Richard Rudner

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 770 citations indexed

About

Richard Rudner is a scholar working on History and Philosophy of Science, Political Science and International Relations and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard Rudner has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 770 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in History and Philosophy of Science, 1 paper in Political Science and International Relations and 1 paper in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Richard Rudner's work include Philosophy and History of Science (3 papers), Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (1 paper) and Philosophy and Theoretical Science (1 paper). Richard Rudner is often cited by papers focused on Philosophy and History of Science (3 papers), Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (1 paper) and Philosophy and Theoretical Science (1 paper). Richard Rudner collaborates with scholars based in United States and United Kingdom. Richard Rudner's co-authors include Maurice Natanson, Israel Scheffler, Alan Ross Anderson, Michael Thompson, J. E. Llewelyn, D. A. Morrison, Elizabeth A. Butterworth, Norman H. Nie, H. Michael Stevenson and Charles S. Bullock and has published in prestigious journals such as American Political Science Review, Social Forces and The Philosophical Review.

In The Last Decade

Richard Rudner

13 papers receiving 638 citations

Hit Papers

The Scientist Qua Scientist Makes Value Judgments 1953 2026 1977 2001 1953 100 200 300 400
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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.

  1. The Scientist Qua Scientist Makes Value Judgments
    1953 449 citations Richard Rudner Philosophy of Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Richard Rudner United States 7 300 223 195 78 58 14 770
Ardon Lyon United Kingdom 4 199 0.7× 212 1.0× 68 0.3× 27 0.3× 37 0.6× 8 852
Sidney Morgenbesser United States 12 146 0.5× 206 0.9× 173 0.9× 118 1.5× 74 1.3× 28 731
Morton White United States 17 245 0.8× 164 0.7× 241 1.2× 66 0.8× 202 3.5× 68 977
William H. Dray Canada 13 285 0.9× 183 0.8× 157 0.8× 43 0.6× 128 2.2× 47 853
Wolfe Mays United Kingdom 13 266 0.9× 109 0.5× 253 1.3× 77 1.0× 59 1.0× 75 1.2k
Harold I. Brown United States 12 135 0.5× 340 1.5× 183 0.9× 47 0.6× 35 0.6× 49 863
Lorenz Krüger Germany 10 167 0.6× 252 1.1× 69 0.4× 57 0.7× 80 1.4× 28 971
Gerard Radnitzky Germany 10 283 0.9× 114 0.5× 71 0.4× 28 0.4× 96 1.7× 43 806
Herbert Butterfield United States 10 259 0.9× 207 0.9× 102 0.5× 27 0.3× 197 3.4× 37 925
Paul T. Durbin United States 12 235 0.8× 86 0.4× 72 0.4× 88 1.1× 44 0.8× 55 761

Countries citing papers authored by Richard Rudner

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Fields of papers citing papers by Richard Rudner

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Richard Rudner

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Richard Rudner. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Richard Rudner 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 Rudner. Richard Rudner is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

14 of 14 papers shown
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Thompson, Michael, Richard Rudner, & Israel Scheffler. (1976). Logic and Art: Essays in Honor of Nelson Goodman. Leonardo. 9(2). 157–157. 19 indexed citations
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Rudner, Richard. (1973). Some Essays at Objectivity. SUNY Digital Repository Support (State University of New York System). 4(1). 6. 1 indexed citations
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Llewelyn, J. E., Richard Rudner, & Israel Scheffler. (1973). Logic and Art: Essays in Honour of Nelson Goodman.. The Philosophical Quarterly. 23(93). 367–367. 5 indexed citations
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Nie, Norman H., David Braybrooke, Alexander Rosenberg, et al.. (1972). PSR volume 66 issue 3 Cover and Front matter. American Political Science Review. 66(3). f1–f12. 1 indexed citations
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Rudner, Richard. (1972). Comment: On Evolving Standard Views in Philosophy of Science. American Political Science Review. 66(3). 827–845. 6 indexed citations
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Rudner, Richard. (1969). On Theories and a Theory of Reading. Journal of Reading Behavior. 1(2). 19–32. 2 indexed citations
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Anderson, Alan Ross & Richard Rudner. (1968). Philosophy of Social Science.. The Philosophical Review. 77(3). 378–378. 11 indexed citations
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Natanson, Maurice & Richard Rudner. (1967). Philosophy of Social Science.. Social Forces. 45(3). 474–474. 232 indexed citations
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Rudner, Richard. (1961). An Introduction to Simplicity. Philosophy of Science. 28(2). 109–119. 19 indexed citations
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Rudner, Richard. (1957). Some Problems of Non-Semiotic Aesthetic Theories. Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism. 15(3). 298–298. 1 indexed citations
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Rudner, Richard. (1954). Philosophy and Social Science. Philosophy of Science. 21(2). 164–168. 13 indexed citations
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Rudner, Richard. (1953). The Scientist Qua Scientist Makes Value Judgments. Philosophy of Science. 20(1). 1–6. 449 indexed citations breakdown →
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Rudner, Richard. (1951). ON SEMIOTIC AESTHETICS. Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism. 10(1). 67–76. 4 indexed citations
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Rudner, Richard. (1951). On Semiotic Aesthetics. Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism. 10(1). 67–67. 7 indexed citations

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