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PhilPapers

PhilPapers is an interactive academic database of journal articles in philosophy. It is maintained by the Centre for Digital Philosophy at the University of Western Ontario, and as of 2022, it has "394,867 registered users, including the majority of professional philosophers and graduate students". The general editors are its founders, David Bourget and…

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Cost
Free
Disciplines
Philosophy
Format coverage
Journals, books, open access archives, and personal web pages
Geospatial coverage
Worldwide
History
2009–present
Producer
Centre for Digital Philosophy at the University of Western Ontario (Canada)

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PhilPapers

Nodes21
Edges20
Triples22
Avg. degree1.9
Density0.095238
Components1

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PhilPapers

Top relations

related to Philosophy Research Index · 12
PhilPapers → All, In July, It, Makrolog Content Management, OpenURL, PDC, Philosophical, Philosophy Documentation Center, Philosophy Research Index, PhilPapers Foundation, The, The Philosophy Research Index
Cost · 1
PhilPapers → Free
Disciplines · 1
PhilPapers → Philosophy
Format coverage · 1
PhilPapers → Journals, books, open access archives, and personal web pages
Geospatial coverage · 1
PhilPapers → Worldwide
History · 1
PhilPapers → 2009–present
Producer · 1
PhilPapers → Centre for Digital Philosophy at the University of Western Ontario (Canada)
Record depth · 1
PhilPapers → Index and abstract
Title list(s) · 1
PhilPapers → philpapers.org/journals
Website · 1
PhilPapers → philpapers.org

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PhilPapersCostFree1.00infobox
PhilPapersDisciplinesPhilosophy1.00infobox
PhilPapersFormat coverageJournals, books, open access archives, and personal web pages1.00infobox
PhilPapersGeospatial coverageWorldwide1.00infobox
PhilPapersHistory2009–present1.00infobox
PhilPapersProducerCentre for Digital Philosophy at the University of Western Ontario (Canada)1.00infobox
PhilPapersRecord depthIndex and abstract1.00infobox
PhilPapersTitle list(s)philpapers.org/journals1.00infobox
PhilPapersWebsitephilpapers.org1.00infobox
PhilPapersis ainteractive academic database of journal articles in philosophy0.90text
PhilPapersrelated to Philosophy Research IndexThe Philosophy Research Index0.60section
PhilPapersrelated to Philosophy Research IndexIt0.60section

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