is in a standard, widely readable, format for graphical files — JPEG, GIF, EPS (Encapsulated Postscript), or TIFF.
Formatting Guidelines
In order for an accepted paper to be published, the paper must conform to the conventions of the Chicago Manual of Style. Below are additional conventions used by Philosophy of Science. For anything not covered below, consult the Chicago Manual of Style. The instructions below sometimes refer to sections in the 17th edition (abbreviated CMS).
Structure of Paper
The final version of the paper should have the following parts, each beginning on a new page:
abstract
main text
appendixes [when necessary]
references
Abstract
Place the abstract at the beginning of the document on its own page (i.e., insert a page break after the abstract).
Main Text
The first section is normally numbered and titled "1. Introduction." Use software "styles" to create sections/subsections or put a blank line between each section and subsection. Section titles use headline capitalization, for instance, "Explanation of Anomalies," not "Explanation of anomalies." Uses of "section," like "figure," "table," and so on, are always lowercase.
Italics and Boldface
We do not italicize foreign or technical terms commonly used by philosophers of science. Examples:
"ipso facto," "i.e.," "ad hoc," "a priori"
Unfamiliar terms may be in italics. Examples:
"The now obsolete Japanese term warifu was used to designate the tearing of pieces of material or paper to record an economic transaction.
Indicate italicized words, phrases requiring emphasis, and titles of published books and journals by italic typeface, not underlining. Indicate boldface by bold typeface, not wavy underlining.
Formulas, Equations, and Special Symbols
See Guidelines for Math.
Equations and symbols should be fully legible. Give any variables the style they should display, e.g., italics, bold, or unusual fonts.
Where possible, formulas and equations should be put in a form that helps to minimize the number of printed lines. For example: p = -dx/dy = -dz/dt.
When possible, an alternative symbol or sign should be provided if the symbol required is rare. To avoid confusion between similar symbols such as the letter O and zero, mu and u, subset and less than, clearly identify the symbol to the typesetter, for example, in a note to the typesetter at the beginning of the paper.
Proofs, theorems, propositions, and so on should be entered as block quotes with any heading (e.g., "Theorem 1.”) in bold (but not italic) and followed by a period.
Footnotes
Footnotes should be used, not endnotes. The font should be the same size (12 point) as the main text.
Discursive footnotes should be avoided; incorporate material in the body of the text whenever possible. Remaining footnotes should be numbered consecutively throughout the typescript.
Figures and Tables
Figures and tables require special treatment. Please contact the editors if you have any questions.
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