William P. D. Wightman

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 594 citations indexed

About

William P. D. Wightman is a scholar working on History and Philosophy of Science, History and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, William P. D. Wightman has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 594 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in History and Philosophy of Science, 3 papers in History and 2 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in William P. D. Wightman's work include History of Medicine Studies (2 papers), History of Science and Medicine (1 paper) and Reformation and Early Modern Christianity (1 paper). William P. D. Wightman is often cited by papers focused on History of Medicine Studies (2 papers), History of Science and Medicine (1 paper) and Reformation and Early Modern Christianity (1 paper). William P. D. Wightman collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and New Zealand. William P. D. Wightman's co-authors include Alexandre Koyré, Raymond P. Stearns, Heather Alexander, Ian Simpson Ross, S. Sambursky, Knud Haakonssen, Ernán McMullin, Mary Hesse, Jürgen Mittelstraß and Adam Smith and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Economic Journal and The Philosophical Quarterly.

In The Last Decade

William P. D. Wightman

28 papers receiving 492 citations

Hit Papers

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society 1961 2026 1982 2004 1961 100 200 300
What are hit papers?

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. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society
    1961 336 citations William P. D. Wightman Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
William P. D. Wightman United Kingdom 10 98 56 47 45 38 30 594
Robert E. Schofield United States 16 290 3.0× 46 0.8× 50 1.1× 30 0.7× 17 0.4× 54 671
Walter F. Cannon United States 9 162 1.7× 58 1.0× 47 1.0× 106 2.4× 7 0.2× 17 401
Galileo Galilei United States 14 359 3.7× 95 1.7× 143 3.0× 159 3.5× 32 0.8× 70 1.3k
Albert B. Stewart United States 11 115 1.2× 162 2.9× 70 1.5× 71 1.6× 26 0.7× 21 731
Richard Rhodes United States 15 82 0.8× 102 1.8× 26 0.6× 23 0.5× 34 0.9× 48 737
Arthur Charles Clarke Sri Lanka 12 20 0.2× 92 1.6× 42 0.9× 104 2.3× 28 0.7× 60 585
James Cargile United States 14 174 1.8× 59 1.1× 223 4.7× 11 0.2× 16 0.4× 48 1.3k
Alan E. Shapiro United States 13 316 3.2× 29 0.5× 73 1.6× 112 2.5× 21 0.6× 37 671
Erwin N. Hiebert United States 6 68 0.7× 110 2.0× 28 0.6× 82 1.8× 49 1.3× 17 815
Isaac Newton United Kingdom 15 494 5.0× 53 0.9× 147 3.1× 178 4.0× 33 0.9× 71 1.2k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Smith, Adam, Dugald Stewart, William P. D. Wightman, et al.. (1980). Essays on philosophical subjects . With, Dugald Stewart's Account of Adam Smith ; edited by I.S. Ross ; general editors, D.D. Raphael and A.S. Skinner. Oxford University Press eBooks. 13 indexed citations
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Wightman, William P. D.. (1972). Science in a Renaissance Society. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 2 indexed citations
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Wightman, William P. D. & Michael Petry. (1972). Hegel's Philosophy of Nature:. The Philosophical Quarterly. 22(88). 272–272. 1 indexed citations
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Wightman, William P. D.. (1965). Views of Nineteenth-Century Science. Nature. 208(5014). 958–959. 5 indexed citations
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Wightman, William P. D.. (1964). Growth of Scientific Knowledge. Nature. 201(4924). 1064–1064. 14 indexed citations
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Wightman, William P. D.. (1964). Quid sit Methodus? “Method” in Sixteenth Century Medical Teaching and “Discovery”. Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences. XIX(4). 360–376. 3 indexed citations
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Wightman, William P. D. & S. Sambursky. (1964). The Physical World of Late Antiquity.. The Philosophical Quarterly. 14(54). 87–87. 13 indexed citations
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Wightman, William P. D. & Jürgen Mittelstraß. (1964). Die Rettung der Phanomene: Ursprung und Geschichte Eines Antiken Forschungsprinzips.. The Philosophical Quarterly. 14(54). 89–89. 6 indexed citations
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Wightman, William P. D. & G. J. Whitrow. (1962). The Structure and Evolution of the Universe--An Introduction to Cosmology.. The Philosophical Quarterly. 12(47). 189–189. 1 indexed citations
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Wightman, William P. D.. (1962). Roger Joseph Boscovich. Nature. 194(4823). 58–59. 1 indexed citations
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Wightman, William P. D.. (1962). A History of Electrical Engineering. Nature. 196(4857). 847–848. 1 indexed citations
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Wightman, William P. D.. (1961). Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. Nature. 192(4797). 23–24. 336 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wightman, William P. D.. (1961). The language of chemistry. Annals of Science. 17(4). 259–267. 3 indexed citations
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Wightman, William P. D., et al.. (1960). Philosophie Biologique.. The Philosophical Quarterly. 10(40). 285–285. 5 indexed citations
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Wightman, William P. D., et al.. (1960). The Reach of Science.. The Philosophical Quarterly. 10(41). 381–381.
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Wightman, William P. D.. (1957). David Gregory's Commentary on Newton's “Principia”. Nature. 179(4556). 393–394. 4 indexed citations
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Wightman, William P. D.. (1956). William Cullen and the teaching of chemistry—II. Annals of Science. 12(3). 192–205. 1 indexed citations
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Wightman, William P. D.. (1955). Aberdeen University and the Royal Society. Notes and Records the Royal Society Journal of the History of Science. 11(2). 145–158. 2 indexed citations
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Wightman, William P. D.. (1955). William Cullen and the teaching of chemistry. Annals of Science. 11(2). 154–165. 2 indexed citations
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Wightman, William P. D.. (1953). Gregory's “Notæ in Isaaci Newtoni Principia Philosophiæ”. Nature. 172(4380). 690–690. 2 indexed citations

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