James W. McAllister

1.1k total citations
40 papers, 555 citations indexed

About

James W. McAllister is a scholar working on History and Philosophy of Science, Global and Planetary Change and Philosophy. According to data from OpenAlex, James W. McAllister has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 555 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in History and Philosophy of Science, 11 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 5 papers in Philosophy. Recurrent topics in James W. McAllister's work include Philosophy and History of Science (17 papers), Science and Climate Studies (9 papers) and Historical Philosophy and Science (4 papers). James W. McAllister is often cited by papers focused on Philosophy and History of Science (17 papers), Science and Climate Studies (9 papers) and Historical Philosophy and Science (4 papers). James W. McAllister collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Czechia and Canada. James W. McAllister's co-authors include J. D. Trout, Paul J. Sanazaro, Richard Goldstein and James S. Roberts and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Philosophical Review and Philosophy of Science.

In The Last Decade

James W. McAllister

39 papers receiving 456 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
James W. McAllister Netherlands 12 268 104 98 78 62 40 555
Jim Woodward United States 10 518 1.9× 90 0.9× 100 1.0× 98 1.3× 106 1.7× 13 777
Friedrich Steinle Germany 9 308 1.1× 62 0.6× 48 0.5× 29 0.4× 53 0.9× 40 551
James Bogen United States 8 311 1.2× 79 0.8× 194 2.0× 125 1.6× 93 1.5× 27 668
C. A. Hooker Australia 15 359 1.3× 156 1.5× 141 1.4× 138 1.8× 102 1.6× 30 795
Peter Kosso United States 12 237 0.9× 45 0.4× 87 0.9× 52 0.7× 62 1.0× 37 558
Patrick A. Heelan United States 13 223 0.8× 109 1.0× 108 1.1× 115 1.5× 53 0.9× 44 639
Darrell P. Rowbottom United Kingdom 16 388 1.4× 69 0.7× 246 2.5× 80 1.0× 80 1.3× 57 671
C. Ulises Moulines Germany 12 331 1.2× 31 0.3× 45 0.5× 87 1.1× 59 1.0× 65 639
J. D. Trout United States 12 302 1.1× 191 1.8× 240 2.4× 142 1.8× 102 1.6× 37 781
Erik Weber Belgium 12 248 0.9× 47 0.5× 104 1.1× 49 0.6× 95 1.5× 75 488

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Fields of papers citing papers by James W. McAllister

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of James W. McAllister

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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McAllister, James W.. (2023). Common sense and the difference between natural and human sciences. Inquiry. 69(2). 937–962.
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McAllister, James W.. (2023). Empirical tests of scientific realism: A quantitative framework. Metaphilosophy. 54(4). 507–522. 1 indexed citations
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McAllister, James W.. (2015). Rhetoric of Effortlessness in Science. Perspectives on Science. 24(2). 145–166. 2 indexed citations
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McAllister, James W.. (2014). Methodological dilemmas and emotion in science. Synthese. 191(13). 3143–3158. 3 indexed citations
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McAllister, James W.. (2013). Reasoning with visual metaphors. The Knowledge Engineering Review. 28(3). 367–379. 6 indexed citations
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McAllister, James W.. (2012). Climate Science Controversies and the Demand for Access to Empirical Data. Philosophy of Science. 79(5). 871–880. 3 indexed citations
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McAllister, James W.. (2007). Malcolm Gladwell, Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking. Minds and Machines. 17(1). 125–128. 1 indexed citations
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McAllister, James W.. (2004). Absence of Contingency in the Newtonian Universe. Foundations of Science. 9(2). 191–210. 2 indexed citations
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McAllister, James W.. (2002). Recent work on aesthetics of science. International Studies in the Philosophy of Science. 16(1). 7–11. 13 indexed citations
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McAllister, James W.. (1999). Universal Regularities And Initial Conditions In Newtonian Physics. Synthese. 120(3). 325–343. 4 indexed citations
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Trout, J. D. & James W. McAllister. (1998). Beauty and Revolution in Science.. The Philosophical Review. 107(2). 320–320. 104 indexed citations
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McAllister, James W.. (1997). Philosophy of science in the Netherlands. International Studies in the Philosophy of Science. 11(2). 191–204. 1 indexed citations
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McAllister, James W.. (1997). Laws of nature, natural history, and the description of the world. International Studies in the Philosophy of Science. 11(3). 245–258. 9 indexed citations
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McAllister, James W.. (1996). The evidential significance of thought experiment in science. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A. 27(2). 233–250. 39 indexed citations
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McAllister, James W.. (1993). Book Review. Mind. 102(408). 686–689. 1 indexed citations
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McAllister, James W.. (1992). Competition Among Scientific Disciplines in Cold Nuclear Fusion Research. Science in Context. 5(1). 17–49. 6 indexed citations
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McAllister, James W.. (1991). The simplicity of theories: Its degree and form. Journal for General Philosophy of Science. 22(1). 1–14. 2 indexed citations
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McAllister, James W.. (1990). Dirac and the Aesthetic Evaluation of Theories. Leiden Repository (Leiden University). 23. 87–102. 4 indexed citations
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McAllister, James W.. (1989). Truth and beauty in scientific reason. Synthese. 78(1). 25–51. 20 indexed citations
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McAllister, James W.. (1986). Theory-Assessment in the Historiography of Science. The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science. 37(3). 315–333. 2 indexed citations

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