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D-Index
42
Citations
8154
World Ranking
4714
National Ranking
801

Steven French 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 Steven French sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 203 publications — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Steven French 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 Steven French 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: 42 D-Index — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Steven French is affiliated with the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom. Their research spans the fields of Arts and Humanities as well as Physics and Astronomy, with particular focus on the history and philosophy of science and quantum mechanics.

The main fields of study covered in Steven French's work include:

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Physics and Astronomy

Within these broader fields, their subfields of study comprise:

  • History and Philosophy of Science
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Philosophy
  • Physiology

Steven French's research topics address several areas such as:

  • Philosophy and History of Science
  • Quantum Mechanics and Applications
  • Philosophy, Science, and History
  • Philosophy and Theoretical Science
  • Biofield Effects and Biophysics
  • Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics
  • Aesthetic Perception and Analysis

The scientist has published frequently in several academic journals, among which the most common venues are:

  • Metascience
  • European Journal for Philosophy of Science
  • Erkenntnis
  • Foundations of Physics
  • Journal of Pathology Informatics

Recent selected publications include:

  • "Imagination in Scientific Practice," 2020, European Journal for Philosophy of Science
  • "The Value of Surprise in Science," 2021, Erkenntnis
  • "Phenomenology, Perspectivalism and (Quantum) Physics," 2024, Foundations of Physics
  • "Resistance is futile!," 2020, Metascience
  • "BUILDING A DIGITAL PATHOLOGY REPOSITORY TO SUPPORT AI: LESSONS LEARNED FROM JOINT EFFORTS BY THE JOINT PATHOLOGY CENTER AND JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY," 2022, Journal of Pathology Informatics

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Steven French include:

  • Alice Murphy
  • Joel T. Moncur
  • Mark D. Zarella
  • Ivonne Arena
  • Daniel Butler

Best Publications

  • Science and Partial Truth: A Unitary Approach to Models and Scientific Reasoning

    Newton C. A. da Costa;Steven French

  • Identity in Physics: A Historical, Philosophical, and Formal Analysis

    Steven French;Décio Krause

  • Remodelling structural realism: Quantum physics and the metaphysics of structure

    Steven French;James Ladyman

  • The Structure of the World: Metaphysics and Representation

    Steven French

  • Science and Partial Truth

    Newton C. A. da Costa;Steven French

  • Reinflating the Semantic Approach

    Steven French;James Ladyman

  • The model-theoretic approach in the philosophy of science

    Newton C. A. Da Costa;Steven French

  • A Model‐Theoretic Account of Representation (Or, I Don't Know Much about Art…but I Know It Involves Isomorphism)

    Steven French

  • On Representing the Relationship between the Mathematical and the Empirical

    Otávio Bueno;Steven French;James Ladyman

  • 6. On the Withering Away of Physical Objects

    Steven French

  • Thinking Outside the Toolbox: Towards a More Productive Engagement Between Metaphysics and Philosophy of Physics

    Steven French;Kerry McKenzie

  • Identity and individuality in classical and quantum physics

    Steven French

  • VI* STRUCTURE AS A WEAPON OF THE REALIST'

    Steven French

  • Correspondence, Invariance and Heuristics

    Steven French;Harmke Kamminga

  • How Theories Represent

    Otávio Bueno;Steven French

  • Models, Theories, and Structures: Thirty Years on

    Newton da Costa;Steven French

  • The reasonable effectiveness of mathematics : Partial structures and the application of group theory to physics

    Steven French

  • The Logic of Pragmatic Truth

    Newton C. A. da Costa;Otávio A. S. Bueno;Steven French

  • The interdependence of structure, objects and dependence

    Steven French

  • The Structural Foundations of Quantum Gravity

    Dean Rickles;Steven French;Juha T. Saatsi

  • The dissolution of objects: Between platonism and phenomenalism

    Steven French;James Ladyman

  • In Defence of Ontic Structural Realism

    Steven French;James Ladyman

  • Metaphysical underdetermination: why worry?

    Steven French

Frequent Co-Authors

Otávio Bueno
Otávio Bueno University of Miami
James Ladyman
James Ladyman University of Bristol
Bas C. van Fraassen
Bas C. van Fraassen San Francisco State University
Stathis Psillos
Stathis Psillos National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Alfred I. Tauber
Alfred I. Tauber Boston University
Steve Fuller
Steve Fuller University of Warwick
Clark Glymour
Clark Glymour Carnegie Mellon University

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