Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies
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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.
Explanation: a mechanist alternative
2005637 citationsWilliam Bechtel, Adele AbrahamsenStudies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciencesprofile →
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Fields of papers citing papers by Adele Abrahamsen
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Adele Abrahamsen
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Bechtel, William & Adele Abrahamsen. (2010). Understanding the Brain as an Endogenously Active Mechanism. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 32(32).1 indexed citations
Abrahamsen, Adele & William Bechtel. (2006). Phenomena and mechanisms: Putting the symbolic, connectionist, and dynamical systems debate in broader perspective.16 indexed citations
Bechtel, William & Adele Abrahamsen. (2005). Explanation: a mechanist alternative. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences. 36(2). 421–441.637 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bechtel, William & Adele Abrahamsen. (2002). Connectionism and the Mind: Parallel Processing, Dynamics, and Evolution in Networks. Medical Entomology and Zoology.97 indexed citations
Abrahamsen, Adele. (1985). Is the sign advantage a robust phenomenon? From gesture to language in two modalities.. Merrill-palmer Quarterly. 31(2). 177–209.32 indexed citations
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