David Cahan

583 total citations
34 papers, 267 citations indexed

About

David Cahan is a scholar working on History and Philosophy of Science, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Endocrinology. According to data from OpenAlex, David Cahan has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 267 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in History and Philosophy of Science, 7 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 6 papers in Endocrinology. Recurrent topics in David Cahan's work include History of Science and Natural History (9 papers), Philosophy, Science, and History (7 papers) and History and Developments in Astronomy (7 papers). David Cahan is often cited by papers focused on History of Science and Natural History (9 papers), Philosophy, Science, and History (7 papers) and History and Developments in Astronomy (7 papers). David Cahan collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and Nepal. David Cahan's co-authors include E. C. Helmreich, I Sechter, C. B. Gerichter, G Altmann, Hermann L. F. Helmholtz, S Bergner-Rabinowitz, Zvi Greenberg, M. E. Rudd, George E. Webb and Roy Gross and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Clinical Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

David Cahan

30 papers receiving 233 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David Cahan United States 8 103 35 26 26 21 34 267
G. L’E. Turner United Kingdom 12 89 0.9× 24 0.7× 29 1.1× 43 1.7× 40 295
John Beatty Canada 5 40 0.4× 6 0.2× 5 0.2× 9 0.3× 3 0.1× 11 157
Emily C. Parke New Zealand 8 47 0.5× 7 0.2× 17 0.7× 10 0.4× 18 220
Linda J. Lear United States 8 13 0.1× 26 0.7× 17 0.7× 15 0.6× 18 217
Beckett Sterner United States 11 42 0.4× 20 0.6× 5 0.2× 21 0.8× 40 303
Colin Tudge Switzerland 9 5 0.0× 33 0.9× 20 0.8× 33 1.3× 24 211
F. Weiling Germany 9 25 0.2× 21 0.6× 19 0.7× 94 3.6× 36 319
Joel Velasco United States 10 73 0.7× 13 0.4× 5 0.2× 77 3.0× 1 0.0× 20 275
Stefania Maria Maci Italy 9 5 0.0× 9 0.3× 19 0.7× 10 0.4× 5 0.2× 59 261
Norman Feather United Kingdom 6 35 0.3× 3 0.1× 6 0.2× 7 0.3× 5 0.2× 8 153

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Cahan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Cahan

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All Works

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Cahan, David. (2018). Helmholtz: A Life in Science. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 4 indexed citations
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Cahan, David. (2006). The “Imperial Chancellor of the Sciences”: Helmholtz between Science and Politics. Social research. 73(4). 1093–1128. 2 indexed citations
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Webb, George E., David Cahan, & M. E. Rudd. (2001). Science at the American Frontier: A Biography of DeWitt Bristol Brace. Journal of American History. 88(2). 672–672. 1 indexed citations
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Cahan, David. (1997). Out of the shadow of the guillotine. Nature. 385(6618). 693–694. 2 indexed citations
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Cahan, David. (1995). For science and country. Nature. 375(6528). 199–200. 2 indexed citations
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Cahan, David. (1992). Meister der Messung : die Physikalisch-Technische Reichsanstalt im Deutschen Kaiserreich. 1 indexed citations
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Helmholtz, Hermann L. F. & David Cahan. (1992). Letters of Hermann Von Helmholtz to His Parents : The Medical Education of a German Scientist, 1837-1846. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 3 indexed citations
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Helmreich, E. C. & David Cahan. (1990). An Institute for an Empire: The Physikalisch-Technische Reichsanstalt 1871-1918. German Studies Review. 13(2). 332–332. 42 indexed citations
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Cahan, David, et al.. (1990). An Institute for an Empire: The Physikalisch−Technische Reichsanstalt, 1871−1918. American Journal of Physics. 58(6). 604–605. 44 indexed citations
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Cahan, David. (1989). Kohlrausch and Electrolytic Conductivity: Instruments, Institutes, and Scientific Innovation. Osiris. 5. 166–185. 3 indexed citations
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Cahan, David. (1988). Pride and Prejudice in the History of Physics: The German Speaking World, 1740-1945. Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences. 19(1). 173–191. 1 indexed citations
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Cahan, David. (1985). The Institutional Revolution in German Physics, 1865-1914. 15(2). 1–65. 25 indexed citations
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Cahan, David. (1982). Werner Siemens and the Origin of the Physikalisch-Technische Reichsanstalt, 1872-1887. 12(2). 253–283. 5 indexed citations
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Sechter, I, et al.. (1981). Antigenic Scheme of Citrobacter koseri. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 14(6). 620–622. 3 indexed citations
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Greenberg, Zvi, et al.. (1976). Salmonella and Arizona from snakes in the Judean desert (1974-1975).. PubMed. 127(3). 383–90. 3 indexed citations
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Gerichter, C. B., et al.. (1975). Viability of Vibrio cholerae biotype El Tor and of cholera phage on vegetables.. PubMed. 11(9). 889–95. 8 indexed citations
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Sechter, I, et al.. (1970). Arizona isolations in Israel (1957-1969).. PubMed. 119(3). 323–8. 3 indexed citations

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