Donald deB. Beaver

3.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
24 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Donald deB. Beaver is a scholar working on Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty, History and Philosophy of Science and Information Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Donald deB. Beaver has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty, 5 papers in History and Philosophy of Science and 4 papers in Information Systems. Recurrent topics in Donald deB. Beaver's work include scientometrics and bibliometrics research (9 papers), History of Science and Natural History (3 papers) and Research Data Management Practices (2 papers). Donald deB. Beaver is often cited by papers focused on scientometrics and bibliometrics research (9 papers), History of Science and Natural History (3 papers) and Research Data Management Practices (2 papers). Donald deB. Beaver collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Spain. Donald deB. Beaver's co-authors include Jonathan R. Cole, Stephen Cole, Derek J. de Solla Price, Richard B. Rosen, Martin Goldstein, Inge F. Goldstein, Hildrun Kretschmer, William Aspray, Liming Liang and Yongzheng Guo and has published in prestigious journals such as American Psychologist, Behavioral and Brain Sciences and American Journal of Physics.

In The Last Decade

Donald deB. Beaver

23 papers receiving 2.0k 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.

Social Stratification in Science

1974 929 citations Jonathan R. Cole, Stephen Cole et al. American Journal of Physics profile →
Collaboration in an invisible college.

1966 583 citations Derek J. de Solla Price, Donald deB. Beaver American Psychologist profile →

Peers

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Harriet Zuckerman United States

Jonathan R. Cole United States

Daryl E. Chubin United States

Lowell L. Hargens United States

Diana Crane United States

Gunnar Sivertsen Norway

Warren O. Hagstrom United States

Erin Leahey United States

Wesley Shrum United States

Flaminio Squazzoni Italy

Harriet Zuckerman United States

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697 ×1.8

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176 ×0.7

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285 ×1.1

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Countries citing papers authored by Donald deB. Beaver

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Donald deB. Beaver

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Donald deB. Beaver

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Kretschmer, Hildrun, et al.. (2015). Who is collaborating with whom? Part I. Mathematical model and methods for empirical testing. Journal of Informetrics. 9(2). 359–372. 6 indexed citations

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Beaver, Donald deB.. (2013). The Many Faces of Collaboration and Teamwork in Scientific Research: Updated Reflections on Scientific Collaboration. Collnet Journal of Scientometrics and Information Management. 7(1). 45–54. 17 indexed citations

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Beaver, Donald deB.. (2012). Quantity is only one of the qualities. Scientometrics. 93(1). 33–39. 3 indexed citations

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Kretschmer, Hildrun, et al.. (2012). Gender bias in journals of gender studies. Scientometrics. 93(1). 135–150. 33 indexed citations

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Beaver, Donald deB.. (2004). Does collaborative research have greater epistemic authority?. Scientometrics. 60(3). 399–408. 117 indexed citations

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Liang, Liming, Hildrun Kretschmer, Yongzheng Guo, & Donald deB. Beaver. (2001). Age Structures of Scientific Collaboration in Chinese Computer Science. Scientometrics. 52(3). 471–486. 15 indexed citations

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Beaver, Donald deB.. (1988). The Secrets of Science Unlock'd: Scientific Instruments as Keys to Artificial Revelation. Science Technology & Human Values. 13(3-4). 373–384.

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Aspray, William & Donald deB. Beaver. (1986). Marketing the Monster: Advertising Computer Technology. 8(2). 127–143. 14 indexed citations

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Beaver, Donald deB.. (1986). Technological Literacy, Old and New. Bulletin of Science Technology & Society. 6(2). 229–234. 1 indexed citations

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Beaver, Donald deB.. (1986). Technological Literacy, Old and New. Bulletin of Science Technology & Society. 6(3). 229–234. 1 indexed citations

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Beaver, Donald deB.. (1985). Eloge: Derek John deSolla Price (22 January 1922-3 September 1983). Isis. 76(3). 371–374. 3 indexed citations

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Beaver, Donald deB.. (1982). On the failure to detect previously published research. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 5(2). 199–200. 9 indexed citations

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Beaver, Donald deB.. (1980). The American scientific community, 1800-1860 : a statistical-historical study. Arno Press eBooks. 2 indexed citations

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Beaver, Donald deB. & Richard B. Rosen. (1979). Studies in scientific collaboration Part III. Professionalization and the natural history of modern scientific co-authorship. Scientometrics. 1(3). 231–245. 182 indexed citations

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Beaver, Donald deB. & Richard B. Rosen. (1978). Studies in scientific collaboration. Scientometrics. 1(1). 65–84. 384 indexed citations

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Goldstein, Martin, Inge F. Goldstein, & Donald deB. Beaver. (1978). How We Know. 47 indexed citations

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Cole, Jonathan R., Stephen Cole, & Donald deB. Beaver. (1974). Social Stratification in Science. American Journal of Physics. 42(10). 923–924. 929 indexed citations breakdown →

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Beaver, Donald deB.. (1971). Altruism, Patriotism and Science: Scientific journals in the early republic. American studies. 12(1). 5–19. 2 indexed citations

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Beaver, Donald deB.. (1970). Bernard Walther: Innovator in Astronomical Observation. Journal for the History of Astronomy. 1(1). 39–43. 3 indexed citations

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Price, Derek J. de Solla & Donald deB. Beaver. (1966). Collaboration in an invisible college.. American Psychologist. 21(11). 1011–1018. 583 indexed citations breakdown →

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