期刊缩写       INTERDISCIPL SCI REV

期刊全称       INTERDISCIPLINARY SCIENCE REVIEWS 跨学科科学评论

期刊ISSN      0308-0188

2013-2014最新影响因子     0.375

期刊官方网站       http://www.isr-journal.org/

期刊投稿网址      

通讯方式       MANEY PUBLISHING, STE 1C, JOSEPHS WELL, HANOVER WALK, LEEDS, ENGLAND, W YORKS, LS3 1AB

涉及的研究方向    综合性期刊-综合性期刊

出版国家       ENGLAND

出版周期       Quarterly

出版年份       1976

年文章数       24

 

 

Editor: Willard McCarty, Department of Digital Humanities, King's College London; School of Humanities and Communication Arts, University of Western Sydney

Book Reviews Editor: Paul Bohan Broderick

Communications Editor: Julianne Nyhan, University College London

Consulting Editor: Howard Cattermole (Editor, ISR, 2002-2008)

Editorial Board

Publisher: Maney Publishing [X], on behalf of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, London

Current issue, 39.1 (March 2014). Poetries and Sciences in the 21st Century.

Forthcoming issues.

Books available for & currently in review [TBA]

 

 

Seeks to examine interdisciplinary activities through in depth contributions from international authorities in physical, biological, engineering and social sciences. It considers the interactions between two or more natural sciences or technologies; the effects of science and technology on society and the furthering of cultural and scientific links between science, the arts and the humanities. Subjects covered in recent issues: Lucidity and science; Evolutionary aesthetics; War: some Psychological causes and consequences; Engineering and innovation in the industrial revolutions; Is science policy superstitious?

 

About ISR

 

ISR is a quarterly journal that aims to set contemporary and historical developments in the sciences and technology into their wider social and cultural context and to illuminate their interrelations with the humanities and arts. ISR seeks out contributions that measure up to the highest excellence in scholarship but that also speak to an audience of intelligent non-specialists. It actively explores the differing trajectories of the disciplines and practices in its purview, to clarify what each is attempting to do in its own terms, so that constructive dialogue across them is strengthened. It focuses whenever possible on conceptual bridge-building and collaborative research that nevertheless respect disciplinary variation.

 

For a representative issue (with content freely available online) see ISR 33.4, "Neuroscience: the humanities and arts" [X]. Note that the publisher's site provides access for subscribers to an online repository of all back issues.

 

Content, submission and review

 

ISR publishes chiefly commissioned articles (usually in an issue dedicated to a particular theme) and on occasion devotes an issue to unsolicited articles. Ideas for themed issues and unsolicited articles are most welcome providing they fit within the aims of the journal. Note that the next available full issue is in 2015. Anyone wishing to submit an article should first communicate with the Editor, sending along an abstract or other brief description. A high level of competence in written English is expected.

 

All submissions are peer-reviewed in the usual double-blind manner. Individuals wishing to review articles should contact the Editor.

 

Audience

 

The audience of ISR includes readers from all disciplines in the sciences, humanities and arts. Since styles of reasoning and argument as well as rhetoric vary widely across the disciplines, an author is expected to be rather more explicit concerning the conventions and assumptions of his or her own than is normally the case for a more specialised journal. Often it is necessary to say both what is and what is not being attempted. Since the objective is to communicate rather than to proclaim, authors need to take into consideration readers' tacit expectations and apprehensions as well as likely familiarity with the particular subject of the article. The Editor is happy to advise.

 

Ideally a paper for ISR is one that both meets the approval of specialists in the author's field(s) and challenges non-specialist readers in such a way as to stimulate their curiosity and desire to learn. Two examples should suffice: first, the approach taken by John von Neumann and Oskar Morgenstern in Theory of Games and Economic Behavior (1953), explained in their prefatory "Technical Note" [X]; second, Ian Hacking's way of doing philosophy, on which he comments in "The Complacent Disciplinarian" [X].

 

Style and illustrations

 

ISR's bibliographic style follows a particular variant of the Chicago author-date format, with a list of works cited, in alphabetical order by author, at the end. Illustrations require particular care. See the publisher's Notes for contributors for details [X].

 

Enquiries

 

Enquiries are welcome, to the Editor, whose contact details are on his website, as above. Note that all enquiries will be promptly acknowledged. If you do not receive an acknowledgement within 24 hours please resend.

 

Subscription

 

For all matters relating to subscription, see the publisher's site, as above.

 

Rev 6/3/14