Elizabeth Gibney

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
243 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Elizabeth Gibney is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Political Science and International Relations and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Elizabeth Gibney has authored 243 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 29 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 23 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Elizabeth Gibney's work include International Science and Diplomacy (21 papers), Science, Research, and Medicine (19 papers) and Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life (14 papers). Elizabeth Gibney is often cited by papers focused on International Science and Diplomacy (21 papers), Science, Research, and Medicine (19 papers) and Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life (14 papers). Elizabeth Gibney collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Denmark. Elizabeth Gibney's co-authors include Jeff Tollefson, Davide Castelvecchi, Richard Van Noorden, Alexandra Witze, Heidi Ledford, Alison Abbott, Matthew Warren, Ewen Callaway, Andrew Silver and Smriti Mallapaty and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature and Geophysical Research Letters.

In The Last Decade

Elizabeth Gibney

206 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

China’s cheap, open AI model DeepSeek thrills scientists 2025 2026 2025 10 20 30 40
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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. China’s cheap, open AI model DeepSeek thrills scientists
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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Elizabeth Gibney United Kingdom 21 301 219 177 173 156 243 1.6k
Davide Castelvecchi United States 17 790 2.6× 182 0.8× 154 0.9× 345 2.0× 235 1.5× 258 2.6k
Guo Zhang China 35 315 1.0× 221 1.0× 254 1.4× 551 3.2× 69 0.4× 273 4.6k
John Gibbons United States 29 224 0.7× 65 0.3× 319 1.8× 81 0.5× 118 0.8× 152 3.4k
Philip Ball France 24 196 0.7× 550 2.5× 406 2.3× 321 1.9× 305 2.0× 293 3.8k
Matthew N. O. Sadiku United States 23 229 0.8× 166 0.8× 373 2.1× 1.5k 8.9× 418 2.7× 310 3.3k
Geoff Brumfiel United States 17 52 0.2× 365 1.7× 156 0.9× 170 1.0× 104 0.7× 284 1.4k
Brooks Hanson United States 20 308 1.0× 276 1.3× 39 0.2× 80 0.5× 33 0.2× 61 2.1k
John C. Butler United States 22 261 0.9× 154 0.7× 272 1.5× 236 1.4× 112 0.7× 124 2.1k
Judea Pearl United States 8 565 1.9× 80 0.4× 191 1.1× 62 0.4× 479 3.1× 23 2.1k
James M. Johnson United States 31 176 0.6× 72 0.3× 83 0.5× 60 0.3× 117 0.8× 115 4.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Elizabeth Gibney

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Fields of papers citing papers by Elizabeth Gibney

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Elizabeth Gibney

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Gibney, Elizabeth. (2026). How AI slop is causing a crisis in computer science. Nature.
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Gibney, Elizabeth. (2025). Google DeepMind won a Nobel prize for AI: can it produce the next big breakthrough?. Nature. 647(8090). 572–574.
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Klotzbach, Philip J., Kimberly M. Wood, Carl J. Schreck, et al.. (2025). The Remarkable 2024 North Atlantic Mid‐Season Hurricane Lull. Geophysical Research Letters. 52(19). 1 indexed citations
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Gibney, Elizabeth. (2025). These contact lenses give people infrared vision — even with their eyes shut. Nature. 642(8066). 17–18.
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Gibney, Elizabeth. (2025). AI tools are spotting errors in research papers: inside a growing movement. Nature. 4 indexed citations
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Gibney, Elizabeth. (2025). Scientists hide messages in papers to game AI peer review. Nature. 643(8073). 887–888. 4 indexed citations
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Gibney, Elizabeth. (2025). Secrets of DeepSeek AI model revealed in landmark paper. Nature.
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Gibney, Elizabeth. (2024). ITER delay: what it means for nuclear fusion. Nature. 631(8021). 488–489. 2 indexed citations
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Gibney, Elizabeth. (2024). Pioneering nuclear-fusion reactor shuts down: what scientists will learn. Nature. 626(7997). 13–14. 1 indexed citations
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Gibney, Elizabeth. (2024). These AI firms publish the world’s most highly cited work. Nature. 632(8025). 487–487.
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Gibney, Elizabeth. (2024). ‘Nuclear clock’ breakthrough paves the way for super-precise timekeeping. Nature. 633(8029). 262–263.
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Gibney, Elizabeth, et al.. (2024). Fentanyl addiction: the brain pathways behind the opioid crisis. Nature. 1 indexed citations
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Gibney, Elizabeth. (2019). Discrimination drives LGBT+ scientists to think about quitting. Nature. 571(7763). 16–17. 28 indexed citations
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Gibney, Elizabeth. (2017). Teaching load could put female scientists at career disadvantage. Nature. 24 indexed citations
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Gibney, Elizabeth. (2015). nature news 脳に注入可能な、超小型の神経活動記録装置. Nature. 12(9). 12–14. 1 indexed citations
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Gibney, Elizabeth. (2015). How gravity kills Schrödinger's cat. Nature. 1 indexed citations
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Gibney, Elizabeth. (2014). Earth's new address: 'Solar System, Milky Way, Laniakea'. Nature. 3 indexed citations

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