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.
What is beautiful is good.
19722.7k citationsEllen Berscheid, Elaine Walster et al.Journal of Personality and Social Psychologyprofile →
New directions in equity research.
19731.2k citationsElaine Walster, Ellen Berscheid et al.Journal of Personality and Social Psychologyprofile →
Importance of physical attractiveness in dating behavior.
1966608 citationsElaine Walster et al.Journal of Personality and Social Psychologyprofile →
Assignment of responsibility for an accident.
1966580 citationsElaine WalsterJournal of Personality and Social Psychologyprofile →
Physical attractiveness and dating choice: A test of the matching hypothesis
1971411 citationsEllen Berscheid, Elaine Walster et al.Journal of Experimental Social Psychologyprofile →
Countries citing papers authored by Elaine Walster
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This map shows the geographic impact of Elaine Walster'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 Elaine Walster with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Elaine Walster more than expected).
This network shows the impact of papers produced by Elaine Walster. 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 Elaine Walster. The network helps show where Elaine Walster may publish in the future.
Co-authorship network of co-authors of Elaine Walster
This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Elaine Walster.
A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Elaine Walster 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 Elaine Walster. Elaine Walster is excluded from
the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.
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