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.
The Nature of Selection: Evolutionary Theory in Philosophical Focus.
1986636 citationsRobert N. Brandon, Elliott Soberprofile →
Reintroducing group selection to the human behavioral sciences
This map shows the geographic impact of Elliott Sober's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Elliott Sober with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Elliott Sober more than expected).
This network shows the impact of papers produced by Elliott Sober. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Elliott Sober. The network helps show where Elliott Sober may publish in the future.
Co-authorship network of co-authors of Elliott Sober
This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Elliott Sober.
A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Elliott Sober based on the total number of
citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges
represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together.
Node borders
signify the number of papers an author published with Elliott Sober. Elliott Sober is excluded from
the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.
Newman, Stuart A., Peter Godfrey‐Smith, Daniel L. Hartl, et al.. (2021). Remembering Richard Lewontin (1929–2021). Biological Theory. 16(4). 257–267.4 indexed citations
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Sober, Elliott, et al.. (2019). Discrimination-Conduciveness and Observation Selection Effects. PhilPapers (PhilPapers Foundation). 19(40).
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Sober, Elliott. (2015). Ockham's razors a user's manual. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research).85 indexed citations
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Sober, Elliott. (2009). Parsimony Arguments in Science and Philosophy—A Test Case for Naturalism P. 83(2).21 indexed citations
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Sober, Elliott. (2009). ¿Escribió Darwin el "Origen" al revés?. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 28(2). 45–69.
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Sober, Elliott. (2004). A Modest Proposal – a Review of John Earman’s Hume’s Abject Failure – the Miracles Argument. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. 68(2).
Beatty, John, Robert N. Brandon, Elliott Sober, & Sandra D. Mitchell. (1997). Symposium: Are There Laws in Biology?. Philosophy of Science. 64(4).1 indexed citations
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Sober, Elliott. (1996). Evolution and Optimality: Feathers, Bowling Balls, and the Thesis of Adaptationism. SUNY Digital Repository Support (State University of New York System). 26(1). 2.14 indexed citations
Sober, Elliott. (1982). Why Logically Equivalent Predicates May Pick out Different Properties. American Philosophical Quarterly. 19(2).32 indexed citations
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