Bernard Lightman

2.7k total citations
59 papers, 762 citations indexed

About

Bernard Lightman is a scholar working on History and Philosophy of Science, Sociology and Political Science and Philosophy. According to data from OpenAlex, Bernard Lightman has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 762 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in History and Philosophy of Science, 6 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 6 papers in Philosophy. Recurrent topics in Bernard Lightman's work include History of Science and Natural History (23 papers), History of Science and Medicine (12 papers) and Evolution and Science Education (10 papers). Bernard Lightman is often cited by papers focused on History of Science and Natural History (23 papers), History of Science and Medicine (12 papers) and Evolution and Science Education (10 papers). Bernard Lightman collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Bernard Lightman's co-authors include Aileen Fyfe, Iwan Rhys Morus, John Brooke, Robert J. Richards, Ann B. Shteir, Gowan Dawson, R. J. Helmstadter, Larry Stewart, Samuel J.M.M. Alberti and Jonathan R. Topham and has published in prestigious journals such as The American Historical Review, Public Understanding of Science and Endeavour.

In The Last Decade

Bernard Lightman

48 papers receiving 595 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Bernard Lightman Canada 14 408 176 114 110 74 59 762
Paula Findlen United States 15 359 0.9× 255 1.4× 103 0.9× 238 2.2× 87 1.2× 68 983
Jonathan R. Topham United Kingdom 13 297 0.7× 105 0.6× 149 1.3× 99 0.9× 50 0.7× 20 577
Staffan Müller‐Wille Germany 18 316 0.8× 98 0.6× 67 0.6× 100 0.9× 33 0.4× 69 845
Adrian Desmond United Kingdom 14 336 0.8× 87 0.5× 71 0.6× 79 0.7× 27 0.4× 31 663
Iwan Rhys Morus United Kingdom 14 227 0.6× 88 0.5× 74 0.6× 57 0.5× 30 0.4× 44 513
Harold J. Cook United States 17 281 0.7× 262 1.5× 98 0.9× 183 1.7× 36 0.5× 63 855
Richard Yeo Australia 14 269 0.7× 77 0.4× 77 0.7× 106 1.0× 56 0.8× 46 556
Janet Browne United States 15 348 0.9× 61 0.3× 87 0.8× 82 0.7× 19 0.3× 48 764
Katharine Park Germany 10 143 0.4× 262 1.5× 78 0.7× 97 0.9× 73 1.0× 35 629
Arthur O. Lovejoy United States 7 111 0.3× 63 0.4× 171 1.5× 53 0.5× 43 0.6× 19 647

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Fields of papers citing papers by Bernard Lightman

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bernard Lightman

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lightman, Bernard. (2022). The Darwin Correspondence Project and Pedagogy. Journal of the History of Biology. 55(2). 403–409.
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Dawson, Gowan, Bernard Lightman, Sally Shuttleworth, & Jonathan R. Topham. (2019). Science Periodicals in Nineteenth-Century Britain. 8 indexed citations
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Lightman, Bernard. (2019). 4. Huxley and the Devonshire Commission. 101–130. 1 indexed citations
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Lightman, Bernard. (2017). The Mid-Victorian period and the Astronomical Register (1863-1886): ‘A medium of communication for amateurs and others’. Public Understanding of Science. 27(5). 629–636. 1 indexed citations
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Lightman, Bernard. (2015). The “History” of Victorian Scientific Naturalism: Huxley, Spencer and the “End” of natural history. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences. 58. 17–23. 5 indexed citations
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Lightman, Bernard. (2015). Global Spencerism. 2 indexed citations
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Lightman, Bernard. (2013). Introduction. Isis. 104(1). 86–87. 2 indexed citations
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Lightman, Bernard. (2013). Mid-Victorian science museums and exhibitions: ‘The industrial amusement and instruction of the people’. Endeavour. 37(2). 82–93. 2 indexed citations
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Dawson, Gowan & Bernard Lightman. (2011). VICTORIAN SCIENCE AND LITERATURE. 3 indexed citations
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Lightman, Bernard. (2009). Evolutionary Naturalism in Victorian Britain: The 'Darwinians' and their Critics. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 4 indexed citations
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Alberti, Samuel J.M.M., Aileen Fyfe, & Bernard Lightman. (2007). The Museum Affect: Visiting Collections of Anatomy and Natural History. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 371–403. 14 indexed citations
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Lightman, Bernard & John Brooke. (2004). The dictionary of nineteenth-century British scientists. 31 indexed citations
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Lightman, Bernard. (2001). Victorian Sciences and Religions: Discordant Harmonies. Osiris. 16. 343–366. 26 indexed citations
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Lightman, Bernard. (2000). The Visual Theology of Victorian Popularizers of Science: From Reverent Eye to Chemical Retina. Isis. 91(4). 651–680. 23 indexed citations
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Lightman, Bernard. (2000). The Story of Nature: Victorian Popularizers and Scientific Narrative. Victorian review. 25(2). 1–29. 7 indexed citations
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Lightman, Bernard & Pietro Corsi. (1991). Science and Religion: Baden Powell and the Anglican Debate, 1800-1860.. The American Historical Review. 96(4). 1199–1199.
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Lightman, Bernard. (1987). The Origins of Agnosticism: Victorian Unbelief and the Limits of Knowledge. Religious Studies. 24(4). 33 indexed citations
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Lightman, Bernard, et al.. (1984). Victorian science and religion : a bibliography with emphasis on evolution, belief, and unbelief, comprised of works published from c. 1900-1975. 1 indexed citations

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