Davis Baird

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
36 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Davis Baird is a scholar working on History and Philosophy of Science, Biomedical Engineering and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Davis Baird has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in History and Philosophy of Science, 4 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 3 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Davis Baird's work include Philosophy and History of Science (12 papers), Nanotechnology research and applications (4 papers) and History and advancements in chemistry (3 papers). Davis Baird is often cited by papers focused on Philosophy and History of Science (12 papers), Nanotechnology research and applications (4 papers) and History and advancements in chemistry (3 papers). Davis Baird collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and South Africa. Davis Baird's co-authors include Ian Hacking, Joachim Schummer, Alfred Nordmann, Ashley Shew, Thomas B. Faust, Charles Tanford, Eric R. Scerri, Lee McIntyre, Mark S. Cohen and Sarah Robertson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Biotechnology, Nature Nanotechnology and Journal of American History.

In The Last Decade

Davis Baird

36 papers receiving 1.2k citations

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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.

Representing and Intervening: Introductory Topics in the Philosophy of Natural Science.

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Davis Baird United States	12	422	270	137	120	112	36	1.4k
Ludwik Fleck Austria	8	281 0.7×	544 2.0×	101 0.7×	33 0.3×	213 1.9×	10	2.0k
Haṡok Chang United Kingdom	20	874 2.1×	199 0.7×	194 1.4×	56 0.5×	247 2.2×	69	1.9k
Gerald Holton United States	26	632 1.5×	328 1.2×	161 1.2×	135 1.1×	165 1.5×	171	2.8k
Thaddeus J. Trenn Germany	7	271 0.6×	467 1.7×	96 0.7×	23 0.2×	177 1.6×	18	1.8k
Bernadette Bensaude‐Vincent France	19	298 0.7×	172 0.6×	41 0.3×	57 0.5×	63 0.6×	107	1.1k
Tarja Knuuttila Finland	17	374 0.9×	109 0.4×	91 0.7×	47 0.4×	44 0.4×	50	1.1k
Johannes Lenhard Germany	14	207 0.5×	114 0.4×	55 0.4×	51 0.4×	73 0.7×	52	742
Galileo Galilei United States	14	359 0.9×	95 0.4×	124 0.9×	45 0.4×	143 1.3×	70	1.3k
Pierre Duhem United States	11	856 2.0×	235 0.9×	131 1.0×	22 0.2×	321 2.9×	38	1.7k
I. Bernard Cohen United States	20	579 1.4×	216 0.8×	86 0.6×	24 0.2×	157 1.4×	122	1.7k

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Vogt, Thomas, et al.. (2007). Opportunities in the 'post-academic' world. Nature Nanotechnology. 2(6). 329–332. 10 indexed citations

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Toumey, Chris & Davis Baird. (2006). Building nanoliteracy in the university and beyond. Nature Biotechnology. 24(6). 721–722. 8 indexed citations

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Baird, Davis, Eric R. Scerri, & Lee McIntyre. (2005). Introduction : The invisibility of chemistry. Boston studies in the philosophy of science. 242. 3–18. 3 indexed citations

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Baird, Davis, Alfred Nordmann, & Joachim Schummer. (2004). Discovering the nanoscale. IOS Press eBooks. 192 indexed citations

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Baird, Davis & Ashley Shew. (2004). Probing the history of scanning tunneling microscopy. 30 indexed citations

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Mellenbergh, Gideon J., Herman J. Adèr, Davis Baird, et al.. (2003). Conceptual issues of research methodology for the behavioural, life and social sciences. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series D (The Statistician). 52(2). 211–218. 2 indexed citations

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Baird, Davis. (2002). Editor's Note on Volume Numeration and Publication Dates. Techné Research in Philosophy and Technology. 6(1). 1–1. 6 indexed citations

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Baird, Davis. (2002). Editor's Note. Techné Research in Philosophy and Technology. 6(2). 86–86. 1 indexed citations

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Baird, Davis. (2002). Thing Knowledge - Function and Truth. Techné Research in Philosophy and Technology. 6(2). 96–105. 14 indexed citations

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Baird, Davis. (2000). Organic Necessity. Techné Research in Philosophy and Technology. 5(1). 12–20. 1 indexed citations

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Baird, Davis. (2000). Encapsulating Knowledge: The Direct Reading Spectrometer. Foundations of Chemistry. 2(1). 5–46. 2 indexed citations

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Baird, Davis, et al.. (1998). Encapsulating Knowledge: The Direct Reading Spectrometer. 3(3). 113–118. 2 indexed citations

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Baird, Davis, et al.. (1997). Prefatory Note. 2(2). 56–56. 1 indexed citations

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Baird, Davis & Alfred Nordmann. (1994). Facts-Well-Put. The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science. 45(1). 37–77. 9 indexed citations

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Baird, Davis & Charles Tanford. (1990). Ben Franklin Stilled the Waves: An Informal History of Pouring Oil on Water, with Reflections on the ups and Downs of Scientific Life in General.. Journal of American History. 77(2). 632–632. 14 indexed citations

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Baird, Davis. (1989). Instruments on the Cusp of Science and Technology : The Indicator Diagram. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 107–122. 4 indexed citations

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Baird, Davis. (1985). Lehrer/Wagner consensual probabilities do not adequately summarize the available information. Synthese. 62(1). 47–62. 4 indexed citations

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Baird, Davis. (1984). Tests of Significance Violate the Rule of Implication. PSA Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association. 1984(1). 81–92. 1 indexed citations

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Baird, Davis, et al.. (1982). How to Commit the Gambler's Fallacy and Get Away with It. PSA Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association. 1982(1). 169–180. 1 indexed citations

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Baird, Davis, G. M. Carstairs, Richard Doll, et al.. (1967). Restrictions on Doctor in South Africa. BMJ. 3(5564). 556.2–556. 5 indexed citations

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