Science and Civilisation in China1963 · 679 citations
What are hit papers?
Paper score: A paper's citations measured against the top-1% bar of its own field and year: the square root of citations ÷ bar, so 1 means right at the bar and 2 means four times its citations. The bar blends the citation counts that enter the top 1% of the paper's subfields in its year (weighted 89.5%), of those subfields over all years (0.5%) and of its year across all fields (10%); a subfield and year with fewer than 400 papers takes its year's bar. Papers from 2026 are not scored yet: in an unfinished year, when a paper appeared matters more than how it is cited.
Hit paper: A paper cited at least 1.5× the top-1% bar of its field and year: a paper score of at least √1.5.
Countries citing papers authored by Joseph Needham
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Citations
This map shows the geographic impact of Joseph Needham's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Joseph Needham with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Joseph Needham more than expected).
This network shows the impact of papers produced by Joseph Needham. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Joseph Needham. The network helps show where Joseph Needham may publish in the future.
Co-authors
The 25 scholars most cited alongside Joseph Needham, linked wherever they
have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers
they share.
Border = papers with Joseph NeedhamLine = papers co-authored togetherJoseph Needham links everyone, so they are left out of the graph.
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