William B. Provine

55 total papers · 4.5k total citations
27 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

William B. Provine is a scholar working on History and Philosophy of Science, Genetics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, William B. Provine has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in History and Philosophy of Science, 6 papers in Genetics and 3 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in William B. Provine's work include Evolution and Science Education (6 papers), Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (4 papers) and Plant and animal studies (3 papers). William B. Provine is often cited by papers focused on Evolution and Science Education (6 papers), Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (4 papers) and Plant and animal studies (3 papers). William B. Provine collaborates with scholars based in United States and Poland. William B. Provine's co-authors include Ernst Mayr, David L. Hull, Michael J Simmons, Hamilton Cravens, Sewall Wright, Theodosius Dobzhansky, Bruce Wallace, John A. Moore, Edward J. Larson and Richard C Lewontin and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Genetics and Evolution.

In The Last Decade

William B. Provine

24 papers receiving 2.1k citations

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
William B. Provine 1.1k 812 537 433 376 27 2.3k
Robert N. Brandon 808 0.8× 1.1k 1.3× 1.1k 2.0× 330 0.8× 299 0.8× 41 2.6k
Richard M. Burian 577 0.5× 477 0.6× 302 0.6× 397 0.9× 461 1.2× 56 1.9k
Samir Okasha 848 0.8× 769 0.9× 1.3k 2.4× 420 1.0× 205 0.5× 101 2.6k
Daniel W. McShea 950 0.9× 337 0.4× 746 1.4× 690 1.6× 347 0.9× 65 3.0k
Marion J. Lamb 796 0.7× 252 0.3× 357 0.7× 234 0.5× 829 2.2× 44 2.4k
Marc Ereshefsky 272 0.3× 668 0.8× 267 0.5× 205 0.5× 479 1.3× 41 1.7k
B. C. Goodwin 580 0.5× 210 0.3× 211 0.4× 505 1.2× 729 1.9× 35 2.2k
Elisabeth A. Lloyd 374 0.3× 540 0.7× 973 1.8× 175 0.4× 326 0.9× 77 2.9k
Jane Maienschein 280 0.3× 670 0.8× 282 0.5× 189 0.4× 292 0.8× 84 2.1k
Alan C. Love 353 0.3× 549 0.7× 226 0.4× 221 0.5× 454 1.2× 81 1.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by William B. Provine

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William B. Provine

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