Jim Giles

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
181 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Jim Giles is a scholar working on Reproductive Medicine, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Jim Giles has authored 181 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Reproductive Medicine, 21 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 10 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Jim Giles's work include Science, Research, and Medicine (32 papers), Health and Medical Research Impacts (13 papers) and Biotechnology and Related Fields (7 papers). Jim Giles is often cited by papers focused on Science, Research, and Medicine (32 papers), Health and Medical Research Impacts (13 papers) and Biotechnology and Related Fields (7 papers). Jim Giles collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Israel. Jim Giles's co-authors include Rosie Taylor, Zeeya Merali, Lorne L. Dawson, Douglas Ezzy, Douglas E. Cowan, Meredith Wadman, Emma Marris, David Cyranoski, Lucy Odling‐Smee and Michael Hopkin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The New Scientist and Oxford Journal of Law and Religion.

In The Last Decade

Jim Giles

142 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Internet encyclopaedias go head to head
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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jim Giles United States 17 795 494 315 310 266 181 2.4k
André Heck Netherlands 18 147 0.2× 202 0.4× 123 0.4× 970 3.1× 244 0.9× 135 5.3k
Dag W. Aksnes Norway 27 93 0.1× 416 0.8× 93 0.3× 327 1.1× 169 0.6× 99 3.7k
A. Schubert Hungary 44 135 0.2× 1.1k 2.3× 92 0.3× 325 1.0× 379 1.4× 217 6.6k
John Lee United Kingdom 24 164 0.2× 141 0.3× 67 0.2× 262 0.8× 375 1.4× 151 2.5k
Taha Yasseri United Kingdom 21 602 0.8× 146 0.3× 112 0.4× 542 1.7× 334 1.3× 55 1.6k
Cosma Rohilla Shalizi United States 19 128 0.2× 150 0.3× 28 0.1× 542 1.7× 694 2.6× 54 3.6k
John Bohannon United States 19 63 0.1× 203 0.4× 87 0.3× 468 1.5× 134 0.5× 162 2.6k
Ole Ellegaard Denmark 15 37 0.0× 202 0.4× 67 0.2× 242 0.8× 105 0.4× 42 2.7k
Peter Marshall United Kingdom 30 84 0.1× 145 0.3× 64 0.2× 413 1.3× 259 1.0× 260 3.6k
John Gardner United States 27 113 0.1× 115 0.2× 73 0.2× 522 1.7× 166 0.6× 215 3.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Jim Giles

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jim Giles

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Jim Giles. 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 Jim Giles. The network helps show where Jim Giles may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jim Giles

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Jim Giles. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Jim Giles 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 Jim Giles. Jim Giles 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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Giles, Jim, et al.. (2012). Assad masses cyber army in online crackdown. The New Scientist. 213(2853). 26–26. 1 indexed citations
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Giles, Jim. (2012). Software decides the most influential Victorian novelists. The New Scientist. 215(2877). 18–18. 1 indexed citations
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Giles, Jim. (2009). Great, wide, open. The New Scientist. 201(2701). 40–43.
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Giles, Jim. (2007). PR's 'pit bull' takes on open access. Nature. 445(7126). 347–347. 19 indexed citations
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Giles, Jim. (2007). How green is your house?. The New Scientist. 195(2614). 8–10. 1 indexed citations
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Odling‐Smee, Lucy, et al.. (2007). Where are they now?. Nature. 445(7125). 244–245. 13 indexed citations
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Giles, Jim. (2007). The street crime of the internet. The New Scientist. 194(2607). 30–31. 1 indexed citations
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Giles, Jim. (2006). Economists claim carbon cuts won't break the world's bank. Nature. 441(7091). 264–265. 6 indexed citations
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Giles, Jim, Douglas Ezzy, Lorne L. Dawson, & Douglas E. Cowan. (2005). Special Report: Internet encyclopaedias go head to head. Nature. 438(7070). 48 indexed citations
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Giles, Jim. (2005). Start your engines. Nature. 438(7068). 554–555. 41 indexed citations
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Giles, Jim. (2005). The dustiest place on Earth. Nature. 434(7035). 816–819. 44 indexed citations
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Giles, Jim. (2005). Blue Brain boots up to mixed response. Nature. 435(7043). 720–720.
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Giles, Jim. (2005). UK research councils claim success for open-access publishing plan. Nature. 435(7042). 543–543. 5 indexed citations
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Giles, Jim. (2005). Online access offers fresh scope for bug identification. Nature. 433(7027). 673–673. 2 indexed citations
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Giles, Jim. (2004). Iraqi killings prompt calls for US to evacuate weapons scientists. Nature. 429(6988). 115–115. 1 indexed citations
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Giles, Jim. (2004). Inquiry hears claim of threats over lab move. Nature. 432(7018). 662–662. 1 indexed citations
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Giles, Jim. (2003). Critical comments threaten to open libel floodgate for physics archive. Nature. 426(6962). 7–7. 2 indexed citations
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Giles, Jim. (2003). Iraqis draw up blueprint for revitalized science academy. Nature. 426(6966). 484–484. 1 indexed citations
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Giles, Jim. (2002). What kind of science is this?. Nature. 417(6886). 216–218. 9 indexed citations
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Giles, Jim. (2001). Utopian dream in tatters as Starlab crashes to Earth. Nature. 412(6842). 6–6. 2 indexed citations

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