Michael T. Ghiselin

12.7k total citations · 9 hit papers
169 papers, 8.8k citations indexed

About

Michael T. Ghiselin is a scholar working on History and Philosophy of Science, Sociology and Political Science and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael T. Ghiselin has authored 169 papers receiving a total of 8.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in History and Philosophy of Science, 23 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 19 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Michael T. Ghiselin's work include Philosophy and History of Science (25 papers), Evolution and Science Education (20 papers) and Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (20 papers). Michael T. Ghiselin is often cited by papers focused on Philosophy and History of Science (25 papers), Evolution and Science Education (20 papers) and Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (20 papers). Michael T. Ghiselin collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Germany. Michael T. Ghiselin's co-authors include David L. Hull, James W. Valentine, Howard E. Gruber, Paul Ekman, D. P. Abbott, Eugene Clinton Haderlie, Robert H. Morris, Guido Cimino, Simon Conway Morris and Alberto M. Simonetta and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Michael T. Ghiselin

157 papers receiving 8.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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 Evolution of Hermaphroditism Among Animals

1969 827 citations Michael T. Ghiselin profile →
The Economy of Nature and the Evolution of Sex.

1974 763 citations Michael T. Ghiselin et al. Systematic Zoology profile →
Molecular Phylogeny of the Animal Kingdom

1988 576 citations Michael T. Ghiselin et al. profile →
A Radical Solution to the Species Problem

1974 522 citations Michael T. Ghiselin Systematic Zoology profile →
Intertidal Invertebrates of California.

1981 483 citations Michael T. Ghiselin et al. Systematic Zoology profile →
The triumph of the Darwinian method

1969 456 citations Michael T. Ghiselin profile →
Darwin and Facial Expression: A Century of Research in Review.

1974 403 citations Michael T. Ghiselin et al. Systematic Zoology profile →
The Economy of Nature and the Evolution of Sex

1964 349 citations Michael T. Ghiselin Journal of the History of Biology profile →
The Triumph of the Darwinian Method.

1969 347 citations Michael T. Ghiselin et al. Systematic Zoology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael T. Ghiselin United States	39	1.8k	1.6k	1.5k	1.5k	1.3k	169	8.8k
Niles Eldredge United States	34	1.3k 0.7×	1.1k 0.7×	892 0.6×	1.5k 1.0×	763 0.6×	132	9.0k
Charles Darwin Indonesia	32	2.0k 1.1×	1.0k 0.6×	844 0.5×	991 0.7×	239 0.2×	141	7.9k
Elisabeth S. Vrba United States	37	1.3k 0.7×	1.9k 1.2×	370 0.2×	706 0.5×	255 0.2×	61	7.8k
Francisco J. Ayala United States	61	2.9k 1.6×	2.4k 1.5×	436 0.3×	784 0.5×	626 0.5×	404	15.6k
Egbert Giles Leigh Panama	34	3.8k 2.0×	2.5k 1.6×	307 0.2×	1.8k 1.2×	377 0.3×	76	9.6k
George Gaylord Simpson United States	33	2.5k 1.3×	1.9k 1.2×	649 0.4×	680 0.4×	264 0.2×	174	8.8k
Massimo Pigliucci United States	46	4.9k 2.6×	2.5k 1.6×	698 0.5×	978 0.6×	426 0.3×	185	12.4k
George C. Williams United States	33	4.9k 2.7×	3.6k 2.3×	477 0.3×	2.1k 1.4×	283 0.2×	91	14.3k
Mary Jane West‐Eberhard Costa Rica	21	5.9k 3.2×	2.1k 1.3×	357 0.2×	939 0.6×	267 0.2×	51	10.6k
Peter J. Richerson United States	55	1.3k 0.7×	1.2k 0.7×	573 0.4×	11.2k 7.4×	716 0.5×	178	19.7k

