Cristián Alejandro

703 total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 368 citations indexed

About

Cristián Alejandro is a scholar working on History and Philosophy of Science, Cognitive Neuroscience and Philosophy. According to data from OpenAlex, Cristián Alejandro has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 368 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in History and Philosophy of Science, 6 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 6 papers in Philosophy. Recurrent topics in Cristián Alejandro's work include Philosophy and History of Science (9 papers), Mental Health and Psychiatry (5 papers) and Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (4 papers). Cristián Alejandro is often cited by papers focused on Philosophy and History of Science (9 papers), Mental Health and Psychiatry (5 papers) and Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (4 papers). Cristián Alejandro collaborates with scholars based in Spain, France and United States. Cristián Alejandro's co-authors include Álvaro Moreno, Matteo Mossio, David Teira, Leonardo Bich, Manuel Heras-Escribano, Blandina Felipe Viana, Charbel Niño El-Hani, Javier González de Prado Salas, Jesús Javier Alemán Alonso and María J. Miranda and has published in prestigious journals such as Synthese, The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science and Biology & Philosophy.

In The Last Decade

Cristián Alejandro

21 papers receiving 328 citations

Hit Papers

An Organizational Account of Biological Functions 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 50 100 150 200
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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.

  1. An Organizational Account of Biological Functions
    2009 209 citations Matteo Mossio, Cristián Alejandro et al. The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Cristián Alejandro Spain 7 162 116 89 85 75 24 368
Leonardo Bich Spain 14 135 0.8× 156 1.3× 99 1.1× 163 1.9× 178 2.4× 34 592
Arno Wouters Netherlands 7 130 0.8× 60 0.5× 45 0.5× 37 0.4× 75 1.0× 13 266
Alvaro Moreno Bergareche Spain 3 79 0.5× 81 0.7× 69 0.8× 76 0.9× 45 0.6× 6 244
Arnon Levy Israel 12 312 1.9× 94 0.8× 43 0.5× 53 0.6× 196 2.6× 25 508
Lenny Moss United Kingdom 8 137 0.8× 61 0.5× 65 0.7× 59 0.7× 127 1.7× 18 368
Matthew J. Barker Canada 8 130 0.8× 59 0.5× 56 0.6× 23 0.3× 34 0.5× 16 243
Gertrudis Van de Vijver Belgium 9 76 0.5× 59 0.5× 64 0.7× 102 1.2× 68 0.9× 49 349
Michael Silberstein United States 11 214 1.3× 224 1.9× 38 0.4× 78 0.9× 40 0.5× 40 526
Marie I. Kaiser Germany 10 133 0.8× 41 0.4× 56 0.6× 26 0.3× 71 0.9× 27 353
James G. Lennox United States 13 265 1.6× 37 0.3× 92 1.0× 49 0.6× 26 0.3× 61 641

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Fields of papers citing papers by Cristián Alejandro

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Cristián Alejandro

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Cristián Alejandro. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Cristián Alejandro 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 Cristián Alejandro. Cristián Alejandro is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Alejandro, Cristián, et al.. (2024). Diseases as social problems. Synthese. 203(2). 2 indexed citations
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Salas, Javier González de Prado & Cristián Alejandro. (2023). Biological Purposes Beyond Natural Selection: Self-Regulation as a Source of Teleology1. Erkenntnis. 90(1). 217–236. 2 indexed citations
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Alejandro, Cristián & Manuel Heras-Escribano. (2023). Affordances and organizational functions. Biology & Philosophy. 38(1). 4 indexed citations
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Bich, Leonardo, et al.. (2022). Health and environment from adaptation to adaptivity: a situated relational account. History & Philosophy of the Life Sciences. 44(3). 38–38. 13 indexed citations
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Alejandro, Cristián, et al.. (2022). Incommensurability and the Extended Evolutionary Synthesis: taking Kuhn seriously. European Journal for Philosophy of Science. 12(2). 2 indexed citations
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Alejandro, Cristián. (2021). Justin Garson, What Biological Functions Are and Why They Matter, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019. History & Philosophy of the Life Sciences. 43(1).
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Alejandro, Cristián, et al.. (2018). Did the bacterium really kill the colonel? Systemic view, inter-level causation, and levels of quasi-decompositionality in mechanistic explanations. 33(1). 1 indexed citations
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Alejandro, Cristián, et al.. (2017). Intervalos de cuasi-descomponibilidad y propiedades emergentes. THEORIA An International Journal for Theory History and Foundations of Science. 32(1). 89–89. 2 indexed citations
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Alejandro, Cristián, et al.. (2016). Function and normativity in social-ecological systems. 11(2). 259–287. 3 indexed citations
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Mossio, Matteo & Cristián Alejandro. (2016). Functions, Organization and Etiology: A Reply to Artiga and Martinez. Acta Biotheoretica. 64(3). 263–275. 17 indexed citations
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Alejandro, Cristián, et al.. (2016). Dynamic Analysis of Cage Systems Under Waves and Current for Offshore Aquaculture. 4 indexed citations
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Alejandro, Cristián, et al.. (2015). Disease-mongering through clinical trials. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences. 51. 11–18. 15 indexed citations
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Alejandro, Cristián & Álvaro Moreno. (2015). Biological pathology from an organizational perspective. Metamedicine. 36(1). 83–95. 22 indexed citations
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Alejandro, Cristián. (2013). Normas naturales y funciones biológicas. Contrastes Revista Internacional de Filosofía.
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Alejandro, Cristián, Matteo Mossio, & Álvaro Moreno. (2011). Biological Organization and Cross-Generation Functions. The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science. 62(3). 583–606. 55 indexed citations
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Mossio, Matteo, Cristián Alejandro, & Álvaro Moreno. (2010). Fonctions : normativité, téléologie et organisation. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 159–173. 3 indexed citations
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Alejandro, Cristián, Matteo Mossio, & Álvaro Moreno. (2010). La dimensión teleológica del concepto de función biológica desde la perspectiva organizacional. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 29(3). 31–56. 1 indexed citations
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Alejandro, Cristián. (2009). Bioética para legos. Una introducción a la ética asistencial. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 6(1). 139–141. 2 indexed citations
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Mossio, Matteo, Cristián Alejandro, & Álvaro Moreno. (2009). An Organizational Account of Biological Functions. The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science. 60(4). 813–841. 209 indexed citations breakdown →
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Alejandro, Cristián. (2009). Normalidad biológica, salud y capacidad adaptativa. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 553–558. 1 indexed citations

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