Michael Townsen Hicks

980 total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 604 citations indexed

About

Michael Townsen Hicks is a scholar working on History and Philosophy of Science, Philosophy and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Townsen Hicks has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 604 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in History and Philosophy of Science, 7 papers in Philosophy and 5 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Michael Townsen Hicks's work include Philosophy and History of Science (9 papers), Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (6 papers) and Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (5 papers). Michael Townsen Hicks is often cited by papers focused on Philosophy and History of Science (9 papers), Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (6 papers) and Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (5 papers). Michael Townsen Hicks collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Michael Townsen Hicks's co-authors include J. R. Dahn, G. M. Haugen, David A. Stevens, André Bakker, Kevin J. Myers, Jonathan Schaffer, Peter S. Fedkiw, D. A. Pierpont, Radoslav Atanasoski and Alastair Wilson and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of The Electrochemical Society, Scientific American and Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Michael Townsen Hicks

22 papers receiving 577 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.

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Keith Sheppard United States

James McCloskey United States

Richard Robinson United States

Anil Chandra Banerjee India

Takao Gunji Japan

Bas de Boer Netherlands

Ju Wen China

Bich Ha Nguyen Vietnam

Mohammad Reza Ahmadi Austria

Xiaoxu Li China

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Clarke, Dana L., et al.. (2025). Picosat Free Flying Magnetometer Experiment. Digital Commons - USU (Utah State University).

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Hicks, Michael Townsen, et al.. (2025). ChatGPT Isn't Hallucinating—It's Bullshitting!. Scientific American. 34(1s). 46–46. 3 indexed citations

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Hicks, Michael Townsen, et al.. (2024). Correction: ChatGPT is bullshit. Ethics and Information Technology. 26(3). 1 indexed citations

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Hicks, Michael Townsen, et al.. (2024). ChatGPT is bullshit. Ethics and Information Technology. 26(2). 122 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hicks, Michael Townsen. (2022). Counterparts and Counterpossibles: Impossibility without Impossible Worlds. The Journal of Philosophy. 119(10). 542–574. 2 indexed citations

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Hicks, Michael Townsen & Alastair Wilson. (2021). How chance explains. Noûs. 57(2). 290–315. 1 indexed citations

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Hicks, Michael Townsen. (2020). Breaking the explanatory circle. Philosophical Studies. 178(2). 533–557. 16 indexed citations

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Hicks, Michael Townsen, et al.. (2020). Isolation, not locality. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. 103(3). 607–619.

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Hicks, Michael Townsen. (2019). What Everyone Should Say about Symmetries (and How Humeans Get to Say It). Philosophy of Science. 86(5). 1284–1294. 9 indexed citations

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Hicks, Michael Townsen & Uday Hegde. (2018). Supercritical Water Oxidation (SCWO) – Observations of Hydrothermal Flames in a Co-Flow Constant Pressure Reactor. ThinkTech (Texas Tech University). 1 indexed citations

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Hicks, Michael Townsen. (2017). Dynamic Humeanism. The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science. 69(4). 983–1007. 31 indexed citations

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Hicks, Michael Townsen, et al.. (2014). Humean laws and circular explanation. Philosophical Studies. 172(2). 433–443. 36 indexed citations

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Hicks, Michael Townsen, et al.. (2006). Accelerated Testing and Lifetime Modeling for the Development of Durable Fuel Cell MEAs. ECS Transactions. 1(8). 229–237. 22 indexed citations

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Hicks, Michael Townsen, et al.. (2006). HexPak - A Deploying Structure for High Power Communcations. 1 indexed citations

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Hicks, Michael Townsen, et al.. (2006). MEA Accelerated Testing and Lifetime Modeling. ECS Meeting Abstracts. MA2005-02(33). 1188–1188. 1 indexed citations

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Stevens, David A., Michael Townsen Hicks, G. M. Haugen, & J. R. Dahn. (2005). Ex Situ and In Situ Stability Studies of PEMFC Catalysts. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 152(12). A2309–A2309. 229 indexed citations

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Hicks, Michael Townsen, et al.. (2004). MEA Component Durability. University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas). 4 indexed citations

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Hicks, Michael Townsen & Peter S. Fedkiw. (1998). Kolbe Electrolysis of Acetic Acid in a Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Reactor. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 145(11). 3728–3734. 6 indexed citations

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Hicks, Michael Townsen, Kevin J. Myers, & André Bakker. (1997). CLOUD HEIGHT IN SOLIDS SUSPENSION AGITATION. Chemical Engineering Communications. 160(1). 137–155. 77 indexed citations

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Hicks, Michael Townsen & Peter S. Fedkiw. (1997). Effects of supporting electrolyte on the mass-transfer limited current for coupled chemical-electrochemical reactions. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry. 424(1-2). 75–92. 10 indexed citations

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