Philosophy, Theory, and Practice in Biology is a peer-reviewed, free-to-authors, CC:BY, open-access journal, edited by academics and published by @M_Publishing

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29 Jun 2024
Vol 16, no 1 of PTPBio has dropped, with articles from Karen Kovaka and Rose Novick, François Papale and W. Ford Doolittle, Rose Trappes, and Cristóbal Unwin Holzapfel, plus a book review from Michael R. Dietrich. Check it out! #philbio #openaccess ptpbio.org/

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30 Nov 2023
With two of our co-editors, @JonathanKaplan and @yoginho, stepping down to the editorial board, PTPBio would like to thank them for their years of hard work. Jonathan is the last of the founding editors – extra thanks to him for the vision to start this #openaccess venture!
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21 Nov 2023
PTPBio is now on Bluesky, too! Come find us there. bsky.app/profile/ptpbio.bsky…

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17 Nov 2023
The Philosophy, Theory, and Practice in Biology editors are pleased to welcome Jonathan Newman (Biology, Wilfrid Laurier University) as a new Editor! The journal is growing. (@LaurierVPR, wlu.ca/academics/faculties/f…)

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17 Nov 2023
The editors of Philosophy, Theory, and Practice in Biology are delighted that Alison McConwell (Philosophy, UMass Lowell) has joined the journal as a new Editor! Welcome, Alison. (uml.edu/fahss/philosophy/fac…)
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17 Nov 2023
We are excited to announce that Editor Charles Pence of UCLouvain has stepped up to be the new Executive Editor of Philosophy, Theory, and Practice in Biology! charlespence.net

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12 Jun 2023
Concluding our look back at the journal's 15 most-cited articles as it turns 15: “Varieties of Living Things: Life at the Intersection of Lineage and Metabolism” (2009) by John Dupré and Maureen O'Malley is the most-cited, w/285 citations. #openaccessdx.doi.org/10.3998/ptb.69590…

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Reviewing the journal's 15 most-cited, as it turns 15: “Multiple Regression Is Not Multiple Regressions: The Meaning of Multiple Regression and the Non-Problem of Collinearity” by Michael Morrissey & Graeme Ruxton (2018) is 2nd most-cited #openaccess doi.org/10.3998/ptpbio.16039…

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Looking back at the journal’s 15 most-cited, as it turns 15 years old: “The Price Equation and Extended Inheritance” by Heikki Helanterä and Tobias Uller (2009) is the 3rd most-cited. Price Eq. epigenetic, behavioral, symbolic inheritance #openaccessdx.doi.org/10.3998/ptb.69590…

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15 most-cited as PTPBio turns 15, continued: “Historical Reconstruction: Gaining Epistemic Access to the Deep Past” by Patrick Forber/Eric Griffith (2011) is 4th most cited. How does evidence support impact hypothesis for K-Pg extinction? #openaccessdx.doi.org/10.3998/ptb.69590…

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15 most-cited articles as the PTPBio turns 15: “Evolutionary Chance Mutation: A Defense of the Modern Synthesis' Consensus View” by Francesca Merlin (2010) is the 5th most-cited, arguing the Mod. Synth. can handle newer molecular genetics. #openaccessdx.doi.org/10.3998/ptb.69590…

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PTPBio’s 15 most-cited articles as the journal turns 15, continued: “Levels, Time and Fitness in Evolutionary Transitions in Individuality” by @pierrickbourrat (2015) is tied for 6th, arguing against Michod/Okasha "export-of-fitness view." #openaccessdx.doi.org/10.3998/ptb.69590…

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15 most-cited articles from 15 years of PTPBio, continued: “Four Pillars of Statisticalism” (2017) by D.M. Walsh, A. Ariew, and M. Matthen is tied for 6th most-cited. Natural selection and drift models aren't causal, they argue. #openaccessdx.doi.org/10.3998/ptb.69590…

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31 May 2023
15 most-cited articles from 15 years of PTPBio, continued: “Evolving Across the Explanatory Gap” by Peter Godfrey-Smith (2019) is the 9th most-cited. It uses the evolution of subjectivity to address the gap between mental and physical. #openaccessdoi.org/10.3998/ptpbio.16039…

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31 May 2023
The 15 most-cited articles from 15 years of PTPBio, ctd: “The Hunting of the SNaRC: A Snarky Solution to the Species Problem” by Brent Mishler/John Wilkins (2018) is 10th most-cited, promoting SNaRC: the Smallest Named and Registered Clade. #openaccessdoi.org/10.3998/ptpbio.16039…

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30 May 2023
The 15 most-cited articles from 15 years of PTPBio, continued: “Sex Contextualism” by Sarah Richardson (2022) is already the 11th most-cited article. It argues for how "sex" should work as a variable in experimental laboratory research. #openaccessdoi.org/10.3998/ptpbio.2096

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26 May 2023
The 15 most-cited articles from 15 years of PTPBio, continued: “(Mis)interpreting Mathematical Models: Drift as a Physical Process” by Roberta Millstein*, Robert Skipper, and Michael Dietrich (2009) is 12th most-cited. #openaccessdx.doi.org/10.3998/ptb.69590… (*editor years later)

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26 May 2023
The 15 most-cited articles from 15 years of PTPBio, continued: “From Tapestry to Loom: Broadening the Perspective on Values in Science” by Heather Douglas (2018), a commentary on Kevin Elliott's book, is the 13th most-cited. #openaccessdoi.org/10.3998/ptpbio.16039…

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25 May 2023
Looking back at PTPBio's 15 most-cited articles, as the journal turns 15, continued: “Evolution of Individuality: A Case Study in the Volvocine Green Algae” by Hanschen, Davison, Grochau-Wright, and Michod (2017) is the 14th most-cited. #openaccessdx.doi.org/10.3998/ptb.69590…

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