Minds and Machines
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| Abbreviated title (ISO) | Minds Mach. |
| Discipline | Artificial intelligence, philosophy, cognitive science |
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Gregory Wheeler |
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| Publisher | Springer Science+Business Media |
| Publication history | 1991-present |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| Impact factor (2010) |
0.618 |
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| ISSN | 0924-6495 (print) 1572-8641 (web) |
| LCCN | 91650998 |
| CODEN | MMACEO |
| OCLC number | 37915831 |
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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
Previous editors-in-chief of the journal are James F. Fetzer (1991–2000) and James H. Moor (2001–2010).
Abstracting and indexing
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 2010 impact factor of 0.618, ranking it 90th out of 108 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] and as an "A" journal by the 2010 Australian Research Council Rankings.[5]
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.[3] 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 (journal)|Cognition.[3]
Article categories
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
According to the Web of Science, the following five articles have been cited most frequently:
- Edelman, S. (1995). "Representation, similarity, and the chorus of prototypes". Minds and Machines 5: 45–68. doi:10.1007/BF00974189. edit
- Copeland, B. J. (2002). "Hypercomputation". Minds and Machines 12 (4): 461–502. doi:10.1023/A:1021105915386. edit
- Glymour, C. (1998). "Learning causes: Psychological explanations of causal explanation". Minds and Machines 8: 39–23. doi:10.1023/A:1008234330618. edit
- Floridi, L.; Sanders, J. W. (2004). "On the Morality of Artificial Agents". Minds and Machines 14: 349. doi:10.1023/B:MIND.0000035461.63578.9d. edit
- Hadley, R. F.; Hayward, M. B. (1997). Minds and Machines 7: 1. doi:10.1023/A:1008252408222. edit
References
- ^ a b c "Minds and Machines Homepage". Springer Science+Business Media. http://www.springer.com/computer/ai/journal/11023. Retrieved 2011–05–28.
- ^ a b "Minds and Machines: Editorial Board". Springer Science+Business Media. http://www.springer.com/computer/ai/journal/11023?detailsPage=editorialBoard. Retrieved 2010–10–05.
- ^ a b c "Web of Science". 2011. http://isiwebofknowledge.com. Retrieved 2011-06-30.
- ^ "ERIH European Reference Index for the Humanities: Philosophy". European Science Foundation. 2011. http://www.esf.org/index.php?id=8389. Retrieved 2011-05-28.
- ^ Australian National Research Council 2010 Journal Rankings"Australian Research Council Journal Rankings". Australian Research Council. 2010. http://www.arc.gov.au/era/era_journal_list.htm.