Jargon & Citation in Philosophy. Weinberg, J.
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A study of papers published in academic science journals on the topic of “cave science” found that “papers containing higher proportions of jargon in their titles and abstracts were cited less frequently by other researchers.” The study, “Specialized terminology reduces the number of citations of scientific papers,” by Alejandro Martínez and Stefano Mammola (both of the Water Research Institute at the National Research Council, Verbania Pallanza, Italy) focused on cave science because, according to a New York Times article about the study, “cave science is a particularly jargon-heavy field” that attracts researchers from a range of fields, like anthropology, ecology, geology, and zoology, “each of whom brings their own terminology.” Do philosophy papers that contain a higher proportion of jargon in their titles garner fewer citations? I took a quick, unscientific look at the question. I used Web of Science to search for articles on “mind” or “consciousness” published in philosophy journals from 1980 to 2010 to see which are the most cited. (I picked mind/consciousness because that’s an area of research that a range of scholars who aren’t philosophers also work and it does have its share of jargon.)  Below are the top 50 results. There are probably better ways to do this, but this was relatively easy; feel free to suggest alternative methods, or even better, just do them and share your results in the comments. Authors Article Title Source Title Times Cited (all WOS databases) Publication Year Clark, A; Chalmers, D The extended mind ANALYSIS 2122 1998 Rosenthal, DM 2 Concepts of Consciousness PHILOSOPHICAL STUDIES 327 1986 McGinn, C Can We Solve the Mind Body Problem? MIND 303 1989 Gallagher, S The Practice of Mind – Theory, simulation or primary interaction JOURNAL OF CONSCIOUSNESS STUDIES 297 2001 Haggard, P; Libet, B Conscious intention and brain activity JOURNAL OF CONSCIOUSNESS STUDIES 295 2001 Rupert, RD Challenges to the hypothesis of extended cognition JOURNAL OF PHILOSOPHY 272 2004 Lutz, A; Thompson, E Neurophenomenology – Integrating subjective experience and brain dynamics in the neuroscience of consciousness JOURNAL OF CONSCIOUSNESS STUDIES 270 2003 Thompson, E Empathy and consciousness JOURNAL OF CONSCIOUSNESS STUDIES 217 2001 Pitt, D The phenomenology of cognition, or, What is it like to think that P? PHILOSOPHY AND PHENOMENOLOGICAL RESEARCH 201..
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	abstract = {A study of papers published in academic science journals on the topic of “cave science” found that “papers containing higher proportions of jargon in their titles and abstracts were cited less frequently by other researchers.” The study, “Specialized terminology reduces the number of citations of scientific papers,” by Alejandro Martínez and Stefano Mammola (both of the Water Research Institute at the National Research Council, Verbania Pallanza, Italy) focused on cave science because, according to a New York Times article about the study, “cave science is a particularly jargon-heavy field” that attracts researchers from a range of fields, like anthropology, ecology, geology, and zoology, “each of whom brings their own terminology.” Do philosophy papers that contain a higher proportion of jargon in their titles garner fewer citations? I took a quick, unscientific look at the question. I used Web of Science to search for articles on “mind” or “consciousness” published in philosophy journals from 1980 to 2010 to see which are the most cited. (I picked mind/consciousness because that’s an area of research that a range of scholars who aren’t philosophers also work and it does have its share of jargon.)  Below are the top 50 results. There are probably better ways to do this, but this was relatively easy; feel free to suggest alternative methods, or even better, just do them and share your results in the comments. Authors Article Title Source Title Times Cited (all WOS databases) Publication Year Clark, A; Chalmers, D The extended mind ANALYSIS 2122 1998 Rosenthal, DM 2 Concepts of Consciousness PHILOSOPHICAL STUDIES 327 1986 McGinn, C Can We Solve the Mind Body Problem? MIND 303 1989 Gallagher, S The Practice of Mind – Theory, simulation or primary interaction JOURNAL OF CONSCIOUSNESS STUDIES 297 2001 Haggard, P; Libet, B Conscious intention and brain activity JOURNAL OF CONSCIOUSNESS STUDIES 295 2001 Rupert, RD Challenges to the hypothesis of extended cognition JOURNAL OF PHILOSOPHY 272 2004 Lutz, A; Thompson, E Neurophenomenology – Integrating subjective experience and brain dynamics in the neuroscience of consciousness JOURNAL OF CONSCIOUSNESS STUDIES 270 2003 Thompson, E Empathy and consciousness JOURNAL OF CONSCIOUSNESS STUDIES 217 2001 Pitt, D The phenomenology of cognition, or, What is it like to think that P? PHILOSOPHY AND PHENOMENOLOGICAL RESEARCH 201..},
	language = {en-US},
	urldate = {2021-04-18},
	journal = {Daily Nous},
	author = {Weinberg, Justin},
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