Robert J. Richards

4.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
56 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

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Robert J. Richards is a scholar working on History and Philosophy of Science, Philosophy and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert J. Richards has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in History and Philosophy of Science, 11 papers in Philosophy and 4 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Robert J. Richards's work include Evolution and Science Education (12 papers), Philosophy and History of Science (5 papers) and History of Science and Medicine (4 papers). Robert J. Richards is often cited by papers focused on Evolution and Science Education (12 papers), Philosophy and History of Science (5 papers) and History of Science and Medicine (4 papers). Robert J. Richards collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Austria. Robert J. Richards's co-authors include Karl J. Fink, Kai Hammermeister, Robert Alun Jones, Lorraine Daston, Bernard Lightman, Michael Ruse, Laurence Kennedy, William T. Cefalu, Gareth Nelson and Alan C. Love and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

Robert J. Richards

50 papers receiving 1.6k citations

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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.

Darwin and the Emergence of Evolutionary Theories of Mind and Behavior

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert J. Richards United States	17	813	436	243	172	154	56	1.9k
Peter J. Bowler United Kingdom	25	1.1k 1.4×	587 1.3×	165 0.7×	157 0.9×	45 0.3×	124	2.6k
Jane Maienschein United States	19	669 0.8×	281 0.6×	66 0.3×	180 1.0×	89 0.6×	84	2.1k
Paul Arthur Schilpp United States	12	793 1.0×	433 1.0×	473 1.9×	161 0.9×	170 1.1×	32	2.2k
Marjorie Grene United States	22	367 0.5×	539 1.2×	320 1.3×	235 1.4×	160 1.0×	77	2.0k
Ron Amundson United States	12	455 0.6×	288 0.7×	123 0.5×	80 0.5×	132 0.9×	30	1.2k
Steven Rose United Kingdom	18	232 0.3×	726 1.7×	131 0.5×	316 1.8×	313 2.0×	52	2.2k
Georges Canguilhem France	15	276 0.3×	601 1.4×	461 1.9×	122 0.7×	182 1.2×	66	2.2k
John Beatty United States	19	757 0.9×	595 1.4×	109 0.4×	75 0.4×	64 0.4×	36	1.6k
William C. Wimsatt United States	15	584 0.7×	378 0.9×	110 0.5×	82 0.5×	192 1.2×	33	1.4k
G. E. R. Lloyd United States	27	259 0.3×	800 1.8×	870 3.6×	167 1.0×	83 0.5×	127	2.8k

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Richards, Robert J.. (2017). The Role of Biography in Intellectual History. 1(2). 295–318. 2 indexed citations

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Richards, Robert J. & Michael Ruse. (2016). Debating Darwin. 11 indexed citations

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Sarto‐Jackson, Isabella, Robert J. Richards, & Richard R. Nelson. (2015). Quality & Quantity: Limits of Quantification in the Sciences. Biological Theory. 10(3). 183–187. 1 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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Richards, Robert J.. (2013). Was Hitler a Darwinian?. 16 indexed citations

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Richards, Robert J.. (2011). Darwin’s principles of divergence and natural selection: Why Fodor was almost right. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences. 43(1). 256–268. 12 indexed citations

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Kennedy, Laurence, et al.. (2009). Redefining treatment success in type 2 diabetes mellitus: Comprehensive targeting of core defects. Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine. 76(12 suppl 5). S39–S47. 12 indexed citations

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Richards, Robert J.. (2009). Darwin's place in the history of thought: A reevaluation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(supplement_1). 10056–10060. 11 indexed citations

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Richards, Robert J.. (2007). Ernst Haeckel’s Alleged Anti-Semitism and Contributions to Nazi Biology. Biological Theory. 2(1). 97–103. 11 indexed citations

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Richards, Robert J.. (2005). Ernst Haeckel and the Struggles over Evolution and Religion. 4 indexed citations

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Fink, Karl J. & Robert J. Richards. (2004). The Romantic Conception of Life. Science and Philosophy in the Age of Goethe. Comparative Literature. 56(2). 204–204. 182 indexed citations

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Hammermeister, Kai & Robert J. Richards. (2003). The Romantic Conception of Life: Science and Philosophy in the Age of Goethe. The German Quarterly. 76(2). 245–245. 43 indexed citations

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Richards, Robert J.. (2002). The Evolutionary War. The New York times book review. 9. 1 indexed citations

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Richards, Robert J.. (2002). The Romantic Conception of Life. 204 indexed citations

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Richards, Robert J., et al.. (1990). Can the Blood Urea Nitrogen/Creatinine Ratio Distinguish Upper From Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding?. Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology. 12(5). 500–504. 32 indexed citations

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Richards, Robert J.. (1989). Narrative Knowing and the Human Sciences.Donald E. Polkinghorne. American Journal of Sociology. 95(1). 258–260. 4 indexed citations

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Richards, Robert J.. (1982). Die Umweltlehre Jakob von Uexkulls in ihrer Bedeutung fur die Entwicklung der vergleichenden Verhaltenesforschung. Jutta Schmidt. Isis. 73(3). 474–475. 2 indexed citations

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Richards, Robert J.. (1978). Human Neuropsychology. JAMA. 240(25). 2777–2777. 8 indexed citations

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Richards, Robert J.. (1973). SELLARS' KANTIAN PERSPECTIVE ON THE COMPATIBILITY OF FREEDOM AND DETERMINISM. The Southern Journal of Philosophy. 11(3). 228–236.

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Richards, Robert J.. (1972). Materialism and Natural Events in Dewey's Developing Thought. Journal of the history of philosophy. 10(1). 55–69.

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