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Empirical Laws

Empirical Law is a scientific law derived from repeated observational or experimental evidence without necessarily being grounded in theoretical principles, distinguishing it from laws deduced from fundamental theories.

377

Publications

31.4K

Citations

824

Authors

463

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

38

Variants

Empirical Law

Parents

Publications

377

Diatomic Molecules According to the Wave Mechanics. II. Vibrational Levels

Philip Μ. Morse · Physical Review · 1929 · 4.1K citations

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Formulas for Bed-Load transport

E. Meyer-Peter, Rasmus Müller · Research Repository (Delft University of Technology) · 1948 · 1.8K citations · Full text

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Capacitor theory

Svante Westerlund, L. Ekstam · IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation · 1994 · 777 citations

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Metric geometry of equilibrium thermodynamics

Frank Weinhold · The Journal of Chemical Physics · 1975 · 752 citations

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Word lengths are optimized for efficient communication

Steven T. Piantadosi, Harry Tily, E. Leigh Gibson · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2011 · 708 citations · Full text

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Authors

824

  1. PL
    Pat Langley

    Stanford University, United States

    4 publications · 262 citations

    4

    h-index

  2. HT
    Hideki Takayasu

    Sony Computer Science Laboratories, Japan

    4 publications · 198 citations

    4

    h-index

  3. GG
    Gerd Gigerenzer

    Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Germany

    3 publications · 154 citations

    3

    h-index

  4. BS
    Byron Sharp

    University of South Australia, Australia

    3 publications · 129 citations

    3

    h-index

  5. YO
    Yosihiko Ogata

    The Institute of Statistical Mathematics, Japan

    3 publications · 325 citations

    3

    h-index

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Institutions

463

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    16 h-index

    70 publications

    3.7K citations

  2. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    6 h-index

    12 publications

    1.4K citations

  3. Université Paris Cité

    Paris, France

    6 h-index

    12 publications

    688 citations

  4. Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse

    Toulouse, France

    5 h-index

    16 publications

    838 citations

  5. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    5 h-index

    10 publications

    932 citations

  6. Carnegie Mellon University

    Pittsburgh, United States

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    445 citations

  7. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    493 citations

  8. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    941 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Applied Physics

    8 publications · 573 citations

    8

    h-index

  2. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 7 publications · 1.1K citations

    7

    h-index

  3. Physical Review Letters

    PRL · 7 publications · 666 citations

    7

    h-index

  4. Physical Review E

    PRE · 6 publications · 195 citations

    6

    h-index

  5. Philosophy of Science

    5 publications · 321 citations

    5

    h-index

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