AdDU philosophy prof tops AD Scientific Index Rankings (Philippines) in Philosophy for the third straight year

Dr. Christopher Ryan Maboloc, an associate professor at Ateneo de Davao University, has been ranked first in the Subfield Philosophy for the third straight year (2023, 2024, 2025) in the Alper-Doger AD Scientific Index. The AD Scientific Index uses the database of Google Scholar to track the published papers and citations of academics around the world. The H-index is an indicator of the quality and value of a scholar's research work.

According to Judy Hunter, "ideas are the currency in academia," adding that citations are important "to track the genealogy of ideas or their sources and origin". Citations, in this regard, will enable a researcher to recognize the valuable intellectual contributions of a fellow researcher. According to Dr. Jordan Peterson, more than 80% of papers in the Humanities do not get cited. In this sense, getting cited is a proof of the rigor of one's scholarly work.

The AD Scientific Index ranks scholars in the Social Sciences, Mathematics, Physics and Biology, Education, Theology, History and Philosophy, among others. It listed at least 79 published academics in the Subfield of Philosophy in the Philippines. The recent rankings have familiar and new names. Others have also dropped from the top 10. The Philippines' Top 10 AD Scientific Index (2025) for Philosophy are as follows:

1. Christopher Ryan Maboloc - Ateneo de Davao University

2. Henry Francis Espiritu - University of the Philippines Diliman

3. Joel Bual - University of Negros Occidental Recoletos

4. Ivan Gozum - University of Santo Tomas

5. Jose Ma. Gopez - Angeles University Foundation

6. Peter Paul Elicor - Ateneo de Davao University

7. Napoleon Mabaquiao - De La Salle University

8. Jove Jim Aguas - University of Santo Tomas

9. Franz Giuseppe Cortez - University of Santo Tomas

10. Rowena Azada-Palacios - Ateneo de Manila University

Statement of the SES expressing its opposition to the proposal to remove Ethics in the GE Curriculum

We, members of the Board of Directors of the Social Ethics Society, express our strong opposition to the proposal to remove ethics in college. Such move is bereft of merit and is ignorant as to the value and purpose of the teaching of the course, which is thoroughly rooted in the integral and critical function of higher education. The proposal to transfer it to Senior High School deprives college students of the teaching of ethics as a professional course, which is crucial in their civic engagements and the pursuit of a democratic society that can only be grounded in responsible citizenship and critical thinking. The direction of Edcom and its advisers from the technical panels of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) reduces our whole education system into a mode of creating docile workers who will constitute the labor force that will serve the whims and interests of a capital intensive and consumer driven globalized neoliberal economic order. It only breeds our subser...

Statement of the SES BOD Chair

The Social Ethics Society was founded in 2010 by the late Dr. Romulo Bautista, a professor at Ateneo de Davao University who did his doctorate on Marx at the University of Madrid in Spain, and Dr. Christopher Ryan Maboloc, then a young teacher at Ateneo de Davao. The first SES Conference was held at the University of Mindanao. Its original membership was only 15, consisting mainly of the masters students of the two founders. While in the peripheries of academia, the SES pursued its goals of helping teachers in Mindanao develop their craft in ways that is consistent with philosophy as an exercise of the human will and as the highest expression of the human intellect. When its proponents presented the concept, it was suggested that the Union of Philosophical Societies and Associations in the Philippines (USAPP) will lobby for a new bill that will professionalize philosophy in the country. That was in 2018. Top UST philosophy academics, upon the invitation of Peter Elicor, attended t...

List of Accepted Papers for Oral Presentation in the 16th SES Conference

1. Donnalen Quezon (MSU-IIT) - The Paradox of Justice: A Feminist Analysis of How the Philippine Legal System Reinforces Silence Among Rape Victims through Catharine MacKinnon’s Theory of the State 2. Najifah Macaraya & Erickson Totanes (MSU - GenSan) - Thinking Peace: A Philosophical Approach to Inner and Social Harmony 3. Francis Matay-ao Jr. (Isabela State University) - Principle-Centered Leadership: A Catalyst for Sustainable Development in Higher Education Institutions 4. Shasell Ybanez (MSU-IIT) - A Foucauldian Analysis of How Mega Influencers Reconfigure Knowledge and Desire in the Click-to-Bet Economy 5. Casey Tuazon & Shasell Ybanez (MSU-IIT) - The Ethical Implications of David Poplar’s Concept of Play Framing in the Context of Body-Shaming Humor Toward Filipino Women: A Luna Dolezal Body and Shame Analysis 6. Marlon Naiz (Southern Christian College) - Redefining Ecotourism: A Conservationist Analysis Based On Aldo Leop...

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