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D-Index
44
Citations
13661
World Ranking
4018
National Ranking
679

John Dupré 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 John Dupré sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 192 publications — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

John Dupré 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 John Dupré sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 177 scientists 31 D-Index: 210 scientists 32 D-Index: 222 scientists 33 D-Index: 188 scientists 34 D-Index: 181 scientists 35 D-Index: 243 scientists 36 D-Index: 261 scientists 37 D-Index: 272 scientists 38 D-Index: 278 scientists 39 D-Index: 300 scientists 40 D-Index: 297 scientists 41 D-Index: 308 scientists 42 D-Index: 313 scientists 43 D-Index: 300 scientists 44 D-Index: 269 scientists 45 D-Index: 260 scientists 46 D-Index: 228 scientists 47 D-Index: 251 scientists 48 D-Index: 203 scientists 49 D-Index: 186 scientists 50 D-Index: 187 scientists 51 D-Index: 166 scientists 52 D-Index: 138 scientists 53 D-Index: 141 scientists 54 D-Index: 131 scientists 55 D-Index: 137 scientists 56 D-Index: 109 scientists 57 D-Index: 129 scientists 58 D-Index: 95 scientists 59 D-Index: 105 scientists 60 D-Index: 106 scientists 61 D-Index: 86 scientists 62 D-Index: 94 scientists 63 D-Index: 77 scientists 64 D-Index: 79 scientists 65 D-Index: 59 scientists 66 D-Index: 68 scientists 67 D-Index: 51 scientists 68 D-Index: 49 scientists 69 D-Index: 40 scientists 70 D-Index: 43 scientists 71 D-Index: 40 scientists 72 D-Index: 50 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 43 scientists 75 D-Index: 45 scientists 76 D-Index: 45 scientists 77 D-Index: 30 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 31 scientists 80 D-Index: 29 scientists 81 D-Index: 18 scientists 82 D-Index: 21 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 15 scientists 85 D-Index: 15 scientists 86 D-Index: 19 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 12 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 19 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 13 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 7 scientists 97 D-Index: 6 scientists 98 D-Index: 6 scientists 99 D-Index: 6 scientists 100+ D-Index: 97 scientists
30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 44 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% 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

  • 2020 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2010 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

John Dupré is affiliated with the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom. Their research spans various topics within the history and philosophy of science, genetics, and broader interdisciplinary fields. Their work intersects with subfields such as History and Philosophy of Science, Genetics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Plant Science, and Sociology and Political Science.

Their publication record includes numerous papers across multiple influential venues. Frequent publication venues are:

  • Philosophy of Science
  • European Journal for Philosophy of Science
  • Synthese
  • Epistemology & Philosophy of Science
  • Diabetologia

Their recent papers include:

  • "The Disunity of Science and the Unity of the World Presidential Address, PSA 2022" (2023), Philosophy of Science
  • "Process epistemology in the COVID-19 era: rethinking the research process to avoid dangerous forms of reification" (2022), European Journal for Philosophy of Science
  • "Causally powerful processes" (2021), Synthese
  • "Growth and development of islet autoimmunity and type 1 diabetes in children genetically at risk" (2021), Diabetologia
  • "Life as Process" (2020), Epistemology & Philosophy of Science

Among book publications, John Dupré has works published by Cambridge University Press and Intellect, including:

  • The Metaphysics of Biology (2021), published by Cambridge University Press
  • Drawing Processes of Life (2023), published by Intellect

Their research covers several main topics, such as:

  • Philosophy and History of Science
  • Origins and Evolution of Life
  • Plant and Biological Electrophysiology Studies
  • Misinformation and Its Impacts
  • Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
  • Gene Regulatory Network Analysis
  • Ecosystem dynamics and resilience

John Dupré has collaborated extensively with several frequent co-authors, including:

  • Kevin Elliott
  • Alan C. Love
  • Angela Potochnik
  • James Owen Weatherall
  • Charlotte Werndl

They have been recognized with several awards, including:

  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2020)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2010)

Best Publications

  • The Disorder of Things: Metaphysical Foundations of the Disunity of Science

    John Dupré

  • The advancement of science : science without legend, objectivity without illusions

    John Dupre;Philip Kitcher

  • Natural Kinds and Biological Taxa

    John Dupre

  • Human nature and the limits of science

    John Dupré

  • The Latest on the best : essays on evolution and optimality

    John Dupré

  • Processes of Life: Essays in the Philosophy of Biology

    John Dupré

  • Varieties of Living Things: Life at the Intersection of Lineage and Metabolism

    John Dupré;Maureen A. O'Malley

  • The Social Construction of What

    John Dupre;Ian Hacking

  • The Conscious Mind: In Search of a Fundamental Theory

    Unknown

  • Fundamental issues in systems biology.

    Maureen A. O'Malley;John Dupré

  • Value-free science? : ideals and illusions

    Harold Kincaid;John Dupré;Alison Wylie

  • Prokaryotic evolution and the tree of life are two different things

    Eric Bapteste;Maureen A O'Malley;Robert G Beiko;Marc Ereshefsky

  • Genomes and What to Make of Them

    Barry Barnes;John Dupré

  • Processes of LifeEssays in the Philosophy of Biology

    John Dupré

  • Humans and Other Animals

    John Dupré

  • Size doesn’t matter: towards a more inclusive philosophy of biology

    Maureen A. O’Malley;John Dupré

  • The Disunity of Science

    John Dupré

  • Metagenomics and biological ontology

    John Dupré;Maureen A. O’Malley

  • A manifesto for a processual philosophy of biology

    John A. Dupre;Daniel J. Nicholson

  • In Defence of Classification

    John Dupré

  • Across the Boundaries: Extrapolation in Biology and Social Science

    John Dupré

  • Prokaryotic evolution and the tree of life are two different things

    William Martin;Tal Dagan;John Dupre;François-Joseph Lapointe

Frequent Co-Authors

William Martin
William Martin Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Eric Bapteste
Eric Bapteste Sorbonne University
Robert G. Beiko
Robert G. Beiko Dalhousie University
Nancy Cartwright
Nancy Cartwright Durham University
J. Peter Gogarten
J. Peter Gogarten University of Connecticut
Jørn Nerup
Jørn Nerup Steno Diabetes Center
Hubert Kolb
Hubert Kolb Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Tal Dagan
Tal Dagan Kiel University
Daphna Joel
Daphna Joel Tel Aviv University
Patrick Bateson
Patrick Bateson University of Cambridge

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