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.
The C Programming Language
19781.1k citationsBrian W. Kernighan, Dennis M. RitchieCERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research)profile →
The UNIX time-sharing system
1974537 citationsDennis M. Ritchie, Ken ThompsonCommunications of the ACMprofile →
Citations per field, relative to Dennis M. Ritchie
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×0.81.3kCNC
×1.62.1kAI
×1.11.3kHA
×1.61.1kIS
×1.3623CTM
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Countries citing papers authored by Dennis M. Ritchie
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This map shows the geographic impact of Dennis M. Ritchie'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 Dennis M. Ritchie with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Dennis M. Ritchie more than expected).
Fields of papers citing papers by Dennis M. Ritchie
This network shows the impact of papers produced by Dennis M. Ritchie. 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 Dennis M. Ritchie. The network helps show where Dennis M. Ritchie may publish in the future.
Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dennis M. Ritchie
This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Dennis M. Ritchie.
A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Dennis M. Ritchie 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 Dennis M. Ritchie. Dennis M. Ritchie is excluded from
the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.
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