Wybo Houkes

1.5k total citations
37 papers, 754 citations indexed

About

Wybo Houkes is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Sociology and Political Science and History and Philosophy of Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Wybo Houkes has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 754 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 9 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 7 papers in History and Philosophy of Science. Recurrent topics in Wybo Houkes's work include Language and cultural evolution (7 papers), Philosophy and History of Science (7 papers) and Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (7 papers). Wybo Houkes is often cited by papers focused on Language and cultural evolution (7 papers), Philosophy and History of Science (7 papers) and Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (7 papers). Wybo Houkes collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and Germany. Wybo Houkes's co-authors include Pieter E. Vermaas, Krist Vaesen, Peter Kroes, Maarten Franssen, Ibo van de Poel, Anthonie Meijers, Kees Dorst, Marc J. de Vries, Sjoerd D. Zwart and Elena M. Tur and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences and Research Policy.

In The Last Decade

Wybo Houkes

36 papers receiving 683 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Wybo Houkes Netherlands	16	203	143	135	121	77	37	754
Ranulph Glanville United Kingdom	11	171 0.8×	156 1.1×	74 0.5×	183 1.5×	72 0.9×	70	777
Larry A. Hickman United States	13	142 0.7×	306 2.1×	44 0.3×	37 0.3×	44 0.6×	52	1.0k
Peter Caws United States	10	91 0.4×	166 1.2×	73 0.5×	42 0.3×	46 0.6×	48	707
Paul T. Durbin United States	12	88 0.4×	235 1.6×	86 0.6×	17 0.1×	39 0.5×	55	761
Alfred Nordmann Germany	15	278 1.4×	286 2.0×	104 0.8×	15 0.1×	39 0.5×	64	1.2k
Steven L. Goldman United States	11	116 0.6×	152 1.1×	27 0.2×	27 0.2×	25 0.3×	21	1.0k
Gilbert Simondon Spain	11	106 0.5×	201 1.4×	110 0.8×	21 0.2×	32 0.4×	36	860
Hans Lenk Germany	15	56 0.3×	318 2.2×	74 0.5×	16 0.1×	40 0.5×	148	1.6k
Richard Heersmink Australia	20	532 2.6×	184 1.3×	29 0.2×	16 0.1×	105 1.4×	38	1.1k
Bernard Scott United Kingdom	14	126 0.6×	82 0.6×	23 0.2×	39 0.3×	72 0.9×	61	883

Countries citing papers authored by Wybo Houkes

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wybo Houkes

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20 of 20 papers shown

Houkes, Wybo, et al.. (2025). Can’t Software Malfunction?. TU/e Research Portal. 9(1). 1–15. 1 indexed citations

Tur, Elena M., et al.. (2022). Leaving academia: PhD attrition and unhealthy research environments. TU/e Research Portal. 5 indexed citations

Tur, Elena M., et al.. (2022). Leaving academia: PhD attrition and unhealthy research environments. PLoS ONE. 17(10). e0274976–e0274976. 19 indexed citations

Smolla, Marco, Fredrik Jansson, Laurent Lehmann, et al.. (2021). Underappreciated features of cultural evolution. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 376(1828). 20200259–20200259. 16 indexed citations

Vaesen, Krist & Wybo Houkes. (2021). A new framework for teaching scientific reasoning to students from application-oriented sciences. European Journal for Philosophy of Science. 11(2). 56–56. 3 indexed citations

Houkes, Wybo & Sjoerd D. Zwart. (2018). Transfer and templates in scientific modelling. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A. 77. 93–100. 9 indexed citations

Vaesen, Krist & Wybo Houkes. (2017). Complexity and technological evolution: What everybody knows?. Biology & Philosophy. 32(6). 1245–1268. 15 indexed citations

Vaesen, Krist, et al.. (2014). Complexity and Demographic Explanations of Cumulative Culture. PLoS ONE. 9(7). e102543–e102543. 19 indexed citations

Vaesen, Krist & Wybo Houkes. (2013). Modelling the truth of scientific beliefs with cultural evolutionary theory. Synthese. 191(1). 109–125. 1 indexed citations

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Houkes, Wybo. (2012). Population thinking and natural selection in dual-inheritance theory. Biology & Philosophy. 27(3). 401–417. 5 indexed citations

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Pols, Auke & Wybo Houkes. (2010). What is morally salient about enhancement technologies?. Journal of Medical Ethics. 37(2). 84–87. 2 indexed citations

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Houkes, Wybo & Pieter E. Vermaas. (2010). Technical Functions. 82 indexed citations

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Houkes, Wybo & Pieter E. Vermaas. (2009). Artefacts in Analytic Metaphysics. Techné Research in Philosophy and Technology. 13(2). 74–81. 5 indexed citations

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Houkes, Wybo & Pieter E. Vermaas. (2009). Contemporary Engineering and the Metaphysics of Artefacts. The Monist. 92(3). 403–419. 16 indexed citations

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Houkes, Wybo & Pieter E. Vermaas. (2009). Produced to Use. Techné Research in Philosophy and Technology. 13(2). 123–136. 9 indexed citations

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Houkes, Wybo & Pieter E. Vermaas. (2009). Produced to Use. 1 indexed citations

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Houkes, Wybo. (2006). Knowledge of artefact functions. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A. 37(1). 102–113. 36 indexed citations

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Houkes, Wybo & Pieter E. Vermaas. (2004). Actions Versus Functions. The Monist. 87(1). 52–71. 68 indexed citations

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Houkes, Wybo. (2002). Normativity in Quine's Naturalism: The Technology of Truth-Seeking?. Journal for General Philosophy of Science. 33(2). 251–267. 3 indexed citations

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Houkes, Wybo. (2002). A Parting of the Ways: Carnap, Cassirer, and Heidegger (review). Journal of the history of philosophy. 40(4). 554–555. 1 indexed citations

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