George Basalla

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

George Basalla is a scholar working on History and Philosophy of Science, Museology and Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, George Basalla has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 2 papers in History and Philosophy of Science, 2 papers in Museology and 1 paper in Conservation. Recurrent topics in George Basalla's work include History of Science and Natural History (2 papers), Philosophical and Theoretical Analysis (1 paper) and Science and Climate Studies (1 paper). George Basalla is often cited by papers focused on History of Science and Natural History (2 papers), Philosophical and Theoretical Analysis (1 paper) and Science and Climate Studies (1 paper). George Basalla collaborates with scholars based in United States and United Kingdom. George Basalla's co-authors include Roslynn D. Haynes, Arnold Pacey, Otto Mayr, William Coleman, Robert J. Silverman, Robert H. Kargon, Thomas L. Hankins, Erwin N. Hiebert, Charles Coulston Gillispie and Arnold Thackray and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Technology and Culture and Curator The Museum Journal.

In The Last Decade

George Basalla

19 papers receiving 939 citations

Hit Papers

The Evolution of Technology 1989 2026 2001 2013 1989 200 400 600
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. The Evolution of Technology
    1989 708 citations George Basalla Cambridge University Press eBooks profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
George Basalla United States 8 255 204 185 166 112 22 1.2k
Harry Ruja United States 8 500 2.0× 350 1.7× 124 0.7× 163 1.0× 58 0.5× 23 2.4k
J. B. Austin United States 9 625 2.5× 197 1.0× 85 0.5× 89 0.5× 40 0.4× 16 1.9k
Andrew Pickering United Kingdom 17 973 3.8× 384 1.9× 143 0.8× 230 1.4× 108 1.0× 41 2.7k
C. P. Snow United States 8 389 1.5× 156 0.8× 68 0.4× 66 0.4× 41 0.4× 17 1.9k
Ludwik Fleck Austria 8 544 2.1× 281 1.4× 75 0.4× 74 0.4× 38 0.3× 10 2.0k
Barry Barnes United Kingdom 23 905 3.5× 527 2.6× 112 0.6× 158 1.0× 36 0.3× 76 2.5k
Thaddeus J. Trenn Germany 7 467 1.8× 271 1.3× 69 0.4× 68 0.4× 35 0.3× 18 1.8k
Joan H. Fujimura United States 17 560 2.2× 179 0.9× 76 0.4× 67 0.4× 41 0.4× 31 2.1k
Warren O. Hagstrom United States 17 568 2.2× 224 1.1× 233 1.3× 231 1.4× 18 0.2× 32 2.3k
Joseph Ben‐David Israel 20 519 2.0× 193 0.9× 115 0.6× 140 0.8× 21 0.2× 55 1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by George Basalla

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Fields of papers citing papers by George Basalla

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of George Basalla

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of George Basalla. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of George Basalla 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 George Basalla. George Basalla 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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Basalla, George. (2006). Civilized Life in the Universe. Oxford University Press eBooks. 10 indexed citations
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Basalla, George. (2000). Meaning in Technology. Technology and Culture. 41(3). 575–576.
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Basalla, George, Thomas L. Hankins, & Robert J. Silverman. (1997). Instruments and the Imagination. Technology and Culture. 38(1). 233–233. 7 indexed citations
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Basalla, George & Roslynn D. Haynes. (1996). From Faust to Strangelove: Representations of the Scientist in Western Literature. Technology and Culture. 37(3). 623–623. 70 indexed citations
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Basalla, George. (1993). ON THE MAKE. The Sciences. 33(2). 40–45. 1 indexed citations
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Basalla, George. (1993). The spread of western science revisited. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 599–604. 4 indexed citations
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Basalla, George & Arnold Pacey. (1992). Technology in World Civilization: A Thousand-Year History. Technology and Culture. 33(2). 347–347. 37 indexed citations
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Mayr, Otto & George Basalla. (1991). The Evolution of Technology. Technology and Culture. 32(1). 130–130. 9 indexed citations
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Basalla, George. (1990). La evolución de la tecnología. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 13 indexed citations
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Basalla, George. (1989). The Evolution of Technology. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 708 indexed citations breakdown →
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Basalla, George. (1982). Transformed Utilitarian Objects. Winterthur Portfolio. 17(4). 183–201. 2 indexed citations
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Basalla, George. (1977). Media Figures: The Visible Scientists . Rae Goodell. Little, Brown, Boston, 1977. x, 242 pp. $9.95.. Science. 197(4307). 977–978. 1 indexed citations
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Greene, John C., Robert P. Multhauf, Arnold Thackray, et al.. (1975). Fiftieth Anniversary Celebration of the Society. Isis. 66(4). 443–482. 1 indexed citations
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Basalla, George. (1974). Museums and Technological Utopianism. Curator The Museum Journal. 17(2). 105–118. 2 indexed citations
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Basalla, George. (1968). The rise of modern science : external or internal factors?. 12 indexed citations
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Basalla, George. (1968). Science, Society, and Science Education. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. 24(6). 45–48.
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Basalla, George. (1967). The Spread of Western Science. Science. 156(3775). 611–622. 295 indexed citations
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Basalla, George. (1963). THE VOYAGE OF THEBEAGLEWITHOUT DARWIN. The Mariner s Mirror. 49(1). 42–48. 5 indexed citations

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