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.
Classic Essays on Photography
1981204 citationsAlan TrachtenbergMedical Entomology and Zoologyprofile →
Reading American Photographs: Images as History, Mathew Brady to Walker Evans.
1990135 citationsAlan Trachtenberg et al.The American Historical Reviewprofile →
Citations per field, relative to Alan Trachtenberg
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×1.6746SPS
×0.8282HISTO
×0.8219LLT
×0.9188VAPA
×0.7108PHILO
Citations per year, relative to Alan Trachtenberg
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Countries citing papers authored by Alan Trachtenberg
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This map shows the geographic impact of Alan Trachtenberg's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Alan Trachtenberg with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Alan Trachtenberg more than expected).
Fields of papers citing papers by Alan Trachtenberg
This network shows the impact of papers produced by Alan Trachtenberg. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Alan Trachtenberg. The network helps show where Alan Trachtenberg may publish in the future.
Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alan Trachtenberg
This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alan Trachtenberg.
A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alan Trachtenberg 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 Trachtenberg. Alan Trachtenberg is excluded from
the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.
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