Frederick Suppe

4.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
38 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Frederick Suppe is a scholar working on History and Philosophy of Science, Social Psychology and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Frederick Suppe has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in History and Philosophy of Science, 4 papers in Social Psychology and 3 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Frederick Suppe's work include Philosophy and History of Science (10 papers), LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy (4 papers) and Semantic Web and Ontologies (2 papers). Frederick Suppe is often cited by papers focused on Philosophy and History of Science (10 papers), LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy (4 papers) and Semantic Web and Ontologies (2 papers). Frederick Suppe collaborates with scholars based in United States. Frederick Suppe's co-authors include John Day, Linda C. Pugh, Elizabeth R. Lenz, Audrey G. Gift, Renee A. Milligan, Nicholas C. Mullins, Ada Jacox, Mario H. Otero, James K. Feibleman and Michael A. Overington and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, The American Journal of Psychology and The Journal of Philosophy.

In The Last Decade

Frederick Suppe

35 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

The Structure of Scientific Theories. 1975 2026 1992 2009 1975 1997 1978 200 400 600
What are hit papers?

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. The Structure of Scientific Theories.
    1975 704 citations Frederick Suppe et al. profile →
  2. The Middle-Range Theory of Unpleasant Symptoms: An Update
    1997 640 citations Elizabeth R. Lenz, Linda C. Pugh et al. Advances in Nursing Science profile →
  3. The Structure of Scientific Theories
    1978 456 citations Frederick Suppe et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Frederick Suppe United States 16 662 383 246 240 223 38 2.7k
William B. Bean United States 31 290 0.4× 436 1.1× 147 0.6× 236 1.0× 318 1.4× 368 5.9k
Sally Haslanger United States 24 410 0.6× 1.5k 3.8× 545 2.2× 187 0.8× 90 0.4× 59 3.1k
Paul S. Davies United States 22 129 0.2× 281 0.7× 361 1.5× 84 0.3× 242 1.1× 100 3.0k
Peter Saunders United Kingdom 35 142 0.2× 1.2k 3.0× 136 0.6× 36 0.1× 225 1.0× 128 4.3k
Richard Smith United Kingdom 38 253 0.4× 331 0.9× 63 0.3× 90 0.4× 94 0.4× 250 5.7k
Daniele Fanelli United Kingdom 24 292 0.4× 501 1.3× 277 1.1× 38 0.2× 117 0.5× 46 5.7k
David Faust United States 27 158 0.2× 599 1.6× 440 1.8× 20 0.1× 111 0.5× 102 4.4k
Ulrich Hoffrage Germany 30 222 0.3× 925 2.4× 417 1.7× 87 0.4× 184 0.8× 88 5.8k
Robert N. Proctor United States 21 129 0.2× 748 2.0× 49 0.2× 104 0.4× 69 0.3× 52 2.8k
Daniel M. Hausman United States 28 455 0.7× 601 1.6× 138 0.6× 40 0.2× 40 0.2× 144 3.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Frederick Suppe

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Frederick Suppe

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Frederick Suppe. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Frederick Suppe 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 Frederick Suppe. Frederick Suppe is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Suppe, Frederick. (1998). The Structure of a Scientific Paper. Philosophy of Science. 65(3). 381–405. 87 indexed citations
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Lenz, Elizabeth R., Linda C. Pugh, Renee A. Milligan, Audrey G. Gift, & Frederick Suppe. (1997). The Middle-Range Theory of Unpleasant Symptoms: An Update. Advances in Nursing Science. 19(3). 14–27. 640 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lenz, Elizabeth R., Frederick Suppe, Audrey G. Gift, Linda C. Pugh, & Renee A. Milligan. (1996). The authors respond. Advances in Nursing Science. 18(4). vi–vii. 1 indexed citations
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Lenz, Elizabeth R., et al.. (1995). Collaborative development of middle-range nursing theories. Advances in Nursing Science. 17(3). 1–13. 182 indexed citations
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Suppe, Frederick. (1994). Explaining Homosexuality:. Journal of Homosexuality. 27(3-4). 223–268. 3 indexed citations
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Suppe, Frederick. (1993). Credentialing Scientific Claims. Perspectives on Science. 1(2). 153–203. 9 indexed citations
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Suppe, Frederick, et al.. (1989). Nonmonotonic formalisms for commonsense temporal-causal reasoning.
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Suppe, Frederick & Ada Jacox. (1985). Philosophy of science and the development of nursing theory.. PubMed. 3. 241–67. 17 indexed citations
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Suppe, Frederick. (1985). PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVES ON NON‐EXPERIMENTAL SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH: FREEMAN, MEAD, AND THE OBJECTIVITY OF NON‐EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH. Pacific philosophical quarterly. 66(3-4). 394–409. 2 indexed citations
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Suppe, Frederick. (1984). Classifying Sexual Disorders:. Journal of Homosexuality. 9(4). 9–28. 29 indexed citations
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Overington, Michael A. & Frederick Suppe. (1979). The Structure of Scientific Theories.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 8(4). 596–596. 7 indexed citations
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Suppe, Frederick. (1978). The Structure of Scientific Theories.. Systematic Zoology. 27(3). 386–386. 101 indexed citations
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Suppe, Frederick. (1977). I. Introduction. Teaching Philosophy. 2(2). 99–108. 1 indexed citations
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Suppe, Frederick. (1976). Logic, Computers, and Humanity. Teaching Philosophy. 1(3). 259–321. 1 indexed citations
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Suppe, Frederick, et al.. (1976). Preface. PSA Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association. 1976(2). ix–x. 1 indexed citations
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Mullins, Nicholas C. & Frederick Suppe. (1976). The Structure of Scientific Theories.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 5(3). 351–351. 205 indexed citations
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Suppe, Frederick. (1973). Facts and Empirical Truth. Canadian Journal of Philosophy. 3(2). 197–212. 3 indexed citations
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Suppe, Frederick. (1972). Theories, their formulations, and the operational imperative. Synthese. 25(1-2). 129–164. 15 indexed citations
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Suppe, Frederick. (1972). “What's Wrong with the Received View on the Structure of Scientific Theories?”. Philosophy of Science. 39(1). 1–19. 59 indexed citations
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Suppe, Frederick. (1971). On Partial Interpretation. The Journal of Philosophy. 68(3). 57–57. 6 indexed citations

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