Elliot Sober

878 total citations
8 papers, 473 citations indexed

About

Elliot Sober is a scholar working on History and Philosophy of Science, Molecular Biology and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Elliot Sober has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 473 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in History and Philosophy of Science, 1 paper in Molecular Biology and 1 paper in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Elliot Sober's work include Philosophy and History of Science (3 papers), Science and Climate Studies (1 paper) and Psychological Treatments and Disorders (1 paper). Elliot Sober is often cited by papers focused on Philosophy and History of Science (3 papers), Science and Climate Studies (1 paper) and Psychological Treatments and Disorders (1 paper). Elliot Sober collaborates with scholars based in United States and Ghana. Elliot Sober's co-authors include Gareth Nelson, Peter Godfrey‐Smith, David Sloan Wilson and Steven Hecht Orzack and has published in prestigious journals such as The American Naturalist, Behavioral and Brain Sciences and Philosophy and Phenomenological Research.

In The Last Decade

Elliot Sober

8 papers receiving 433 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Elliot Sober United States	6	209	101	96	96	88	8	473
Adrian Currie United Kingdom	18	419 2.0×	212 2.1×	67 0.7×	155 1.6×	135 1.5×	64	1.0k
Martin Mahner United States	10	168 0.8×	94 0.9×	147 1.5×	51 0.5×	126 1.4×	16	711
Ingo Brigandt Canada	13	285 1.4×	116 1.1×	190 2.0×	38 0.4×	91 1.0×	46	638
Werner Callebaut Austria	10	147 0.7×	112 1.1×	112 1.2×	27 0.3×	50 0.6×	32	520
Russell Powell United States	17	70 0.3×	197 2.0×	82 0.9×	34 0.4×	121 1.4×	44	711
Thomas A. C. Reydon Germany	16	271 1.3×	151 1.5×	101 1.1×	11 0.1×	93 1.1×	62	671
Garland E. Allen United States	18	340 1.6×	124 1.2×	166 1.7×	11 0.1×	241 2.7×	72	998
Telmo Pievani Italy	12	88 0.4×	111 1.1×	25 0.3×	67 0.7×	65 0.7×	57	487
Staffan Müller‐Wille Germany	18	316 1.5×	67 0.7×	130 1.4×	22 0.2×	180 2.0×	69	845
Derek Turner United States	13	232 1.1×	134 1.3×	39 0.4×	79 0.8×	76 0.9×	39	471

Countries citing papers authored by Elliot Sober

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Fields of papers citing papers by Elliot Sober

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Elliot Sober

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All Works

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8 of 8 papers shown

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Sober, Elliot, et al.. (2007). INTELLIGENT DESIGN THEORY AND THE SUPERNATURAL—THE ‘GOD OR EXTRA-TERRESTRIALS’ REPLY. Faith and Philosophy. 24(1). 72–82. 8 indexed citations

2.

Sober, Elliot. (1998). El egoísmo psicológico. Isegoría. 47–70. 3 indexed citations

3.

Wilson, David Sloan & Elliot Sober. (1996). (1994) Reintroducing group selection to the human behavioral sciences. BBS 17: 585-654. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 19(4). 53 indexed citations

4.

Orzack, Steven Hecht & Elliot Sober. (1996). How to Formulate and Test Adaptationism. The American Naturalist. 148(1). 202–210. 23 indexed citations

5.

Sober, Elliot, et al.. (1995). Philosophy of Biology.. The Philosophical Quarterly. 45(179). 251–251. 5 indexed citations

6.

Godfrey‐Smith, Peter & Elliot Sober. (1993). Reconstructing the Past: Parsimony, Evolution, and Inference.. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. 53(2). 487–487. 64 indexed citations

7.

Nelson, Gareth & Elliot Sober. (1989). Reconstructing the Past: Parsimony, Evolution, and Inference.. Systematic Zoology. 38(3). 293–293. 274 indexed citations

8.

Sober, Elliot. (1984). Two Concepts of Cause. PSA Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association. 1984(2). 405–424. 43 indexed citations

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