Smithsonian Institution

16.4k papers and 542.1k indexed citations i.

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In recent decades, authors affiliated with Smithsonian Institution have published 16.4k papers, which have received a total of 542.1k indexed citations. Scholars at this organization have produced 4.6k papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 4.2k papers in Ecology and 2.5k papers in Paleontology on the topics of Plant and animal studies (1.7k papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (1.2k papers) and Plant Diversity and Evolution (1.1k papers). Their work is cited by papers focused on Ecology (151.2k citations), Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (129.3k citations) and Paleontology (82.7k citations). Authors at Smithsonian Institution collaborate with scholars in United States, United Kingdom and Germany and have published in prestigious journals including Nature, Science and Cell. Some of Smithsonian Institution's most productive authors include Kevin de Queiroz, Jeffrey E. Post, Conrad C. Labandeira, Daniel Jean Stanley, Bruce D. Smith, Scott L. Wing, Jonathan D. Ballou, Jonathan A. Coddington, W. John Kress and Jun Wen.

In The Last Decade

Fields of papers published by authors at Smithsonian Institution

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers affiliated with Smithsonian Institution 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 Smithsonian Institution at the time of their publication.

Countries citing scholars working at Smithsonian Institution

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