Frederick G. Kilgour

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
74 papers, 660 citations indexed

About

Frederick G. Kilgour is a scholar working on Information Systems, Artificial Intelligence and Library and Information Sciences. According to data from OpenAlex, Frederick G. Kilgour has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 660 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Information Systems, 10 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 7 papers in Library and Information Sciences. Recurrent topics in Frederick G. Kilgour's work include Library Science and Information Systems (20 papers), Library Collection Development and Digital Resources (15 papers) and Information Retrieval and Search Behavior (10 papers). Frederick G. Kilgour is often cited by papers focused on Library Science and Information Systems (20 papers), Library Collection Development and Digital Resources (15 papers) and Information Retrieval and Search Behavior (10 papers). Frederick G. Kilgour collaborates with scholars based in United States. Frederick G. Kilgour's co-authors include Peter Stangl, Barbara B. Moran, Francisco Guerra, Robert P. Multhauf and David L. Davies and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, Scientific American and American Journal of Physics.

In The Last Decade

Frederick G. Kilgour

64 papers receiving 451 citations

Hit Papers

The Evolution of the Book 1998 2026 2007 2016 1998 50 100 150
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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. The Evolution of the Book
    1998 153 citations Frederick G. Kilgour Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Frederick G. Kilgour United States 10 161 54 54 45 43 74 660
Bella Hass Weinberg United States 9 118 0.7× 96 1.8× 28 0.5× 73 1.6× 6 0.1× 49 422
W. Boyd Rayward United States 15 231 1.4× 52 1.0× 7 0.1× 133 3.0× 7 0.2× 44 687
David Edge United Kingdom 10 53 0.3× 37 0.7× 44 0.8× 141 3.1× 4 0.1× 44 683
Mary Niles Maack United States 6 139 0.9× 79 1.5× 12 0.2× 126 2.8× 5 0.1× 18 585
David Bearman United States 13 205 1.3× 52 1.0× 6 0.1× 72 1.6× 16 0.4× 91 603
Léo Apostel Belgium 9 38 0.2× 42 0.8× 23 0.4× 113 2.5× 3 0.1× 39 571
Luciana Duranti Canada 19 357 2.2× 107 2.0× 6 0.1× 100 2.2× 26 0.6× 51 875
S. M. Lawani Nigeria 9 67 0.4× 31 0.6× 36 0.7× 57 1.3× 3 0.1× 17 605
Ramesh Srinivasan United States 18 120 0.7× 50 0.9× 26 0.5× 276 6.1× 105 2.4× 40 967
Chaim Zins United States 11 230 1.4× 122 2.3× 9 0.2× 142 3.2× 21 0.5× 23 779

Countries citing papers authored by Frederick G. Kilgour

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Fields of papers citing papers by Frederick G. Kilgour

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Frederick G. Kilgour

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kilgour, Frederick G.. (1998). The Evolution of the Book. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 153 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kilgour, Frederick G.. (1987). Historical Note: A Personalized Prehistory of OCLC. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. 38(5). 5 indexed citations
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Kilgour, Frederick G.. (1987). EIDOS and the Transformation of Libraries.. Library journal. 112(16). 46–49. 2 indexed citations
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Kilgour, Frederick G.. (1984). The Online Catalog Revolution.. Library journal. 109(3). 6 indexed citations
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Kilgour, Frederick G.. (1984). Prospects for content retrieval from government documents. Government Publications Review. 11(2). 87–89. 1 indexed citations
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Kilgour, Frederick G.. (1979). OCLC Grows Up.. American libraries. 10(6). 1 indexed citations
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Kilgour, Frederick G.. (1979). Interlibrary loans on-line.. PubMed. 104(4). 460–3. 5 indexed citations
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Kilgour, Frederick G.. (1979). Increased UAP [universal availability of publications] effected by an on-line union catalog. 7. 20–22. 2 indexed citations
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Kilgour, Frederick G.. (1972). Evolving, Computerizing, Personalizing.. American libraries. 3 indexed citations
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Kilgour, Frederick G.. (1971). Title-Only Entries Retrieved by Use of Truncated Search Keys. Information Technology and Libraries. 4(4). 207–210. 12 indexed citations
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Kilgour, Frederick G.. (1970). A Regional Network--Ohio College Library Center.. Datamation. 2 indexed citations
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Kilgour, Frederick G.. (1969). Computerization: The Advent of Humanization in the College Library. Library trends. 18. 36. 6 indexed citations
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Kilgour, Frederick G., et al.. (1964). A COMPARISON OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS SUBJECT HEADINGS AND MEDICAL SUBJECT HEADINGS.. PubMed. 52. 414–9.
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Kilgour, Frederick G., et al.. (1964). The Use of Medical Theses As Demonstrated by Journal Citations, 1850-1960. College & Research Libraries. 25(2). 93–102.
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Kilgour, Frederick G., et al.. (1964). MODERATELY AND HEAVILY USED BIOMEDICAL JOURNALS.. PubMed. 52. 234–41. 27 indexed citations
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Kilgour, Frederick G.. (1962). Galen On Anatomical Procedures; The Later Books. The Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine. 35(2). 224–224. 4 indexed citations
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Kilgour, Frederick G.. (1962). Marginal Punched Charge card Form Facilitates Sending Overdue Notices. College & Research Libraries. 23(5). 402–404.
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Kilgour, Frederick G.. (1962). Modern medicine in historical perspective.. PubMed. 50. 42–56.
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Kilgour, Frederick G.. (1961). The Intelligent Man's Guide to Science. The Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine. 33(6). 471–471. 2 indexed citations
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Kilgour, Frederick G.. (1960). A History of Biology to About the Year 1900. The Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine. 32(4). 320–320. 6 indexed citations

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