Adam Smith

7.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
7 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Adam Smith is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Organic Chemistry and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Adam Smith has authored 7 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 0 papers in Infectious Diseases, 0 papers in Organic Chemistry and 0 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Adam Smith's work include . Adam Smith is often cited by papers focused on . Adam Smith collaborates with scholars based in Canada. Adam Smith's co-authors include George J. Stigler and Edwin Cannan and has published in prestigious journals such as Business Horizons, Wasafiri and Graduate Institute Geneva Institutional Repository (Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies).

In The Last Decade

Adam Smith

6 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations

1977 3.0k citations Adam Smith, Edwin Cannan et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Adam Smith Canada	5	1.1k	907	441	416	292	7	3.0k
Edwin Cannan	4	1.1k 1.0×	904 1.0×	444 1.0×	435 1.0×	287 1.0×	13	3.0k
Tyler Cowen United States	26	1.0k 0.9×	1.1k 1.2×	504 1.1×	258 0.6×	317 1.1×	134	3.0k
Donald N. McCloskey United States	26	1.5k 1.3×	685 0.8×	271 0.6×	517 1.2×	175 0.6×	124	3.2k
Thorstein Veblen	14	1.1k 1.0×	1.8k 1.9×	267 0.6×	318 0.8×	200 0.7×	54	4.0k
Bruce Caldwell United States	24	1.9k 1.7×	947 1.0×	272 0.6×	672 1.6×	169 0.6×	98	2.9k
A. W. Coats United Kingdom	25	1.3k 1.1×	740 0.8×	476 1.1×	695 1.7×	225 0.8×	117	2.5k
David S. Landes United States	22	1.7k 1.6×	1.3k 1.5×	652 1.5×	493 1.2×	318 1.1×	82	4.1k
J. M. Buchanan United States	7	1.6k 1.4×	779 0.9×	1.1k 2.4×	251 0.6×	239 0.8×	16	2.9k
Rondo Cameron United States	20	816 0.7×	693 0.8×	386 0.9×	226 0.5×	147 0.5×	77	2.3k
Peter J. Boettke United States	31	2.1k 1.9×	1.5k 1.6×	707 1.6×	596 1.4×	208 0.7×	309	3.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Adam Smith

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Fields of papers citing papers by Adam Smith

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Adam Smith

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Adam Smith. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Adam Smith 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 Adam Smith. Adam Smith is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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7 of 7 papers shown

1.

Smith, Adam. (2019). Hands. Wasafiri. 34(2). 80–84.

2.

Smith, Adam. (2002). Recherche sur la nature et les causes de la richesse des nations.. Classiques des sciences sociales.. 4 indexed citations

3.

Smith, Adam. (2002). Recherche sur la nature et les causes de la richesse des nations.. Classiques des sciences sociales.. 4 indexed citations

4.

Smith, Adam, et al.. (2000). Recherche sur la nature et les causes de la richesse des nations. Graduate Institute Geneva Institutional Repository (Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies). 9 indexed citations

5.

Smith, Adam. (1981). Paper money. Business Horizons. 24(6). 85–87. 4 indexed citations

6.

Smith, Adam, Edwin Cannan, & George J. Stigler. (1977). An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. 3001 indexed citations breakdown →

7.

Smith, Adam. (1975). Powers of mind. Random House eBooks. 11 indexed citations

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