Robert Olby

134 total papers · 1.9k total citations
50 papers, 863 citations indexed

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Robert Olby is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, History and Philosophy of Science and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Olby has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 863 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in History and Philosophy of Science and 6 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Robert Olby’s work include Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research (9 papers), Philosophy and History of Science (6 papers) and Evolution and Science Education (4 papers). Robert Olby is often cited by papers focused on Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research (9 papers), Philosophy and History of Science (6 papers) and Evolution and Science Education (4 papers). Robert Olby collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and South Sudan. Robert Olby's co-authors include Dirk Stemerding, M. J. S. Hodge, Geoffrey Cantor, Mary P. Winsor, Peter F. Stevens, John Christie, Marjorie Grene, Nils Roll‐Hansen, Donald T. Campbell and Daniel J. Kevles and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert Olby

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

Robert Olby

39 papers receiving 671 citations

Fields of papers citing papers by Robert Olby

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Countries citing papers authored by Robert Olby

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