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Carbone, Marianna, Margherita Gavagnin, Markus Haber, et al.. (2013). Packaging and Delivery of Chemical Weapons: A Defensive Trojan Horse Stratagem in Chromodorid Nudibranchs. PLoS ONE. 8(4). e62075–e62075. 38 indexed citations

Ghiselin, Michael T.. (2009). Darwin and the evolutionary foundations of society. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. 71(1). 4–9. 6 indexed citations

Breidbach, Olaf, et al.. (2006). Annals of the History and Philosophy of Biology 10/2005. GoeScholar The Publication Server of the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen). 29 indexed citations

Ghiselin, Michael T.. (2004). Mayr on species concepts, categories and taxa. Ludus vitalis: revista de filosofía de las ciencias de la vida = journal of philosophy of life sciences = revue de philosophie des sciences de la vie. 12(21). 109–114. 2 indexed citations

Ghiselin, Michael T. & Stephen Jay Gould. (2002). An Autobiographical Anatomy. History & Philosophy of the Life Sciences. 24(2). 75–6. 6 indexed citations

Ghiselin, Michael T.. (2001). Institutional Bioeconomics and the Division of Labor: Reflections on Yarbrough & Yarbrough. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

Ghiselin, Michael T., et al.. (1997). Elias Metschnikoff, Anton Dohrn, and the Metazoan Common Ancestor. Journal of the History of Biology. 30(2). 211–228. 5 indexed citations

Pinna, G. & Michael T. Ghiselin. (1996). Biology as History Papers From International Conferences Sponsored by the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco and the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale in Milan. 2 indexed citations

Ghiselin, Michael T.. (1996). Differences in male and female cognitive abilities: Sexual selection or division of labor?. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 19(2). 254–255.

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Ghiselin, Michael T.. (1995). Perspective: Darwin, Progress, and Economic Principles. Evolution. 49(6). 1029–1029. 17 indexed citations

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Ghiselin, Michael T.. (1989). Sex and the individuality of species: A reply to Mishler and Brandon. Biology & Philosophy. 4(1). 73–76. 9 indexed citations

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Ghiselin, Michael T.. (1987). Hierarchies and Their Components - Evolving Hierarchical Systems. Stanley N. Salthe Columbia University Press; New York. 1985. $30.00. - Unfinished Synthesis. Niles Eldredge. Oxford University Press; New York, Oxford. 1985. $24.95.. Paleobiology. 13(1). 108–111. 9 indexed citations

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Ghiselin, Michael T.. (1987). Bioeconomics and the metaphysics of selection. Journal of Social and Biological Systems. 10(4). 361–369. 26 indexed citations

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Ghiselin, Michael T. & Francesco M. Scudo. (1986). The bioeconomics of phenotypic selection. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 9(1). 194–195. 4 indexed citations

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Ghiselin, Michael T.. (1981). The Metaphysics of Phylogeny - Phylogenetic Patterns and the Evolutionary Process. Niles Eldredge and Joel Cracraft. Columbia University Press. New York. 1980. 349 pp. $27.50.. Paleobiology. 7(1). 139–143. 1 indexed citations

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Ghiselin, Michael T.. (1978). The Economy of the Body. American Economic Review. 68(2). 233–237. 99 indexed citations

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Ghiselin, Michael T.. (1977). On Paradigms and the Hypermodern Species Concept. Systematic Zoology. 26(4). 437–437. 1 indexed citations

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Ghiselin, Michael T., et al.. (1973). Phylogenetic Classification in Darwin's Monograph on the Sub-Class Cirripedia. Systematic Zoology. 22(2). 132–132. 8 indexed citations

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Ghiselin, Michael T.. (1964). The Economy of Nature and the Evolution of Sex. Journal of the History of Biology. 9(2). 349 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ghiselin, Michael T.. (1964). Morphological and behavioral concealing adaptations of Lamellaria stearnsiic a marine prosobranch gastropod. The Veliger. 6. 123–124. 8 indexed citations

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