Freeman Tilden

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
6 papers, 700 citations indexed

About

Freeman Tilden is a scholar working on Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Conservation and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Freeman Tilden has authored 6 papers receiving a total of 700 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 2 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, 1 paper in Conservation and 1 paper in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Freeman Tilden's work include American Environmental and Regional History (2 papers), Archaeology and Natural History (1 paper) and Historical Art and Architecture Studies (1 paper). Freeman Tilden is often cited by papers focused on American Environmental and Regional History (2 papers), Archaeology and Natural History (1 paper) and Historical Art and Architecture Studies (1 paper). Freeman Tilden collaborates with scholars based in . Freeman Tilden's co-authors include Larry Beck and Ted T. Cable and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Interpretation Research, Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University) and Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Gardens Kew).

In The Last Decade

Freeman Tilden

6 papers receiving 567 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Interpreting Our Heritage

1957 617 citations Freeman Tilden Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University) profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Freeman Tilden	4	286	138	134	132	126	6	700
Paul A. Shackel United States	17	168 0.6×	95 0.7×	390 2.9×	52 0.4×	115 0.9×	79	1.0k
John Brinckerhoff Jackson United States	9	374 1.3×	27 0.2×	244 1.8×	79 0.6×	132 1.0×	15	1.1k
Mary C. Beaudry United States	16	137 0.5×	87 0.6×	291 2.2×	31 0.2×	78 0.6×	44	1.3k
Neil Asher Silberman United States	15	220 0.8×	95 0.7×	482 3.6×	42 0.3×	26 0.2×	68	964
Stephen Daniels United Kingdom	15	442 1.5×	56 0.4×	135 1.0×	74 0.6×	79 0.6×	62	1.3k
Lucy R. Lippard Brazil	15	267 0.9×	106 0.8×	40 0.3×	62 0.5×	29 0.2×	67	965
Cornelius Holtorf Sweden	21	241 0.8×	291 2.1×	946 7.1×	138 1.0×	46 0.4×	129	1.6k
Siân Jones United Kingdom	15	298 1.0×	234 1.7×	771 5.8×	66 0.5×	29 0.2×	35	1.5k
Miriam Kahn United States	13	379 1.3×	118 0.9×	142 1.1×	45 0.3×	21 0.2×	34	943
Jean‐Pierre Warnier France	16	565 2.0×	54 0.4×	105 0.8×	78 0.6×	23 0.2×	64	1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Freeman Tilden

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Fields of papers citing papers by Freeman Tilden

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Freeman Tilden

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

All Works

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6 of 6 papers shown

1.

Tilden, Freeman. (2012). The State Parks: Their Meaning in American Life. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Gardens Kew). 3 indexed citations

2.

Tilden, Freeman. (2006). La interpretación de nuestro patrimonio. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 4 indexed citations

3.

Beck, Larry, Ted T. Cable, & Freeman Tilden. (2002). The Meaning of Interpretation. Journal of Interpretation Research. 7(1). 7–10. 17 indexed citations

4.

Tilden, Freeman. (1957). Interpreting our heritage : principles and practices for visitor services in parks, museums, and historic places. 56 indexed citations

5.

Tilden, Freeman. (1957). Interpreting Our Heritage. Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University). 617 indexed citations breakdown →

6.

Tilden, Freeman. (1951). The national parks, what they mean to you and me. 3 indexed citations

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