Ardon Lyon

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
8 papers, 852 citations indexed

About

Ardon Lyon is a scholar working on History and Philosophy of Science, Infectious Diseases and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Ardon Lyon has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 852 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 2 papers in History and Philosophy of Science, 0 papers in Infectious Diseases and 0 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Ardon Lyon's work include Philosophy and History of Science (2 papers). Ardon Lyon is often cited by papers focused on Philosophy and History of Science (2 papers). Ardon Lyon collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom and Bangladesh. Ardon Lyon's co-authors include Jerome R. Ravetz, J. J. C. Smart and George N. Schlesinger and has published in prestigious journals such as The Philosophical Quarterly, The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science and Mind.

In The Last Decade

Ardon Lyon

7 papers receiving 650 citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Scientific Knowledge and its Social Problems.

1973 589 citations Ardon Lyon, Jerome R. Ravetz The Philosophical Quarterly profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ardon Lyon United Kingdom	4	212	199	86	85	83	8	852
W. H. Newton‐Smith United Kingdom	7	260 1.2×	350 1.8×	96 1.1×	58 0.7×	76 0.9×	15	1.2k
Lorenz Krüger Germany	10	252 1.2×	167 0.8×	59 0.7×	52 0.6×	27 0.3×	28	971
Richard Rudner United States	7	223 1.1×	300 1.5×	49 0.6×	27 0.3×	51 0.6×	14	770
Harold I. Brown United States	12	340 1.6×	135 0.7×	90 1.0×	38 0.4×	94 1.1×	49	863
William W. Mayrl United States	3	75 0.4×	292 1.5×	33 0.4×	39 0.5×	28 0.3×	8	820
Alan Musgrave New Zealand	12	258 1.2×	109 0.5×	62 0.7×	35 0.4×	54 0.7×	28	726
George Basalla United States	8	204 1.0×	255 1.3×	46 0.5×	112 1.3×	19 0.2×	22	1.2k
Gerard Radnitzky Germany	10	114 0.5×	283 1.4×	47 0.5×	54 0.6×	18 0.2×	43	806
Peter Whalley	2	86 0.4×	364 1.8×	19 0.2×	33 0.4×	102 1.2×	3	914
I. Bernard Cohen Israel	7	287 1.4×	364 1.8×	19 0.2×	26 0.3×	71 0.9×	25	1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Ardon Lyon

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ardon Lyon

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ardon Lyon

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ardon Lyon. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ardon Lyon based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Ardon Lyon. Ardon Lyon is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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8 of 8 papers shown

1.

Lyon, Ardon. (1980). On Remaining the Same Person. Philosophy. 55(212). 167–182. 1 indexed citations

2.

Lyon, Ardon. (1974). Criteria and Evidence. Mind. LXXXIII(330). 211–227. 2 indexed citations

3.

Lyon, Ardon & Jerome R. Ravetz. (1973). Scientific Knowledge and its Social Problems.. The Philosophical Quarterly. 23(92). 274–274. 589 indexed citations breakdown →

4.

Lyon, Ardon. (1968). Family resemblance, vagueness, and change of meaning. Theoria. 34(1). 66–75. 2 indexed citations

5.

Lyon, Ardon. (1967). Causality. The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science. 18(1). 1–20. 9 indexed citations

6.

Lyon, Ardon & George N. Schlesinger. (1965). Method in the Physical Sciences.. The Philosophical Quarterly. 15(61). 377–377. 3 indexed citations

7.

Lyon, Ardon & J. J. C. Smart. (1965). Philosophy and Scientific Realism.. The Philosophical Quarterly. 15(61). 376–376. 241 indexed citations

8.

Lyon, Ardon. (1959). THE PREDICTION PARADOX. Mind. LXVIII(272). 510–517. 5 indexed citations

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