2026 Ruth Garrett Millikan: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	32	7176	6667	3482	3177	118	13772

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World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Social Sciences and Humanities

7176

6667

3482

3177

118

13772

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index

Citations

13772

World Ranking

7176

National Ranking

3482

Research.com Recognitions

2014 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2002 - Jean Nicod Prize, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

Overview

Ruth Garrett Millikan is affiliated with the University of Connecticut in the United States. Their research primarily addresses topics intersecting psychology, philosophy, and cognitive science, with a particular focus on language, cognition, and theoretical science.

The main fields of study for Millikan include:

Psychology

Within these fields, their subfields of focus encompass:

Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Computational Theory and Mathematics
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Molecular Biology
Social Psychology

Millikan's work covers various topics, notably:

Language, Metaphor, and Cognition
Philosophy and Theoretical Science
Computability, Logic, AI Algorithms
Origins and Evolution of Life
Fractal and DNA sequence analysis
Action Observation and Synchronization
Neuroscience, Education and Cognitive Function

The scientist has published multiple papers in frequent venues such as:

Mind & Language
Biosemiotics
Synthese
Australasian Philosophical Review
Erkenntnis

Recent publication titles include:

Neuroscience and teleosemantics, 2020, Synthese
Comment on the Relation between Representation and Information, 2021, Biosemiotics
Teleosemantics and the frogs, 2023, Mind & Language
Rescuing Proper Functions, 2022, Australasian Philosophical Review
Comment on Artiga's "Teleosemantics and Pushmi-Pullyu Representations", 2021, Erkenntnis

Throughout their career, Millikan has received recognition including:

Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2014
Jean Nicod Prize, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), 2002

Best Publications

Language, Thought, and Other Biological Categories

Ruth Garrett Millikan

3304
Citations
In Defense of Proper Functions

Ruth Garrett Millikan

1163
Citations
White Queen Psychology and Other Essays for Alice.

Julia Tanney;Ruth Garrett Millikan

785
Citations
On Clear and Confused Ideas

Ruth Garrett Millikan

638
Citations
Varieties of Meaning: The 2002 Jean Nicod Lectures

Ruth Garrett Millikan

622
Citations
Pushmi-pullyu representations

Ruth Garrett Millikan

457
Citations
Language, Thought, and Other Biological Categories: New Foundations for Realism

Unknown

425
Citations
Language, thought and other Biological Categories: New Foundations for Realism

Unknown

358
Citations
Historical Kinds and the “Special Sciences”

Ruth Garrett Millikan

347
Citations
Thoughts without laws: Cognitive science with content

Ruth Garrett Millikan

312
Citations
White Queen psychology and other essays for Alice

Ruth Garrett Millikan

310
Citations
Language: A Biological Model

Ruth Garrett Millikan

308
Citations
Varieties of Meaning

Ruth Millikan

285
Citations
A common structure for concepts of individuals, stuffs, and real kinds: more Mama, more milk, and more mouse.

Ruth Garrett Millikan

214
Citations
Language conventions made simple

Ruth Garrett Millikan

178
Citations
Truth, rules, hoverflies, and the Kripke-Wittgenstein paradox

Ruth Garrett Millikan

139
Citations
Beyond Concepts: Unicepts, Language, and Natural Information

Ruth Millikan

112
Citations
The myth of the essential indexical

Ruth Garrett Millikan

108
Citations
Naturalist Reflections on Knowledge

Ruth Garrett Millikan

97
Citations
Perceptual content and Fregean myth

Ruth Garrett Millikan

77
Citations
Wings, Spoons, Pills, and Quills: A Pluralist Theory of Function

Ruth Garrett Millikan

66
Citations
White Queen Psychology and Other Essays for Alice

John F. Post;Ruth Garrett Millikan

9
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Hilary Putnam Harvard University

Richard Rorty Stanford University

External Links

Personal website of Ruth Garrett Millikan

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