Erin C. McKiernan

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Erin C. McKiernan is a scholar working on Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Information Systems and Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Erin C. McKiernan has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty, 5 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 5 papers in Information Systems and Management. Recurrent topics in Erin C. McKiernan's work include scientometrics and bibliometrics research (8 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (3 papers) and Research Data Management Practices (3 papers). Erin C. McKiernan is often cited by papers focused on scientometrics and bibliometrics research (8 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (3 papers) and Research Data Management Practices (3 papers). Erin C. McKiernan collaborates with scholars based in United States, Mexico and Canada. Erin C. McKiernan's co-authors include Juan Pablo Alperín, Lesley A. Schimanski, Meredith T. Niles, Carol Muñoz Nieves, Lisa Matthias, Philip E. Bourne, Damon McDougall, C. Titus Brown, Jennifer Lin and Stuart Buck and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, PLoS Biology and eLife.

In The Last Decade

Erin C. McKiernan

19 papers receiving 956 citations

Hit Papers

How open science helps researchers succeed 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 100 200 300 400
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.

  1. How open science helps researchers succeed
    2016 434 citations Erin C. McKiernan, Philip E. Bourne et al. eLife profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Erin C. McKiernan United States 10 398 297 244 139 99 20 1.0k
Tony Ross‐Hellauer Austria 13 545 1.4× 427 1.4× 233 1.0× 124 0.9× 65 0.7× 68 1.0k
Courtney K. Soderberg United States 10 371 0.9× 284 1.0× 229 0.9× 122 0.9× 54 0.5× 18 1.2k
Mallory C. Kidwell United States 8 358 0.9× 247 0.8× 219 0.9× 93 0.7× 72 0.7× 10 859
Tom E Hardwicke United States 18 738 1.9× 403 1.4× 318 1.3× 196 1.4× 138 1.4× 36 1.9k
Turid Hedlund Finland 11 493 1.2× 262 0.9× 377 1.5× 75 0.5× 47 0.5× 30 1.1k
R. Sooryamoorthy South Africa 16 373 0.9× 84 0.3× 133 0.5× 65 0.5× 65 0.7× 65 886
Jason Priem United States 10 696 1.7× 196 0.7× 533 2.2× 46 0.3× 67 0.7× 21 1.4k
Carole J. Lee United States 9 404 1.0× 137 0.5× 94 0.4× 159 1.1× 55 0.6× 17 865
Alexander C. DeHaven United States 5 315 0.8× 98 0.3× 80 0.3× 78 0.6× 82 0.8× 14 1.1k
Jesús Pascual Mena‐Chalco Brazil 14 184 0.5× 112 0.4× 153 0.6× 39 0.3× 55 0.6× 80 846

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Fields of papers citing papers by Erin C. McKiernan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Erin C. McKiernan

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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McKiernan, Erin C., Lorena A. Barba, Philip E. Bourne, et al.. (2023). Policy recommendations to ensure that research software is openly accessible and reusable. PLoS Biology. 21(7). e3002204–e3002204. 7 indexed citations
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Dougherty, Michael R., et al.. (2023). Promoting values-based assessment in review, promotion, and tenure processes. 3 indexed citations
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McKiernan, Erin C., et al.. (2022). The role of collegiality in academic review, promotion, and tenure. PLoS ONE. 17(4). e0265506–e0265506. 18 indexed citations
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McKiernan, Erin C., et al.. (2021). How faculty define quality, prestige, and impact of academic journals. PLoS ONE. 16(10). e0257340–e0257340. 25 indexed citations
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Niles, Meredith T., Lesley A. Schimanski, Erin C. McKiernan, & Juan Pablo Alperín. (2020). Why we publish where we do: Faculty publishing values and their relationship to review, promotion and tenure expectations. PLoS ONE. 15(3). e0228914–e0228914. 130 indexed citations
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Alperín, Juan Pablo, Carol Muñoz Nieves, Lesley A. Schimanski, et al.. (2019). How significant are the public dimensions of faculty work in review, promotion and tenure documents?. eLife. 8. 101 indexed citations
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McKiernan, Erin C., Lesley A. Schimanski, Carol Muñoz Nieves, et al.. (2019). Use of the Journal Impact Factor in academic review, promotion, and tenure evaluations. eLife. 8. 189 indexed citations
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Priego, Ernesto, Erin C. McKiernan, Corina Logan, et al.. (2017). Scholarly Publishing, Freedom of Information and Academic Self-Determination: The UNAM-Elsevier Case. City Research Online (City University London). 5 indexed citations
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McKiernan, Erin C.. (2017). Imagining the “open” university: Sharing scholarship to improve research and education. PLoS Biology. 15(10). e1002614–e1002614. 26 indexed citations
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McKiernan, Erin C. & Diano F. Marrone. (2017). CA1 pyramidal cells have diverse biophysical properties, affected by development, experience, and aging. PeerJ. 5. e3836–e3836. 10 indexed citations
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McKiernan, Erin C.. (2016). What is open science...and why should I care. Figshare. 1 indexed citations
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McKiernan, Erin C., Philip E. Bourne, C. Titus Brown, et al.. (2016). How open science helps researchers succeed. eLife. 5. 434 indexed citations breakdown →
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McKiernan, Erin C.. (2014). Culture change in academia: Making sharing the new norm.. Figshare. 1 indexed citations
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McKiernan, Erin C.. (2014). Being open as an early career researcher. Figshare. 2 indexed citations
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McKiernan, Erin C., et al.. (2012). Relating ion channel expression, bifurcation structure, and diverse firing patterns in a model of an identified motor neuron. Journal of Computational Neuroscience. 34(2). 211–229. 15 indexed citations
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McKiernan, Erin C., et al.. (2011). Mitigating effects of vaccination on influenza outbreaks given constraints in stockpile size and daily administration capacity. BMC Infectious Diseases. 11(1). 207–207. 8 indexed citations
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McKiernan, Erin C.. (2010). The role of specific voltage-activated and calcium-activated potassium currents in shaping motor neuron firing output during rhythmic motor activity. UA Campus Repository (The University of Arizona). 1 indexed citations
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Figueredo, Aurelio José, Kenneth R. Hammond, & Erin C. McKiernan. (2005). A Brunswikian evolutionary developmental theory of preparedness and plasticity. Intelligence. 34(2). 211–227. 28 indexed citations

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