Richard Dawkins

5.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
51 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Richard Dawkins is a scholar working on History and Philosophy of Science, Sociology and Political Science and Literature and Literary Theory. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard Dawkins has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in History and Philosophy of Science, 6 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 5 papers in Literature and Literary Theory. Recurrent topics in Richard Dawkins's work include Evolution and Science Education (6 papers), Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies (5 papers) and Linguistics and language evolution (3 papers). Richard Dawkins is often cited by papers focused on Evolution and Science Education (6 papers), Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies (5 papers) and Linguistics and language evolution (3 papers). Richard Dawkins collaborates with scholars based in United States and United Kingdom. Richard Dawkins's co-authors include Yan Wong, Niall Shanks, M. Andrew Levitt, Daniel C. Dennett, Jerry A. Coyne, Wolfram Eberhard, Michael J. Wade, John W. Barker, Alan G. Fix and Procope S. Costas and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Richard Dawkins

43 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

The Blind Watchmaker 1986 2026 1999 2012 1986 500 1000 1.5k

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Richard Dawkins United States 11 557 348 274 257 248 51 2.2k
Susan Oyama United States 15 461 0.8× 539 1.5× 552 2.0× 384 1.5× 455 1.8× 26 2.7k
Robert A. Wilson Canada 26 590 1.1× 581 1.7× 448 1.6× 442 1.7× 700 2.8× 196 3.3k
Thomas A. Sebeok United States 25 378 0.7× 185 0.5× 629 2.3× 376 1.5× 329 1.3× 156 2.9k
Steven Rose United Kingdom 18 726 1.3× 232 0.7× 392 1.4× 316 1.2× 313 1.3× 52 2.2k
Hugh Lehman Canada 9 468 0.8× 490 1.4× 197 0.7× 154 0.6× 184 0.7× 33 2.2k
Harry Ruja United States 8 500 0.9× 350 1.0× 195 0.7× 176 0.7× 167 0.7× 23 2.4k
William C. Wimsatt United States 15 378 0.7× 584 1.7× 122 0.4× 82 0.3× 192 0.8× 33 1.4k
Alfred North Whitehead 16 598 1.1× 262 0.8× 265 1.0× 259 1.0× 237 1.0× 49 2.8k
Sandra D. Mitchell United States 19 376 0.7× 570 1.6× 150 0.5× 109 0.4× 146 0.6× 37 1.5k
Nancy J. Nersessian United States 26 258 0.5× 754 2.2× 490 1.8× 353 1.4× 350 1.4× 103 3.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Richard Dawkins

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Fields of papers citing papers by Richard Dawkins

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Richard Dawkins

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Richard Dawkins. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Richard Dawkins based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Richard Dawkins. Richard Dawkins is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Dawkins, Richard. (2017). Science in the Soul: Selected Writings of a Passionate Rationalist. 7 indexed citations
2.
Dawkins, Richard, et al.. (2009). El espejismo de Dios. LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas). 3 indexed citations
3.
Dawkins, Richard. (2005). THE WORLD'S BIGGEST IDEAS: EVOLUTION. The New Scientist. 33. 2 indexed citations
4.
Dawkins, Richard. (2005). The Theology of the Tsunami. 25. 1 indexed citations
5.
Dawkins, Richard. (2005). Atheists for Jesus. 25. 2 indexed citations
6.
Dawkins, Richard & Yan Wong. (2004). The ancestor's tale : a pilgrimage to the dawn of evolution. Dominican Scholar (Dominican University of California). 73 indexed citations
7.
Dawkins, Richard. (2003). A Devil's Chaplain: Reflections on Hope, Lies, Science, and Love. DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library). 72 indexed citations
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Dawkins, Richard, et al.. (2001). Oxford Illustrated Science Encyclopedia. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 1 indexed citations
9.
Dawkins, Richard. (2000). Destejiendo el arco iris: ciencia, ilusión y el deseo de asombro. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 1 indexed citations
10.
Dawkins, Richard. (1998). The Improbability of God. 18.
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Levitt, M. Andrew, et al.. (1997). Abbreviated Educational Session Improves Cranial Computed Tomography Scan Interpretations by Emergency Physicians. Annals of Emergency Medicine. 30(5). 616–621. 21 indexed citations
12.
Dawkins, Richard. (1996). Reply to Phillip Johnson. Biology & Philosophy. 11(4). 539–540. 3 indexed citations
13.
Dawkins, Richard. (1995). Rethinking Humanan Nature (Again): The new science of sex, love, power, and status. Natural history. 104(9). 8–24. 1 indexed citations
14.
Dawkins, Richard. (1995). River Out of Eden. 88 indexed citations
15.
Dawkins, Richard. (1986). The Blind Watchmaker. DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library). 1555 indexed citations breakdown →
16.
Dawkins, Richard, et al.. (1979). El gen egoísta. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 27 indexed citations
17.
Dawkins, Richard. (1978). Das egoistische GEN. 10 indexed citations
18.
Dawkins, Richard. (1972). Models of Behaviour. Nature. 238(5363). 357–358. 1 indexed citations
19.
Eberhard, Wolfram & Richard Dawkins. (1954). Modern Greek Folktales. Journal of American Folklore. 67(264). 231–231. 3 indexed citations
20.
Dawkins, Richard. (1952). The Silent Princess. Folklore. 63(3). 129–142.

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