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Michael Ruse 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 Michael Ruse sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 719 publications — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michael Ruse 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 Michael Ruse sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 62 D-Index — 84th percentile

84% 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

  • 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

  • The philosophy of biology

    David L. Hull;Michael Ruse

  • Monad to man : the concept of progress in evolutionary biology

    Michael Ruse

  • Taking Darwin Seriously

    Michael Ruse

  • The Darwinian revolution : science red in tooth and claw

    Michael Ruse

  • Taking Darwin seriously : a naturalistic approach to philosophy

    Michael Ruse

  • Moral Philosophy as Applied Science

    Michael Ruse;Edward O. Wilson

  • Sociobiology, sense or nonsense?

    Michael Ruse

  • Darwin and Design: Does Evolution Have a Purpose?

    Michael Ruse

  • What the Philosophy of Biology Is

    Michael Ruse

  • 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

  • The Darwinian Revolution

    Michael Ruse

  • Biological Species: Natural Kinds, Individuals, or What?

    Michael Ruse

  • The Cambridge Companion to the Philosophy of Biology

    David L. Hull;Michael Ruse

  • The Oxford Handbook of Atheism

    Stephen Sebastian Bullivant;Michael Ruse

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

    Michael Ruse

  • Debating design : from Darwin to DNA

    William A. Dembski;Michael Ruse

  • The Evolution-Creation Struggle

    Michael Ruse

  • Philosophy of biology

    Michael Ruse

  • Beyond positivism and relativism: Theory, method, and evidence

    Michael Ruse

  • A natural history of religion

    Michael Ruse

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

    Michael Ruse

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

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  • The Expanding Circle: Ethics and Sociobiology

    Michael Ruse

Frequent Co-Authors

David L. Hull
David L. Hull Northwestern University
Edward O. Wilson
Edward O. Wilson Harvard University
David N. Reznick
David N. Reznick University of California, Riverside
Francisco J. Ayala
Francisco J. Ayala University of California, Irvine
Richard Swinburne
Richard Swinburne University of Oxford
Alexander Rosenberg
Alexander Rosenberg Duke University
Scott F. Gilbert
Scott F. Gilbert Swarthmore College
Nils Chr. Stenseth
Nils Chr. Stenseth University of Oslo
Joel Cracraft
Joel Cracraft American Museum of Natural History
Joseph Travis
Joseph Travis Florida State University

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