Dennis Dieks

5.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
76 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Dennis Dieks is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, History and Philosophy of Science and Astronomy and Astrophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Dennis Dieks has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 33 papers in History and Philosophy of Science and 17 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Recurrent topics in Dennis Dieks's work include Quantum Mechanics and Applications (48 papers), Philosophy and History of Science (32 papers) and Relativity and Gravitational Theory (12 papers). Dennis Dieks is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Mechanics and Applications (48 papers), Philosophy and History of Science (32 papers) and Relativity and Gravitational Theory (12 papers). Dennis Dieks collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United Kingdom and Spain. Dennis Dieks's co-authors include Henk W. de Regt, Pieter E. Vermaas, Marijn A. M. Versteegh, G. Nienhuis, Sebastian De Haro, Wenceslao J. González, Thomas Uebel, Jeroen van Dongen, Gregory Wheeler and Erik Verlinde and has published in prestigious journals such as Research Policy, Physical Review A and Physics Letters A.

In The Last Decade

Dennis Dieks

74 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

Communication by EPR devices 1982 2026 1996 2011 1982 250 500 750
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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. Communication by EPR devices
    1982 776 citations Dennis Dieks Physics Letters A profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Dennis Dieks Netherlands 22 1.8k 1.4k 575 326 254 76 2.6k
Michael Redhead United Kingdom 22 1.4k 0.8× 617 0.4× 780 1.4× 395 1.2× 256 1.0× 74 2.2k
Arthur Fine United States 20 1.7k 0.9× 867 0.6× 1.0k 1.8× 471 1.4× 141 0.6× 81 2.4k
David Z. Albert United States 25 3.3k 1.8× 1.7k 1.2× 924 1.6× 869 2.7× 378 1.5× 45 4.1k
Henry P. Stapp United States 27 2.1k 1.1× 519 0.4× 428 0.7× 488 1.5× 302 1.2× 152 3.7k
Jeffrey Bub United States 21 1.2k 0.7× 533 0.4× 467 0.8× 394 1.2× 104 0.4× 76 1.4k
B. J. Hiley United Kingdom 24 2.0k 1.1× 762 0.5× 323 0.6× 887 2.7× 337 1.3× 74 2.8k
Daniel M. Greenberger United States 25 3.6k 2.0× 2.4k 1.7× 292 0.5× 697 2.1× 295 1.2× 77 4.2k
Harald Atmanspacher Germany 25 689 0.4× 414 0.3× 243 0.4× 410 1.3× 175 0.7× 119 2.1k
Diederik Aerts Belgium 24 1.3k 0.7× 938 0.7× 419 0.7× 465 1.4× 141 0.6× 180 2.3k
Max Jammer Israel 16 825 0.5× 289 0.2× 422 0.7× 361 1.1× 290 1.1× 29 1.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Dennis Dieks

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Dieks, Dennis. (2022). Perspectival Quantum Realism. Foundations of Physics. 52(4). 5 indexed citations
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Dieks, Dennis. (2020). Identical Quantum Particles, Entanglement, and Individuality. Entropy. 22(2). 134–134. 7 indexed citations
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Dieks, Dennis, et al.. (2014). Another look at empirical equivalence and underdetermination of theory choice. European Journal for Philosophy of Science. 4(2). 153–180. 9 indexed citations
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Galavotti, María Carla, Dennis Dieks, Wenceslao J. González, et al.. (2014). New Directions in the Philosophy of Science. DIAL (Catholic University of Leuven). 29 indexed citations
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Dieks, Dennis. (2012). The Physics and Metaphysics of Time. PhilSci-Archive (University of Pittsburgh). 8(1). 103–119. 1 indexed citations
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Haro, Sebastian De, Dennis Dieks, Gerard ’t Hooft, & Erik Verlinde. (2012). Forty Years of String Theory Reflecting on the Foundations. Foundations of Physics. 43(1). 1–7. 18 indexed citations
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Busch, Paul, et al.. (2009). Pekka Johannes Lahti—60th Birthday. Foundations of Physics. 39(6). 519–520.
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Dieks, Dennis & Marijn A. M. Versteegh. (2008). Identical Quantum Particles and Weak Discernibility. Foundations of Physics. 38(10). 923–934. 33 indexed citations
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Dieks, Dennis. (2007). PROBABILITY IN NON-COLLAPSE INTERPRETATIONS OF QUANTUM MECHANICS. 345–354. 1 indexed citations
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Dieks, Dennis. (2006). The ontology of spacetime. Elsevier eBooks. 34 indexed citations
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Dieks, Dennis. (2006). Another look at general covariance and the equivalence of reference frames. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics. 37(1). 174–191. 11 indexed citations
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Regt, Henk W. de & Dennis Dieks. (2005). A Contextual Approach to Scientific Understanding. Synthese. 144(1). 137–170. 203 indexed citations
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Dieks, Dennis. (2002). Inequalities that test locality in quantum mechanics. Physical Review A. 66(6). 7 indexed citations
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Dieks, Dennis. (2000). Consistent histories and relativistic invariance in the modal interpretation of quantum mechanics. Physics Letters A. 265(5-6). 317–325. 13 indexed citations
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Dieks, Dennis & Henk W. de Regt. (1998). Reduction and Understanding. Foundations of Science. 3(1). 45–59. 8 indexed citations
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Dieks, Dennis. (1993). Quantum mechanics and experience. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A. 24(5). 867–870. 45 indexed citations
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Dieks, Dennis. (1989). Quantum mechanics without the projection postulate and its realistic interpretation. Foundations of Physics. 19(11). 1397–1423. 44 indexed citations
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Dieks, Dennis. (1988). The Formalism of Quantum Theory: An Objective Description of Reality?. Annalen der Physik. 500(3). 174–190. 41 indexed citations
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Dieks, Dennis. (1981). A note on causation and the flow of energy. Erkenntnis. 16(1). 103–108. 5 indexed citations
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Dieks, Dennis, et al.. (1976). Differences in Impact of Scientific Publications: Some Indices Derived from a Citation Analysis. Social Studies of Science. 6(2). 247–267. 61 indexed citations

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