Karl R. Popper

49.5k total citations · 12 hit papers
169 papers, 22.7k citations indexed

About

Karl R. Popper is a scholar working on History and Philosophy of Science, Philosophy and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Karl R. Popper has authored 169 papers receiving a total of 22.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in History and Philosophy of Science, 18 papers in Philosophy and 13 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Karl R. Popper's work include Philosophy and History of Science (16 papers), Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (12 papers) and Philosophy, Science, and History (11 papers). Karl R. Popper is often cited by papers focused on Philosophy and History of Science (16 papers), Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (12 papers) and Philosophy, Science, and History (11 papers). Karl R. Popper collaborates with scholars based in Mexico, United Kingdom and United States. Karl R. Popper's co-authors include T. W. Hutchison, Mary Hesse, Harry Ruja, George H. Weiss, M. G. Kendall, Nicholas Rescher, Norwood Russell Hanson, John C. Eccles, George E. Hudson and James Martin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Econometrica.

In The Last Decade

Karl R. Popper

145 papers receiving 18.7k citations

Hit Papers

The Logic of Scientific Discovery. 1958 2026 1980 2003 1959 1965 1964 1973 1959 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k
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 Logic of Scientific Discovery.
    1959 4.1k citations Karl R. Popper et al. profile →
  2. Conjectures and Refutations: The Growth of Scientific Knowledge.
    1965 2.4k citations Karl R. Popper et al. profile →
  3. Conjectures and Refutations: The Growth of Scientific Knowledge.
    1964 2.3k citations Karl R. Popper et al. profile →
  4. Objective Knowledge, an Evolutionary Approach.
    1973 2.1k citations Karl R. Popper et al. profile →
  5. The Logic of Scientific Discovery
    1959 1.6k citations Karl R. Popper et al. profile →
  6. The Logic of Scientific Discovery.
    1959 1.5k citations Karl R. Popper et al. profile →
  7. The Logic of Scientific Discovery.
    1960 1.3k citations Karl R. Popper et al. profile →
  8. The Poverty of Historicism
    1958 1.1k citations Karl R. Popper profile →
  9. The Self and Its Brain
    1977 756 citations Karl R. Popper et al. profile →
  10. Conjectures and refutations : the growth of scientific knowledge
    1972 628 citations Karl R. Popper profile →
  11. Conjectures and Refutations
    1963 540 citations Karl R. Popper et al. profile →
  12. La lógica de la investigación científica
    1980 176 citations Karl R. Popper Virtual Defense Library (Ministerio de Defensa) profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Karl R. Popper Mexico 40 4.6k 3.5k 2.2k 1.9k 1.9k 169 22.7k
Thomas Kühn United States 34 6.5k 1.4× 4.0k 1.1× 2.3k 1.0× 4.2k 2.1× 1.6k 0.8× 113 33.2k
Richard Schlegel United States 64 4.9k 1.1× 2.2k 0.6× 1.6k 0.7× 3.0k 1.5× 1.2k 0.6× 230 36.8k
Ian Hacking Canada 49 4.2k 0.9× 3.9k 1.1× 2.5k 1.1× 1.0k 0.5× 1.3k 0.7× 207 16.5k
Paul E. Meehl United States 56 4.1k 0.9× 984 0.3× 2.2k 1.0× 1.6k 0.8× 2.6k 1.4× 131 26.3k
Stephen Jay Gould United States 83 6.0k 1.3× 3.7k 1.0× 664 0.3× 664 0.3× 2.1k 1.1× 540 44.7k
Robert Κ. Merton United States 51 15.5k 3.4× 1.8k 0.5× 1.1k 0.5× 4.0k 2.1× 680 0.4× 153 42.5k
Jonathan St. B. T. Evans United Kingdom 52 2.8k 0.6× 890 0.3× 1.0k 0.5× 1.1k 0.6× 4.6k 2.4× 182 17.6k
Paul Thagard Canada 46 1.6k 0.4× 1.7k 0.5× 935 0.4× 1.2k 0.6× 1.9k 1.0× 176 10.4k
Ludwig Wittgenstein United States 35 2.5k 0.6× 946 0.3× 4.8k 2.2× 1.4k 0.7× 1.6k 0.8× 198 14.1k
Gerd Gigerenzer Germany 86 6.1k 1.3× 1.6k 0.5× 1.0k 0.5× 973 0.5× 5.0k 2.6× 397 35.1k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Karl R. Popper

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Popper, Karl R.. (2011). A la recherche d'un monde meilleur : essais et conférences. Belles lettres eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Popper, Karl R., et al.. (2010). Die beiden Grundprobleme der Erkenntnistheorie. Mohr Siebeck eBooks. 14 indexed citations
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Popper, Karl R., et al.. (2009). Vermutungen und Widerlegungen : das Wachstum der wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnis. Mohr Siebeck eBooks. 14 indexed citations
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Popper, Karl R.. (2003). The open society and its enemies. 2: The high tide of prophecy: Hegel and Marx. Routledge eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Popper, Karl R.. (2001). Gesammelte Werke in deutscher Sprache. Mohr Siebeck eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Hahn, Hans Jürgen, Leopold Schmetterer, Karl Sigmund, & Karl R. Popper. (1995). Hans Hahn collected works. Springer eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Popper, Karl R.. (1994). Alles Leben ist Problemlösen : über Erkenntnis, Geschichte und Politik. Piper eBooks. 17 indexed citations
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Popper, Karl R., et al.. (1993). Offene Gesellschaft-offenes Universum : Ein Gespräch über das Lebenswerk des Philosophen. 1 indexed citations
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Popper, Karl R.. (1991). Conjeturas y refutaciones: El desarrollo del conocimiento científico. 51 indexed citations
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Popper, Karl R.. (1991). Los dos significados de falsabilidad. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3 indexed citations
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Popper, Karl R. & D. W. Miller. (1987). Why probabilistic support is not inductive. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 321(1562). 569–591. 39 indexed citations
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Popper, Karl R., et al.. (1985). Die Zukunft Ist Offen Das Altenberger Gespräch, Mit den Texten des Wiener Popper-Symposiums. Piper eBooks. 3 indexed citations
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Popper, Karl R. & William Warren Bartley. (1984). Postscript to the Logic of Scientific Discovery. Philosophy. 59(228). 43 indexed citations
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Popper, Karl R.. (1982). La connaissance objective. 77 indexed citations
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Popper, Karl R.. (1980). La lógica de la investigación científica. Virtual Defense Library (Ministerio de Defensa). 176 indexed citations breakdown →
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Popper, Karl R.. (1979). Das Elend des Historizismus. J.C.B. Mohr eBooks. 54 indexed citations
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Popper, Karl R.. (1974). Objektive Erkenntnis : ein evolutionärer Entwurf. 31 indexed citations
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Marcuse, Herbert, et al.. (1972). Revolution oder Reform? : Herbert Marcuse und Karl Popper : eine Konfrontation. 3 indexed citations
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Popper, Karl R.. (1968). La explicación en las ciencias sociales. Revista de occidente. 133–146. 2 indexed citations
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Popper, Karl R.. (1959). The Propensity Interpretation of Probability. The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science. 10(37). 247–265. 247 indexed citations

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