William P. D. Wightman

74 total papers · 1.3k total citations
30 papers, 591 citations indexed

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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 591 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), Reformation and Early Modern Christianity (1 paper) and Economic Theory and Institutions (1 paper). William P. D. Wightman is often cited by papers focused on History of Medicine Studies (2 papers), Reformation and Early Modern Christianity (1 paper) and Economic Theory and Institutions (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, S. Sambursky, Ian Simpson Ross, Knud Haakonssen, Mary Hesse, Ernán McMullin, Jürgen Mittelstraß and Dugald Stewart 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 489 citations

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Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
William P. D. Wightman 99 56 47 46 38 30 591
Jan Łukasiewicz 55 0.6× 70 1.3× 151 3.2× 12 0.3× 27 0.7× 24 699
John G. Burke 68 0.7× 60 1.1× 11 0.2× 71 1.5× 13 0.3× 37 625
Alan E. Shapiro 316 3.2× 29 0.5× 72 1.5× 112 2.4× 21 0.6× 37 671
Robert E. Schofield 292 2.9× 47 0.8× 51 1.1× 31 0.7× 17 0.4× 54 675
James R. Newman 57 0.6× 53 0.9× 33 0.7× 21 0.5× 6 0.2× 18 527
Morris Berman 62 0.6× 138 2.5× 61 1.3× 15 0.3× 19 0.5× 43 691
Ernst Mach 169 1.7× 20 0.4× 50 1.1× 44 1.0× 16 0.4× 28 597
Arthur Charles Clarke 20 0.2× 91 1.6× 44 0.9× 105 2.3× 28 0.7× 60 584
Pierre Bayle 79 0.8× 60 1.1× 126 2.7× 59 1.3× 5 0.1× 58 591
Charles T. Wolfe 233 2.4× 58 1.0× 160 3.4× 47 1.0× 3 0.1× 81 601

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Fields of papers citing papers by William P. D. Wightman

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William P. D. Wightman

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