Scientific American

10.4k papers and 251.8k indexed citations i.

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The 10.4k papers published in Scientific American in the last decades have received a total of 251.8k indexed citations. Papers published in Scientific American usually cover Astronomy and Astrophysics (526 papers), Molecular Biology (194 papers) and Sociology and Political Science (171 papers) specifically the topics of Astro and Planetary Science (118 papers), History and Developments in Astronomy (103 papers) and Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life (100 papers). The most active scholars publishing in Scientific American are Makoto Kimura, Mark Weiser, John H. Holland, Martin Gardner, Edwin H. Land, Gary Stix, Henri Tajfel, W. Wayt Gibbs, Solomon E. Asch and Michael E. Porter.

In The Last Decade

Fields of papers published in Scientific American

Since Specialization
EngineeringComputer SciencePhysics and AstronomyMathematicsEarth and Planetary SciencesEnergyEnvironmental ScienceMaterials ScienceChemical EngineeringChemistryAgricultural and Biological SciencesVeterinaryDecision SciencesArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and AccountingSocial SciencesPsychologyEconomics, Econometrics and FinanceHealth ProfessionsDentistryMedicineBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyNeuroscienceNursingImmunology and MicrobiologyPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics

This network shows the specialization of papers published in Scientific American. Nodes represent fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors.

Countries where authors publish in Scientific American

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Total citations of papers

This map shows the geographic distribution of research published in Scientific American. It shows the number of citations received by papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of papers published in Scientific American with the expected number of papers based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country's share of papers is larger than expected).

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