Impact Factor
2.53
Journal Citation Impact
Estimated influence, citation density, publishing volume, and citation integrity from the analytics table.
Citation rate
1.13
102 total citations
h5-index
20
h5 depth signal
Cited share
46.8%
44 of 94
Total citations
102
Citation footprint
Metric signal
1.45
External metric anchor
Self-citation
2.0%
2 self-citations
Citations Trend
Monthly Publications Cadence
Citing Geographic Demographics
United States
120
United Kingdom
90
Germany
76
Italy
54
France
53
Citing Fields of Research
History & Philosophy Of Science
337
Philosophy
250
Genetics & Genomics
46
Political Philosophy
38
Medical Ethics
33
Publishing Activity & Reach
Volume, recency, access pattern, and citing-community signals from the journal analytics record.
All-time article footprint
834
Articles tracked across the journal lifetime
Indexed publication set
94
44 cited publications
Last 12 months
71
6.5 publications/month
Open access share
59.2%
42 OA publications in the last year
Leading citing country
United States
120 citing publications
Leading citing field
History & Philosophy Of Science
337 citing publications
Latest tracked publication
15 October 2026
10 recent records available
Coverage & Indexing History
v1n1, 1979-
v1n1, 1979-
Active Coverage
Research Focus & Classification
Indexed Subjects
History & Philosophy Of Science
Philosophy
Issuing & Sponsoring Bodies
Contributor
Stazione zoologica di Napoli
Broad Categories
Biology
History of Medicine
History & Philosophy Of Science
Philosophy
MeSH Descriptors
Biology
Philosophy
Latest Publications
Recent article records with DOI-first linking and condensed abstracts.
01
DOI 10.1007/s40656-026-00772-z
Open DOI
The social life of viruses: a queer sort of science
A burgeoning microbiology field, sociovirology is the study of how viruses interact with one another and the effects such interactions have on social evolution. Challenging dominant narratives that viruses are individualistic pathogens, ...
02
03
DOI 10.1007/s40656-026-00747-0
Open DOI
Plant embryogenesis in medieval thought: Dino del Garbo’s commentary on Hippocrates’ De natura foetus
This paper investigates the Recollectiones in Hippocratem De natura foetus , a unique Latin commentary on the Hippocratic embryological treatise, composed in the early fourteenth century by the Florentine physician Dino del Garbo. While ...
04
DOI 10.1007/s40656-026-00759-w
Open DOI
Benefit assessment of anti-ageing medicines in the European Union: regulatory obstacles and pluralistic alternatives
Anti-ageing medicine is a new movement in healthcare that has as a focus the development of anti-ageing drugs. These medications, like any novel technological product, must be regulated, demonstrating safety and efficacy. In the European...
05
DOI 10.1007/s40656-026-00762-1
Open DOI
On the notion of false advertising: A reply to the letter by Theodore C. Chan and Gary M. Vilke on our article “Studying asphyxiation in the lab: the role of experimental evidence in cause-of-death inquiry”
Theodore Chan and Gary Vilke criticize our arguments concerning a series of lab-based studies on asphyxiation. In this reply to their letter, we explain that Chan and Vilke’s letter misrepresents our arguments in several important ways. ...
06
07
DOI 10.1007/s40656-026-00757-y
Open DOI
Universalism and individuality as a structural tension in modern medicine
This paper examines the structural tension between universalism and individuality in modern medicine. By universalism, I refer to the epistemological commitment to producing general, abstract knowledge about health and disease through cl...
08
DOI 10.1007/s40656-026-00763-0
Open DOI
New visual culture of science: analysis of graphical abstracts in the life science journal “Cell”
Driven by the shift towards online journal publishing, many academic journals have introduced graphical abstracts (GAs) since the 2000s to convey the primary findings of research papers. This study investigated this visual culture in lif...
09
DOI 10.1007/s40656-026-00725-6
Open DOI
Measurement in the Ultimatum and Dictator Games: Construct validity, standardization and the problem of coordination
The ultimatum game (UG) and the dictator game (DG) are two of the most prominent tools in experimental and behavioural social sciences. Originally designed to study bargaining behaviour and decision-making in economics, these simple yet ...
10
DOI 10.1007/s40656-026-00769-8
Open DOI
Justin Garson, The Madness Pill: One Doctor’s Quest to Understand Schizophrenia, New York, St. Martin’s Press, 2026
Bibliographical & Catalog Notes
Also issued online.
Articles in English, French, German, and Italian; summaries in English.
Published on behalf of the Zoological Station of Naples.