Peter J. Bowler

6.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
124 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Peter J. Bowler is a scholar working on History and Philosophy of Science, Anthropology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter J. Bowler has authored 124 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in History and Philosophy of Science, 7 papers in Anthropology and 6 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Peter J. Bowler's work include Evolution and Science Education (27 papers), History of Science and Natural History (20 papers) and Philosophy and History of Science (15 papers). Peter J. Bowler is often cited by papers focused on Evolution and Science Education (27 papers), History of Science and Natural History (20 papers) and Philosophy and History of Science (15 papers). Peter J. Bowler collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Canada and Malaysia. Peter J. Bowler's co-authors include John C. Greene, Peter Mandler, Asa Briggs, Iwan Rhys Morus, Adrian Desmond, Michael Ruse, John V. Pickstone, C. Loring Brace, Susan Sheets-Pyenson and George W. Stocking and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Trends in Ecology & Evolution.

In The Last Decade

Peter J. Bowler

106 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

Evolution the history of an idea 1984 2026 1998 2012 1984 100 200 300 400
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. Evolution the history of an idea
    1984 455 citations Peter J. Bowler profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Peter J. Bowler United Kingdom 25 1.1k 587 314 246 242 124 2.6k
Jane Maienschein United States 19 669 0.6× 281 0.5× 281 0.9× 131 0.5× 150 0.6× 84 2.1k
Robert J. Richards United States 17 813 0.7× 436 0.7× 138 0.4× 63 0.3× 122 0.5× 56 1.9k
Joseph Needham United States 27 335 0.3× 998 1.7× 132 0.4× 320 1.3× 119 0.5× 158 3.5k
Michael Ruse United States 35 2.1k 1.9× 1.7k 2.9× 475 1.5× 92 0.4× 70 0.3× 282 4.6k
Simon Schaffer United Kingdom 23 1.5k 1.3× 979 1.7× 102 0.3× 575 2.3× 456 1.9× 82 4.2k
David Livingstone United Kingdom 26 669 0.6× 1.2k 2.1× 96 0.3× 430 1.7× 418 1.7× 141 3.5k
Martin J. S. Rudwick United Kingdom 25 958 0.8× 195 0.3× 59 0.2× 307 1.2× 110 0.5× 91 2.8k
John Odling‐Smee United Kingdom 22 586 0.5× 1.5k 2.5× 1.0k 3.3× 230 0.9× 44 0.2× 48 4.4k
Margaret W. Rossiter United States 17 358 0.3× 630 1.1× 137 0.4× 156 0.6× 267 1.1× 63 2.6k
Peter Harrison Australia 25 367 0.3× 504 0.9× 39 0.1× 239 1.0× 267 1.1× 108 2.0k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peter J. Bowler

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All Works

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Bowler, Peter J.. (2017). American Palaeontology and the reception of Darwinism. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences. 66. 3–7. 5 indexed citations
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Bowler, Peter J.. (2015). Discovering Science from an Armchair: Popular Science in British Magazines of the Interwar Years. Annals of Science. 73(1). 89–107. 5 indexed citations
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Bowler, Peter J.. (2014). Francis Galton's saltationism and the ambiguities of selection. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences. 48. 272–279. 4 indexed citations
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Love, Alan C., Robert J. Richards, & Peter J. Bowler. (2014). What-if history of science. Metascience. 24(1). 5–24. 6 indexed citations
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Bowler, Peter J. & John V. Pickstone. (2009). The modern biological and earth sciences. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 14 indexed citations
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Bowler, Peter J.. (2007). Monkey Trials and Gorilla Sermons. Harvard University Press eBooks. 26 indexed citations
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Bowler, Peter J.. (2005). Revisiting the eclipse of Darwinism. Journal of the History of Biology. 38(1). 19–32. 20 indexed citations
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Bowler, Peter J.. (1998). Evolution and the Eucharist: Bishop E. W. Barnes on science and religion in the 1920s and 1930s. The British Journal for the History of Science. 31(4). 453–467.
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Burkhardt, Frederick, et al.. (1995). A Calendar of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin, 1821-1882: With Supplement. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 3 indexed citations
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Bowler, Peter J.. (1992). The Fontana History of the Environmental Sciences. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 68 indexed citations
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Bowler, Peter J.. (1992). The Eclipse of Darwinism. Johns Hopkins University Press eBooks. 161 indexed citations
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Bowler, Peter J.. (1990). The Role of the History of Science in the Understanding of Social Darwinism and Eugenics.. 40(3). 2 indexed citations
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Bowler, Peter J.. (1989). The Mendelian revolution : the emergence of hereditarian concepts in modern science and society/ Peter J. Bowler. Johns Hopkins University Press eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Bowler, Peter J.. (1988). Anthropology and EvolutionVictorian Anthropology. George W. Stocking, Jr.. Isis. 79(1). 104–107. 1 indexed citations
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Bowler, Peter J., et al.. (1985). The Eclipse of Darwinism: Anti-Darwinian Evolution Theories in the Decades around 1900. The History Teacher. 18(3). 463–463. 24 indexed citations
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Bowler, Peter J.. (1980). Biology and Social Thought. Canadian Review of American Studies. 11(1). 87–94. 15 indexed citations
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Bowler, Peter J.. (1979). Theodor Eimer and Orthogenesis: Evolution by ‘Definitely Directed Variation’. Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences. XXXIV(1). 40–73. 13 indexed citations
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Bowler, Peter J.. (1978). Fossils and Progress. Journal of the History of Biology. 11(1). 9 indexed citations
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Bowler, Peter J.. (1971). Preformation and pre-existence in the seventeenth century: A brief analysis. Journal of the History of Biology. 4(2). 221–244. 40 indexed citations

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