Allan Franklin

2.4k total citations
78 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Allan Franklin is a scholar working on History and Philosophy of Science, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Philosophy. According to data from OpenAlex, Allan Franklin has authored 78 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in History and Philosophy of Science, 10 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 9 papers in Philosophy. Recurrent topics in Allan Franklin's work include Philosophy and History of Science (21 papers), Quantum Mechanics and Applications (9 papers) and Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (8 papers). Allan Franklin is often cited by papers focused on Philosophy and History of Science (21 papers), Quantum Mechanics and Applications (9 papers) and Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (8 papers). Allan Franklin collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Israel. Allan Franklin's co-authors include Colin Howson, Jed Z. Buchwald, Daniel J. Fairbanks, Daniel L. Hartl, A. W. F. Edwards, Teddy Seidenfeld, Edward Teller, Ephraim Fischbach, W. M. Fairbank and Ronald Laymon and has published in prestigious journals such as Reviews of Modern Physics, Physics Today and American Journal of Physics.

In The Last Decade

Allan Franklin

65 papers receiving 988 citations

Peers

Allan Franklin
Margaret Morrison Canada
Michela Massimi United Kingdom
Henk W. de Regt Netherlands
Nancy Cartwright United States
Robert W. Batterman United States
Lawrence Sklar United States
Alisa Bokulich United States
Craig Callender United States
Stephan Hartmann Germany
Paul Teller United States
Margaret Morrison Canada
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Fields of papers citing papers by Allan Franklin

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Allan Franklin

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Franklin, Allan & Ronald Laymon. (2020). Once Can Be Enough. 2 indexed citations
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Franklin, Allan, et al.. (2020). Are There Really Neutrinos?. 2 indexed citations
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Franklin, Allan & Ephraim Fischbach. (2016). The Rise and Fall of the Fifth Force. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 11 indexed citations
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Franklin, Allan. (2016). What Makes a Good Experiment?: Reasons and Roles in Science. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research).
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Franklin, Allan. (2015). The Theory-Ladenness of Experiment. Journal for General Philosophy of Science. 46(1). 155–166. 18 indexed citations
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Franklin, Allan. (2014). The missing piece of the puzzle: the discovery of the Higgs boson. Synthese. 194(2). 259–274. 5 indexed citations
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Franklin, Allan. (2013). Shifting Standards. University of Pittsburgh Press eBooks. 22 indexed citations
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Franklin, Allan. (2010). Gravity Waves and Neutrinos: The Later Work of Joseph Weber. Perspectives on Science. 18(2). 119–151. 4 indexed citations
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Franklin, Allan. (2002). Fisica y Experimentacion. Communities in ADDI (University of the Basque Country). 17(2). 221–242. 1 indexed citations
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Franklin, Allan. (2000). Are There Really Neutrinos?: An Evidential History. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 20 indexed citations
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Franklin, Allan & Colin Howson. (1998). Comment on “The Structure of a Scientific Paper” by Frederick Suppe. Philosophy of Science. 65(3). 411–416. 6 indexed citations
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Franklin, Allan. (1997). Calibration. Perspectives on Science. 5(1). 31–80. 28 indexed citations
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Franklin, Allan. (1997). Millikan?s Oil-Drop Experiments. The Chemical Educator. 2(1). 1–14. 11 indexed citations
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Franklin, Allan. (1995). The Resolution of Discordant Results. Perspectives on Science. 3(3). 346–420. 1 indexed citations
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Franklin, Allan. (1994). Commentary on the Papers of Davis Baird, Peter Kroes, and Michael Dennis. PSA Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association. 1994(2). 452–457.
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Franklin, Allan. (1994). How to avoid the experimenters' regress. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A. 25(3). 463–491. 31 indexed citations
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Franklin, Allan. (1990). Do Mutants Have to be Slain, or Do They Die of Natural Causes?: The Case of Atomic Parity Violation Experiments. PSA Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association. 1990(2). 487–494. 2 indexed citations
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Fairbank, W. M. & Allan Franklin. (1982). Did Millikan observe fractional charges on oil drops?. American Journal of Physics. 50(5). 394–397. 10 indexed citations
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Franklin, Allan, et al.. (1975). Borges and Entropy. Review Literature and Arts of the Americas. 9(14). 54–56. 1 indexed citations
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Lyons, Thomas R. & Allan Franklin. (1973). Thomas Pynchon's "Classic" Presentation of the Second Law of Thermodynamics. 27(4). 195–204. 2 indexed citations

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