Sam Spector

42 total papers · 1.1k total citations
26 papers, 703 citations indexed

About

Sam Spector is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Sociology and Political Science and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sam Spector has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 703 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 7 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 4 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Sam Spector’s work include Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life (11 papers), Space exploration and regulation (11 papers) and Spaceflight effects on biology (4 papers). Sam Spector is often cited by papers focused on Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life (11 papers), Space exploration and regulation (11 papers) and Spaceflight effects on biology (4 papers). Sam Spector collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand, Norway and Israel. Sam Spector's co-authors include Caroline Orchiston, Girish Prayag, Mesbahuddin Chowdhury, James Higham, Alaric McCarthy, Janet Stephenson, Debbie Hopkins, Erik Cohen, Adam Doering and Nicholas A. Cradock-Henry and has published in prestigious journals such as Annals of Tourism Research, Journal of Travel Research and Journal of Sustainable Tourism.

In The Last Decade

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sam Spector

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sam Spector. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sam Spector based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Sam Spector. Sam Spector is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

Sam Spector

23 papers receiving 668 citations

Fields of papers citing papers by Sam Spector

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Sam Spector. 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 Sam Spector. The network helps show where Sam Spector may publish in the future.

Countries citing papers authored by Sam Spector

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This map shows the geographic impact of Sam Spector'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 Sam Spector with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Sam Spector more than expected).

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