2026 David L. Hull: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	47	3285	1586	216	15710

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Social Sciences and Humanities

3285

1586

216

15710

David L. Hull publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David L. Hull sits on this spectrum.

44 publications 570+

This scientist: 216 publications — 70th percentile

70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

David L. Hull D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David L. Hull sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

1980 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

David L. Hull was affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States. Their research spanned multiple interdisciplinary fields, predominantly within medicine and health professions. Their work included contributions to general health professions, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, oceanography, philosophy, and neurology.

Their main topics of research encompassed:

Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity
Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues
Health, Medicine and Society
Pericarditis and Cardiac Tamponade
Myasthenia Gravis and Thymoma
Cardiac tumors and thrombi

David L. Hull published in a variety of venues, including:

Offshore Technology Conference
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
European Heart Journal

Notable recent papers included:

Using Ecological Risk Assessment to Assess EMF Impacts to Marine Life From offshore Wind Infrastructure, 2024, Offshore Technology Conference
The Depressing Link between Sleep Apnea and Insomnia, 2023, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
The safety and feasibility of colchicine uptitration in the management of idiopathic recurrent pericarditis, 2024, European Heart Journal

Frequent coauthors during their career included Damian V. Preziosi, Dana Dawson, Christopher Flanary, Kaustubha Raghukumar, and S. Eikenbary.

David L. Hull was recognized as a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1980.

Best Publications

Science as a process : an evolutionary account of the social and conceptual development of science

David L. Hull

2462
Citations
Individuality and Selection

David L. Hull

1313
Citations
Are Species Really Individuals

David L. Hull

984
Citations
Science as a process

David Hull

966
Citations
A Matter of Individuality

David L. Hull

919
Citations
The philosophy of biology

David L. Hull;Michael Ruse

709
Citations
THE EFFECT OF ESSENTIALISM ON TAXONOMY—TWO THOUSAND YEARS OF STASIS (I)

David L. Hull

654
Citations
Philosophy of biological science

David L. Hull

501
Citations
A general account of selection: biology, immunology, and behavior.

David L. Hull;Rodney E. Langman;Sigrid S. Glenn

487
Citations
In defence of generalized Darwinism

Howard E. Aldrich;Geoffrey M. Hodgson;David L. Hull;Thorbjørn Knudsen

470
Citations
Central Subjects and Historical Narratives

David L. Hull

225
Citations
Universal Darwinism

Unknown

222
Citations
The metaphysics of evolution

David L. Hull

212
Citations
Darwin and His Critics: The Reception of Darwin's Theory of Evolution by the Scientific Community

David L. Hull

182
Citations
The Cambridge Companion to the Philosophy of Biology

David L. Hull;Michael Ruse

181
Citations
THE LIMITS OF CLADISM

David L. Hull

171
Citations
Planck's Principle.

David L. Hull;Peter D. Tessner;Arthur M. Diamond

170
Citations
A mechanism and its metaphysics: An evolutionary account of the social and conceptual development of science

David L. Hull

152
Citations
Contemporary systematic philosophies

David L. Hull

141
Citations
In Defense of Presentism

David L. Hull

120
Citations
How Classification Works Nelson Goodman Among the Social Sciences

Nelson Goodman;Mary Tew Douglas;David L. Hull

96
Citations
The Origins of Theoretical Population Genetics.

William B. Provine;David L. Hull

92
Citations
Science as a Process: An Evolutionary Account of the Social and Conceptual Development of Science.

Bruno Latour;David L. Hull

88
Citations
The Triumph of the Darwinian Method

David L. Hull

60
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Ruse Florida State University

Francisco J. Ayala University of California, Irvine

Joel Mokyr Northwestern University

Geoffrey M. Hodgson Loughborough University

Bruno Latour Sciences Po

Alexander Rosenberg Duke University

Mary Douglas University College London

Brent D. Mishler University of California, Berkeley

Cecilia Heyes University of Oxford

Viktor Vanberg Walter Eucken Institut

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