Peter A. Corning

3.9k total citations
75 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Peter A. Corning is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter A. Corning has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 14 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 10 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Peter A. Corning's work include Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (22 papers), Origins and Evolution of Life (12 papers) and Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (10 papers). Peter A. Corning is often cited by papers focused on Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (22 papers), Origins and Evolution of Life (12 papers) and Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (10 papers). Peter A. Corning collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Hungary. Peter A. Corning's co-authors include S. J. Kline, Rohan John, Eörs Szathmáry and Richard I. Vane‐Wright and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Behavioral and Brain Sciences and Journal of Theoretical Biology.

In The Last Decade

Peter A. Corning

70 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Peter A. Corning United States	24	600	256	249	232	185	75	1.9k
Francis Heylighen Belgium	28	598 1.0×	377 1.5×	243 1.0×	218 0.9×	107 0.6×	126	2.7k
Stanley N. Salthe United States	25	300 0.5×	189 0.7×	525 2.1×	89 0.4×	273 1.5×	88	2.7k
James Lovelock United Kingdom	11	575 1.0×	104 0.4×	316 1.3×	93 0.4×	43 0.2×	17	1.9k
Michael Weisberg United States	20	505 0.8×	121 0.5×	86 0.3×	204 0.9×	202 1.1×	52	2.4k
Richard Dawkins United States	11	557 0.9×	58 0.2×	143 0.6×	257 1.1×	206 1.1×	51	2.2k
Alfred North Whitehead	16	598 1.0×	119 0.5×	139 0.6×	259 1.1×	32 0.2×	49	2.8k
Heinz von Foerster United States	16	296 0.5×	168 0.7×	101 0.4×	123 0.5×	23 0.1×	62	1.4k
William C. Wimsatt United States	15	378 0.6×	94 0.4×	144 0.6×	82 0.4×	157 0.8×	33	1.4k
James Wilsdon United Kingdom	21	955 1.6×	143 0.6×	56 0.2×	99 0.4×	43 0.2×	52	2.9k
Manfred D. Laubichler United States	26	482 0.8×	95 0.4×	135 0.5×	90 0.4×	595 3.2×	116	3.1k

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Corning, Peter A.. (2025). Evolution and the Fate of Humankind. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 3 indexed citations

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Corning, Peter A.. (2024). Cooperative genes in smart systems: Toward an inclusive new synthesis in evolution. Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology. 189. 26–31.

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Corning, Peter A.. (2023). Superorganism. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 8 indexed citations

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Vane‐Wright, Richard I. & Peter A. Corning. (2023). Teleonomy in living systems: an overview. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 139(4). 341–356. 13 indexed citations

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Corning, Peter A.. (2022). A systems theory of biological evolution. Biosystems. 214. 104630–104630. 13 indexed citations

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Corning, Peter A.. (2021). “How” vs. “Why” questions in symbiogenesis, and the causal role of synergy. Biosystems. 205. 104417–104417. 5 indexed citations

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Corning, Peter A.. (2020). Beyond the modern synthesis: A framework for a more inclusive biological synthesis. Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology. 153. 5–12. 33 indexed citations

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Corning, Peter A.. (2020). “Thermoeconomics”: Time to move beyond the second law. Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology. 158. 57–65. 3 indexed citations

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Corning, Peter A. & Eörs Szathmáry. (2015). “Synergistic selection”: A Darwinian frame for the evolution of complexity. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 371. 45–58. 51 indexed citations

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Corning, Peter A.. (2012). The Fair Society: It's Time to Re-Write the Social Contract. Seattle journal for social justice. 11(1). 17–8. 3 indexed citations

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Corning, Peter A.. (2011). The Synergism Hypothesis Thirty years later. Politics and the Life Sciences. 30(1). 61–64. 3 indexed citations

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Corning, Peter A.. (2008). What is Life? Among Other Things, It's a Synergistic Effect!. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations

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Corning, Peter A.. (2008). Holistic Darwinism: The new evolutionary paradigm and some implications for political science. Politics and the Life Sciences. 27(1). 22–54. 8 indexed citations

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Corning, Peter A.. (2004). From Complexity to Life: On the Emergence of Life and MeaningNiels Henrik Gregersen (ed.), Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003, 243 pp. U.S. $19.95, hardcover. ISBN: 0-19-515070-8. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 71(7). 765–770. 1 indexed citations

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Corning, Peter A.. (2003). “Fair Shares”: Beyond capitalism and socialism, or the biological basis of social justice. Politics and the Life Sciences. 22(2). 12–32. 3 indexed citations

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Corning, Peter A.. (2003). Why we need a strategic plan for “spaceship earth”. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 72(6). 749–752. 1 indexed citations

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Corning, Peter A. & S. J. Kline. (1998). Thermodynamics, information and life revisited, Part I: ‘To be or entropy’. Systems Research and Behavioral Science. 15(4). 273–295. 58 indexed citations

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Corning, Peter A. & S. J. Kline. (1998). Thermodynamics, information and life revisited, Part I: ‘To be or entropy’. Systems Research and Behavioral Science. 15(4). 273–295. 3 indexed citations

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Corning, Peter A.. (1983). Letters and Further Commentary. Politics and the Life Sciences. 1(2). 147–148. 1 indexed citations

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Corning, Peter A.. (1972). Discussion:Continuing evolution of man, session iv. Social Biology. 19(3). 259–265. 1 indexed citations

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