As before, some important living philosophers of science who would surely be on the list (like John Earman and Philip Kitcher) do not have Google Scholar pages. Only those with a clear majority of their citations to philosophy of science work are listed (this is an issue for some, like Sahotra Sarkar, most of whose citations are to scientific publications in biology and ecology, for example). I plan to do a separate list for those working in and around decision, game, and rational choice theory.
- Clark Glymour (Carnegie-Mellon [emeritus]): 39,100
- Elliot Sober (Wisconsin [emeritus]): 36,500
- Bas van Fraassen (San Francisco State/Princeton [emeritus): 34,400
- Nancy Cartwright (Durham/UC San Diego): 32,000
- James Woodward (Pittsburgh [emeritus]): 20,300
- Kim Sterelny (ANU): 19,600
- Carl Craver (Wash U/St. Louis): 17,900
- Paul Griffiths (Sydney): 17,300
- Peter Godfrey-Smith (Sydney): 17,200
- John Dupre (Exeter): 15,000
- James Ladyman (Bristol): 12,000
- Alexander Rosenberg (Duke): 10,800
- John Norton (Pittsburgh): 10,300*
- Christopher Hitchcock (Caltech): 9,900
- Stathis Psillos (Athens): 9,800
- Alexander Bird (Cambridge): 9,700
- Stephen French (Leeds): 9,500
- Lindley Darden (Maryland [emerita]): 9,200
- Samir Okasha (Bristol): 8500
- Elisabeth Lloyd (Indiana [emerita]): 8,400
*This is Norton’s total, minus 770 citations to a book by Einstein.
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