Re: ranking in Hist of Science etc

[sgt3@psu.edu]

I know of no rankings for these fields. Occasionally, attempts 
will be made by scholars to conduct surveys that issue in such 
rankings in the humanities and social sciences. E.g., one such 
study was done for political science several years ago. In a 
field like philosophy, one needs to be aware that there will 
inevitably be controversy depending on who does the ranking, 
given that the field is split between so-called Anglo-American 
and Continental factions. There is a well-known ranking system 
for graduate programs in philosophy called the Philosophical 
Gourmet Report run by Brian Leiter: 
http://www.philosophicalgourmet.com/default.asp. To say that it 
has been controversial is an understatement.

Sandy Thatcher
Penn State University Press


>I am wondering whether anyone on the LIST can help me to find the
>ranking of journals in several fields, like 1) History of Science
>and 2) Philosophy and 3) Theology.
>
>Say, first five-ten jourmals in each field?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Ari Belenkiy
>
>Mathematics Department
>Bar-Ilan University
>Ramat Gan 52900 ISRAEL