2026 Michael Ruse: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	62	1281	1134	594	517	719	13383

Research.com Recognitions

1986 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of the Arts and Humanities
1986 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
1983 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Michael Ruse is affiliated with Florida State University in the United States. Their research spans the intersection of philosophy, history, and biology with a focus on topics such as the history of science and medicine, evolution and science education, diverse historical and scientific studies, religion and society interactions, philosophy and history of science, evolutionary game theory and cooperation, and theology and philosophy of evil.

Their recent published papers include:

"Confessions of an Agnostic: Apologia Pro Vita Sua" (2021), published in Sophia
"Evolution and ethics viewed from within two metaphors: machine and organism" (2022), published in History & Philosophy of the Life Sciences
"WILLEM DREES ON THE HUMANITIES" (2021), published in Zygon®
"Building blocks of morality" (2020), published in HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies
"Darwinizm a problem zła" (2021), published in Filozoficzne Aspekty Genezy

Michael Ruse has frequently collaborated with several coauthors, including Edward J. Larson, Brian Davies, Stephen Bullivant, and Brian E. Davies.

Their work is often published in notable venues such as:

The Quarterly Review of Biology
Metatheoria - Revista de Filosofía e Historia de la Ciencia
Cambridge University Press eBooks
Zygon®
Filozoficzne Aspekty Genezy

Michael Ruse has contributed extensively to book publications, particularly with Cambridge University Press, with eight titles including:

"A Philosopher Looks at Human Beings" (2021)
"Taking God Seriously" (2021)
"Evolution and Christianity" (2022)
"Social Darwinism" (2021)
"Understanding Natural Selection" (2022)
"Understanding the Christianity-Evolution Relationship" (2023)
"The Cambridge History of Atheism" (2021)
"Darwin Mythology" (2024)

Additionally, Michael Ruse has published with Harvard University Press, including the book "The New Biology" (2023), and with Yale University Press, with the book "On Faith and Science" (2020).

The primary fields of study for Michael Ruse include Arts and Humanities and Social Sciences, with specific subfields concentrating on history and philosophy of science, sociology and political science, philosophy, genetics, and social psychology.

The scientist has been recognized with several awards, such as:

Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 1986
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, 1986, Academy of the Arts and Humanities
Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1983

Best Publications

Sex and Death: An Introduction to Philosophy of Biology

Kim Sterelny;Paul E. Griffiths

819
Citations
The philosophy of biology

David L. Hull;Michael Ruse

709
Citations
Monad to man : the concept of progress in evolutionary biology

Michael Ruse

370
Citations
Taking Darwin Seriously

Michael Ruse

336
Citations
The Darwinian revolution : science red in tooth and claw

Michael Ruse

316
Citations
Taking Darwin seriously : a naturalistic approach to philosophy

Michael Ruse

302
Citations
Moral Philosophy as Applied Science

Michael Ruse;Edward O. Wilson

284
Citations
Sociobiology, sense or nonsense?

Michael Ruse

275
Citations
Darwin and Design: Does Evolution Have a Purpose?

Michael Ruse

203
Citations
What the Philosophy of Biology Is

Michael Ruse

202
Citations
Darwin's debt to philosophy: An examination of the influence of the philosophical ideas of John F.W. Herschel and William Whewell on the development of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution

Michael Ruse

198
Citations
The Darwinian Revolution

Michael Ruse

195
Citations
Biological Species: Natural Kinds, Individuals, or What?

Michael Ruse

184
Citations
The Cambridge Companion to the Philosophy of Biology

David L. Hull;Michael Ruse

181
Citations
The Oxford Handbook of Atheism

Stephen Sebastian Bullivant;Michael Ruse

178
Citations
Can a Darwinian be a Christian? : the relationship between science and religion

Michael Ruse

174
Citations
Debating design : from Darwin to DNA

William A. Dembski;Michael Ruse

174
Citations
The Evolution-Creation Struggle

Michael Ruse

168
Citations
Philosophy of biology

Michael Ruse

71
Citations
Beyond positivism and relativism: Theory, method, and evidence

Michael Ruse

33
Citations
A natural history of religion

Michael Ruse

30
Citations
Third sex, third gender: Beyond sexual dimorphism in culture and history

Michael Ruse

12
Citations
Can a Darwinian be a Christian? The Relationship between Science and Religion

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11
Citations
The Expanding Circle: Ethics and Sociobiology

Michael Ruse

1
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

David L. Hull Northwestern University

Francisco J. Ayala University of California, Irvine

Richard Swinburne University of Oxford

Scott F. Gilbert Swarthmore College

Alexander Rosenberg Duke University

External Links

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