Minds and Machines

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Minds and Machines  
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Abbreviated title (ISO 4) Minds Mach.
Discipline Artificial intelligence, philosophy, cognitive science
Language English
Edited by Gregory Wheeler
Publication details
Publisher Springer Science+Business Media
Publication history 1991–present
Frequency Quarterly
Impact factor
(2011)
0.310
Indexing
ISSN 0924-6495 (print)
1572-8641 (web)
LCCN 91650998
CODEN MMACEO
OCLC number 37915831
Links

Minds and Machines is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering artificial intelligence, philosophy, and cognitive science.[1]

The journal was established in 1991 with James Henry Fetzer[2] as founding editor. It is published by Springer Science+Business Media on behalf of the Society for Machines and Mentality (a special interest group within the International Association for Computing and Philosophy). The current editor-in-chief is Gregory Wheeler (New University of Lisbon).[2]

Contents

Editors [edit]

Previous editors-in-chief of the journal are James F. Fetzer (1991–2000) and James H. Moor (2001–2010).

Abstracting and indexing [edit]

The journal is abstracted and indexed in Academic OneFile, Academic Search, MLA Bibliography of Linguistic Literature, ProQuest, Compendex, Inspec, Neuroscience Citation Index, PsycINFO, Science Citation Index Expanded, Scopus, Summon, and The Philosopher's Index.[1]

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2011 impact factor of 0.310, ranking it 101st out of 111 journals in the category "Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence".[3] Minds and Machines is classified as an "INT2" international journal in philosophy by the European Science Foundation's European Reference Index for the Humanities.[4]

The five journals that as of 2011 have cited Minds and Machines most often, are (in order of descending citation frequency) Minds and Machines, Metaphilosophy, Kybernetes, Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, and Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation.[5] As of 2011, the five journals that have been cited most frequently by articles published in Minds and Machines are Minds and Machines, Artificial Intelligence, Behavioral and Brain Sciences, Psychological Review, and Cognition.[5]

Article categories [edit]

The journal publishes articles in the categories Research articles, Reviews, Critical and discussion exchanges (debates), Letters to the Editor, and Book reviews.[1]

Notable articles [edit]

According to the Web of Science, the following five articles have been cited most frequently:

References [edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Minds and Machines Homepage". Springer Science+Business Media. Retrieved 2011–05–28. 
  2. ^ a b "Minds and Machines: Editorial Board". Springer Science+Business Media. Retrieved 2010–10–05. 
  3. ^ "Journals Ranked by Impact: Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence". 2011 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2012. 
  4. ^ "ERIH European Reference Index for the Humanities: Philosophy". European Science Foundation. 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-28. 
  5. ^ a b "Web of Science". 2011. Retrieved 2011–06–30. 

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