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.
Standard Cross-Cultural Sample
1969750 citationsGeorge Peter Murdock et al.Ethnologyprofile →
Ethnographic Atlas: A Summary
1967566 citationsGeorge Peter MurdockEthnologyprofile →
Africa-Its Peoples and Their Culture History
1960492 citationsGeorge Peter Murdock et al.profile →
Citations per field, relative to George Peter Murdock
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×1.32.1kSPS
×0.5363ECP
×1.2852ANTHR
×0.9594SP
×0.4251DEMOG
Citations per year, relative to George Peter Murdock
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Countries citing papers authored by George Peter Murdock
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This map shows the geographic impact of George Peter Murdock's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by George Peter Murdock with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites George Peter Murdock more than expected).
Fields of papers citing papers by George Peter Murdock
This network shows the impact of papers produced by George Peter Murdock. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by George Peter Murdock. The network helps show where George Peter Murdock may publish in the future.
Co-authorship network of co-authors of George Peter Murdock
This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of George Peter Murdock.
A scholar is included among the top collaborators of George Peter Murdock 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 Peter Murdock. George Peter Murdock is excluded from
the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.
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