Concepedia

Scientific Laws

Scientific Laws is a type of scientific generalization that describes a regular, invariant relationship among observable phenomena under specified conditions, distinguished from scientific theories by expressing systematic patterns without necessarily explaining underlying mechanisms.

668

Publications

41.7K

Citations

754

Authors

379

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

60

Variants

Law In ScienceScientific Law

Parents

Children

Publications

668

1–5 of 668

Authors

754

  1. ML
    Marc Lange

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States

    14 publications · 759 citations

    13

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  2. FS
    Frederick Suppe

    University of Maryland, College Park, United States

    7 publications · 2.5K citations

    7

    h-index

  3. NC
    Nancy Cartwright

    London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom

    6 publications · 774 citations

    6

    h-index

  4. TH
    Tyler Hildebrand

    Dalhousie University, Canada

    5 publications · 118 citations

    5

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  5. HA
    Herbert A. Simon

    Carnegie Mellon University, United States

    5 publications · 329 citations

    5

    h-index

1–5 of 754

Institutions

379

  1. Carnegie Mellon University

    Pittsburgh, United States

    10 h-index

    19 publications

    1.8K citations

  2. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    Chapel Hill, United States

    10 h-index

    11 publications

    573 citations

  3. University of California San Diego

    San Diego, United States

    9 h-index

    13 publications

    1.1K citations

  4. University of Pittsburgh

    Pittsburgh, United States

    7 h-index

    7 publications

    610 citations

  5. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    7 h-index

    7 publications

    280 citations

  6. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    7 h-index

    8 publications

    200 citations

  7. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

    New Brunswick, United States

    6 h-index

    7 publications

    371 citations

  8. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    6 h-index

    7 publications

    570 citations

1–8 of 379

Venues

  1. Philosophy of Science

    52 publications · 7.3K citations

    27

    h-index

  2. 16

    h-index

  3. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 16 publications · 2.1K citations

    15

    h-index

  4. 13

    h-index

  5. American Journal of Physics

    12 publications · 855 citations

    11

    h-index

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