The Philosophers' Cocoon

Ways to improve philosophical engagement?

According to this study (see especially the charts on p. 4), More than 90% of published humanities papers have received no citations two years after publication. About 82% have never been cited five years after publication. Citation...

Journal prestige and philosophical impact

A few years ago, I floated the idea that perhaps we should judge philosophical research (and researchers) less on the basis of venue (i.e. journal prestige) and more on the basis of philosophical impact (i.e. citation-rates and discussio...

Self-citation, self-promotion?

Via Feminist Philosophers and The Economist, I just learned of a recent study on gender and citations in political science. In political science, the study finds, women's papers tend to be cited less often than men's papers are, even "af...