Gerald Holton

5.5k total citations
171 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Gerald Holton is a scholar working on History and Philosophy of Science, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Gerald Holton has authored 171 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in History and Philosophy of Science, 17 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 12 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Gerald Holton's work include Philosophy and History of Science (12 papers), Relativity and Gravitational Theory (11 papers) and Philosophy, Science, and History (9 papers). Gerald Holton is often cited by papers focused on Philosophy and History of Science (12 papers), Relativity and Gravitational Theory (11 papers) and Philosophy, Science, and History (9 papers). Gerald Holton collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Gerald Holton's co-authors include Thomas F. Gieryn, Gerhard Sonnert, Louis Weber, Daniel M. Siegel, David Topper, Yehuda Elkana, Henry H. Bauer, Clayton A. Gearhart, Erik H. Erikson and J. MacLachlan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Gerald Holton

149 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Gerald Holton 632 525 328 305 246 171 2.8k
Stephen G. Brush 652 1.0× 329 0.6× 218 0.7× 192 0.6× 120 0.5× 158 3.8k
David Hawkins 539 0.9× 277 0.5× 325 1.0× 159 0.5× 101 0.4× 31 1.9k
Paul K. Feyerabend 1.1k 1.8× 395 0.8× 753 2.3× 135 0.4× 233 0.9× 128 3.6k
Norwood Russell Hanson 938 1.5× 335 0.6× 561 1.7× 299 1.0× 276 1.1× 60 3.5k
Karl Popper 584 0.9× 250 0.5× 958 2.9× 131 0.4× 242 1.0× 67 3.7k
Imre Lakatos 935 1.5× 1000 1.9× 751 2.3× 319 1.0× 237 1.0× 36 4.4k
J. E. McGuire 777 1.2× 489 0.9× 983 3.0× 321 1.1× 421 1.7× 40 5.2k
Marie Boas Hall 646 1.0× 458 0.9× 1.0k 3.1× 290 1.0× 327 1.3× 61 4.9k
Mary Hesse 1.2k 1.8× 567 1.1× 934 2.8× 424 1.4× 334 1.4× 73 5.1k
Gavin Ardley 434 0.7× 259 0.5× 334 1.0× 243 0.8× 135 0.5× 23 2.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Gerald Holton

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gerald Holton

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Gerald Holton. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Gerald Holton 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 Gerald Holton. Gerald Holton 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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Holton, Gerald. (2004). Robert K. Merton (4 July 1910 - 23 February 2003).. PubMed. 148(4). 505–17. 5 indexed citations
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Holton, Gerald. (2004). Robert K. Merton. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society: Held at Philadelphia for Promoting Useful Knowledge. 148(4). 506–517. 1 indexed citations
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Holton, Gerald & Gerhard Sonnert. (1999). A Vision of Jeffersonian Science.. Issues in Science and Technology. 16(1). 61–65. 27 indexed citations
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Holton, Gerald. (1998). The advancement of science, and its burdens : with a new introduction. Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard (DASH) (Harvard University). 4 indexed citations
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Holton, Gerald. (1998). The scientific imagination : with a new introduction. Harvard University Press eBooks. 9 indexed citations
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Holton, Gerald, et al.. (1996). How a Scientific Discovery Is Made: A Case History. Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard (DASH) (Harvard University). 30 indexed citations
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Holton, Gerald. (1996). On the Art of Scientific Imagination. Daedalus. 15 indexed citations
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Sonnert, Gerhard & Gerald Holton. (1996). Career Patterns of Women and Men in the Sciences. American Scientist. 84(1). 63–71. 124 indexed citations
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Holton, Gerald. (1986). Niels Bohr and the Integrity of Science. 74(3). 237–243. 4 indexed citations
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Garfield, Eugene & Gerald Holton. (1985). The awards of science and other essays. 9 indexed citations
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Holton, Gerald. (1984). "A Nation at Risk" Revisited.. Daedalus. 113(4). 1–27. 11 indexed citations
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Holton, Gerald, et al.. (1981). Thematische Analyse der Wissenschaft : die Physik Einsteins und seiner Zeit. Suhrkamp eBooks. 6 indexed citations
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Holton, Gerald, et al.. (1981). Project physics : text. 5 indexed citations
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Rutherford, F. James, et al.. (1975). Project physics : resource book. 2 indexed citations
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Erikson, Erik H. & Gerald Holton. (1972). The Twentieth-century sciences : studies in the biography of ideas. 25 indexed citations
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Holton, Gerald. (1970). The Roots of Complementarity.. Daedalus. 45 indexed citations
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Holton, Gerald. (1967). Science and culture : a study of cohesive and disjunctive forces. 6 indexed citations
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Holton, Gerald. (1962). Scientific Research and Scholarship Notes toward the Design of Proper Scales. Daedalus. 20 indexed citations
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Holton, Gerald. (1961). Johannes Kepler et les origines philosophiques de la physique moderne.. 1 indexed citations
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Holton, Gerald. (1959). Foundations of modern physical science / Gerald Holton, G.D. Roller. Koleksi Buku UPT Perpustakaan Universitas Negeri Malang. 1959(1959). 1–99.

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