David B. Kitts

667 total citations
33 papers, 464 citations indexed

About

David B. Kitts is a scholar working on History and Philosophy of Science, Paleontology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, David B. Kitts has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 464 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in History and Philosophy of Science, 5 papers in Paleontology and 5 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in David B. Kitts's work include Philosophy and History of Science (9 papers), Science and Climate Studies (5 papers) and Evolution and Paleontology Studies (5 papers). David B. Kitts is often cited by papers focused on Philosophy and History of Science (9 papers), Science and Climate Studies (5 papers) and Evolution and Paleontology Studies (5 papers). David B. Kitts collaborates with scholars based in United States. David B. Kitts's co-authors include Quentin D. Wheeler, Niles Eldredge, Joël Cracraft, Tilly Edinger, Bruce J. MacFadden, Tom D. Crouch and William Coleman and has published in prestigious journals such as Evolution, Systematic Biology and American Journal of Science.

In The Last Decade

David B. Kitts

30 papers receiving 393 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David B. Kitts United States 11 152 151 83 74 52 33 464
John E. Cronin United States 11 24 0.2× 266 1.8× 137 1.7× 94 1.3× 95 1.8× 14 635
Jonathan Michael Kaplan United States 14 242 1.6× 172 1.1× 74 0.9× 46 0.6× 77 1.5× 48 868
Adrian Desmond United Kingdom 14 336 2.2× 76 0.5× 45 0.5× 31 0.4× 25 0.5× 31 663
Robert B. Eckhardt United States 11 25 0.2× 135 0.9× 78 0.9× 66 0.9× 33 0.6× 42 508
Telmo Pievani Italy 12 88 0.6× 67 0.4× 30 0.4× 53 0.7× 25 0.5× 57 487
Elliot Sober United States 6 209 1.4× 96 0.6× 51 0.6× 9 0.1× 96 1.8× 8 473
Keith R. Benson United States 12 180 1.2× 26 0.2× 57 0.7× 71 1.0× 60 1.2× 36 461
Peter Charles Goody United Kingdom 7 26 0.2× 282 1.9× 132 1.6× 114 1.5× 73 1.4× 11 580
Ellen Tan Drake United States 5 14 0.1× 148 1.0× 155 1.9× 194 2.6× 61 1.2× 16 594
Briana Pobiner United States 18 104 0.7× 392 2.6× 27 0.3× 226 3.1× 21 0.4× 44 998

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kitts, David B.. (1987). Plato on kinds of animals. Biology & Philosophy. 2(3). 315–328. 7 indexed citations
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Kitts, David B. & Tom D. Crouch. (1984). The Eagle Aloft: Two Centuries of the Balloon in America. Journal of American History. 71(3). 603–603. 2 indexed citations
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Kitts, David B.. (1984). The Names of Species: A Reply to Hull. Systematic Zoology. 33(1). 112–112. 10 indexed citations
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Kitts, David B.. (1983). Can Baptism Alone Save a Species?. Systematic Biology. 32(1). 27–33. 11 indexed citations
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Kitts, David B.. (1983). The complexity of living bodies and the structure of biological theories. Acta Biotheoretica. 32(3). 195–205. 1 indexed citations
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Kitts, David B.. (1980). Theories and Other Scientific Statements: A Reply to Settle. Systematic Biology. 29(2). 190–192. 2 indexed citations
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Kitts, David B., et al.. (1979). Biological Species as Natural Kinds. Philosophy of Science. 46(4). 613–622. 66 indexed citations
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Kitts, David B.. (1979). The Verification of Numerically Universal Statements. Systematic Zoology. 28(3). 395–395. 1 indexed citations
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Kitts, David B.. (1978). Retrodiction in Geology. PSA Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association. 1978(2). 215–226. 5 indexed citations
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Kitts, David B.. (1978). Theoretics and Systematics: A Reply to Cracraft, Nelson, and Patterson. Systematic Zoology. 27(2). 222–222. 5 indexed citations
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Kitts, David B.. (1975). Stochastic Models of Phylogeny and the Evolution of Diversity: a Discussion. The Journal of Geology. 83(1). 125–126. 2 indexed citations
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Kitts, David B.. (1974). Physical Theory and Geological Knowledge. The Journal of Geology. 82(1). 1–23. 7 indexed citations
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Kitts, David B.. (1974). PALEONTOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY THEORY. Evolution. 28(3). 458–472. 13 indexed citations
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Kitts, David B., et al.. (1969). Commentary?Part II. Journal of the History of Biology. 2(1). 207–221. 1 indexed citations
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Kitts, David B.. (1963). Historical Explanation in Geology. The Journal of Geology. 71(3). 297–313. 6 indexed citations
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Kitts, David B., et al.. (1957). A Revision of the Genus Orohippus (Perissodactyla, Equidae). 17 indexed citations
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Kitts, David B.. (1957). A revision of the genus Orohippus (Perrisodactyla, Equidae). American Museum novitates ; no. 1864. American Museum Novitates. 1 indexed citations
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Kitts, David B.. (1956). American Hyracotherium (Perissodactyla, Equidae). Bulletin of the AMNH ; v. 110, article 1. American Museum Novitates. 5 indexed citations
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Edinger, Tilly & David B. Kitts. (1954). The Foramen Ovale. Evolution. 8(4). 389–389. 8 indexed citations
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Kitts, David B.. (1953). A Pleistocene musk ox from New York and the distribution of the musk-oxen. American Museum novitates ; no. 1607. American Museum Novitates. 6 indexed citations

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