Illinois State University

12.7k papers and 292.9k indexed citations i.

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In recent decades, authors affiliated with Illinois State University have published 12.7k papers, which have received a total of 292.9k indexed citations. Scholars at this organization have produced 1.8k papers in Sociology and Political Science, 1.2k papers in Education and 1.2k papers in Social Psychology on the topics of Plant and animal studies (299 papers), Metal complexes synthesis and properties (290 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (263 papers). Their work is cited by papers focused on Sociology and Political Science (45.5k citations), Social Psychology (31.5k citations) and Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management (24.0k citations). Authors at Illinois State University collaborate with scholars in United States, China and United Kingdom and have published in prestigious journals including Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Some of Illinois State University's most productive authors include James E. Payne, Steven A. Taylor, Dennis M. Patten, J. Joseph Cronin, Timothy D. Lash, Susan Sprecher, Steven A. Juliano, Nicholas Apergis, Rajeev K. Goel and Rati Ram.

In The Last Decade

Fields of papers published by authors at Illinois State University

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers affiliated with Illinois State University at the time of their publication. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers affiliated with Illinois State University at the time of their publication.

Countries citing scholars working at Illinois State University

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This map shows the geographic impact of research produced by authors working at Illinois State University. 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 papers produced at Illinois State University with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Illinois State University more than expected).

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