Alan Gordon

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Alan Gordon is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, History and Philosophy of Science and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan Gordon has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 5 papers in History and Philosophy of Science and 5 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Alan Gordon's work include Canadian Identity and History (7 papers), Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis (5 papers) and Proteins in Food Systems (5 papers). Alan Gordon is often cited by papers focused on Canadian Identity and History (7 papers), Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis (5 papers) and Proteins in Food Systems (5 papers). Alan Gordon collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Bulgaria. Alan Gordon's co-authors include Kalina Christoff, Rachelle M. Smith, Jonathan W. Schooler, Jonathan Smallwood, Shai Barbut, Anthony D. Wagner, G. D. Schmidt, Burkhard Mädler, Kamyar Keramatian and Jesse Rissman and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Langmuir.

In The Last Decade

Alan Gordon

31 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

Experience sampling during fMRI reveals default network a... 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 400 800 1.2k
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.

  1. Experience sampling during fMRI reveals default network and executive system contributions to mind wandering
    2009 1.2k citations Kalina Christoff, Alan Gordon et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alan Gordon United States 11 1.6k 547 217 165 125 38 2.0k
Donald H. McBurney United States 26 321 0.2× 573 1.0× 38 0.2× 256 1.6× 50 0.4× 53 2.3k
Reiko Graham United States 19 985 0.6× 405 0.7× 19 0.1× 23 0.1× 232 1.9× 36 1.7k
Marvin R. Lamb United States 23 1.9k 1.2× 536 1.0× 49 0.2× 14 0.1× 22 0.2× 36 2.1k
M. Fenske Germany 22 1.7k 1.1× 653 1.2× 71 0.3× 10 0.1× 251 2.0× 88 2.6k
D. Alan Stubbs United States 18 594 0.4× 131 0.2× 187 0.9× 34 0.2× 32 0.3× 43 1.3k
Stephen F. Sands United States 17 781 0.5× 171 0.3× 78 0.4× 21 0.1× 12 0.1× 29 1.4k
Bathsheva Rifkin United States 9 656 0.4× 213 0.4× 18 0.1× 106 0.6× 52 0.4× 10 1.4k
W. N. Schoenfeld United States 22 843 0.5× 177 0.3× 151 0.7× 29 0.2× 118 0.9× 91 2.0k
Moustafa Bensafi France 35 498 0.3× 656 1.2× 13 0.1× 343 2.1× 89 0.7× 124 3.3k
Sigmund Hsiao United States 27 465 0.3× 185 0.3× 58 0.3× 10 0.1× 265 2.1× 71 2.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Alan Gordon

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alan Gordon

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alan Gordon

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

All Works

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Gordon, Alan. (2021). The Writing and the Bronze: Commemoration as Historiography. Canadian Historical Review. 102(3). 420–438. 1 indexed citations
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Bathen, Luis Angel D., et al.. (2019). SelfIs: Self-Sovereign Biometric IDs. 2847–2856. 10 indexed citations
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Gordon, Alan, et al.. (2015). Programa de monitoracao ambiental da usina de enriquecimento de uranio Almirante Alvaro Alberto.
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Gordon, Alan. (2014). Book Review: Canadians and Their Pasts. The Public Historian. 36(4). 96–97.
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Gordon, Alan, Jesse Rissman, Roozbeh Kiani, & Anthony D. Wagner. (2013). Cortical Reinstatement Mediates the Relationship Between Content-Specific Encoding Activity and Subsequent Recollection Decisions. Cerebral Cortex. 24(12). 3350–3364. 120 indexed citations
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Christoff, Kalina, Kamyar Keramatian, Alan Gordon, Rachelle M. Smith, & Burkhard Mädler. (2009). Prefrontal organization of cognitive control according to levels of abstraction. Brain Research. 1286. 94–105. 151 indexed citations
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Gordon, Alan. (2006). Heroes, History, and Two Nationalisms: Jacques Cartier. Journal of the Canadian Historical Association. 10(1). 81–102. 2 indexed citations
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Gordon, Alan. (2004). Heritage and Authenticity: The Case of Ontario's Sainte-Marie-among-the-Hurons. Canadian Historical Review. 85(3). 507–531. 9 indexed citations
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Gordon, Alan. (2004). Heritage and Authenticity: The Case of Ontario's Sainte-Marie-among-the-Hurons. Canadian Historical Review. 85(3). 507–532. 8 indexed citations
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Gordon, Alan. (2004). Introduction. Urban History Review. 33(1). 3–7. 3 indexed citations
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Gordon, Alan. (2001). Making Public Pasts. McGill-Queen's University Press eBooks. 19 indexed citations
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Gordon, Alan. (2000). Pierre Nora — Realms of Memory: The Construction of the French Past, vol. III, Symbols. Histoire sociale. 33(65). 1 indexed citations
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Gordon, Alan, Shai Barbut, & G. D. Schmidt. (1992). Mechanisms of meat batter stabilization: A review. Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition. 32(4). 299–332. 140 indexed citations
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Gordon, Alan & Shai Barbut. (1990). The Role of the Interfacial Protein Film in Meat Batter Stabilization. Digital Commons - USU (Utah State University). 9(2). 2. 14 indexed citations
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Gordon, Alan & Shai Barbut. (1989). The Effect of Chloride Salts on the Texture, Microstructure and Stability of Meat Batters. Digital Commons - USU (Utah State University). 8(2). 14. 30 indexed citations
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Gordon, Alan, et al.. (1980). Actas del Sexto Congreso Internacional de Hispanistas. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 14 indexed citations
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Gordon, Alan, et al.. (1980). Actas del Sexto Congreso Internacional de Hispanistas : celebrado en Toronto del 22 al 26 de agosto de 1977. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 5 indexed citations
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Spreen, Otfried, John G. Borkowski, & Alan Gordon. (1966). Effects of Abstractness, Meaningfulness, and Phonetic Structure on Auditory Recognition of Nouns. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research. 9(4). 619–625. 4 indexed citations

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