Simon Franklin

3.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
20 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Simon Franklin is a scholar working on Classics, History and Language and Linguistics. According to data from OpenAlex, Simon Franklin has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Classics, 10 papers in History and 7 papers in Language and Linguistics. Recurrent topics in Simon Franklin's work include Byzantine Studies and History (10 papers), Historical and Archaeological Studies (8 papers) and Linguistics and language evolution (7 papers). Simon Franklin is often cited by papers focused on Byzantine Studies and History (10 papers), Historical and Archaeological Studies (8 papers) and Linguistics and language evolution (7 papers). Simon Franklin collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Canada and United States. Simon Franklin's co-authors include Winnie W. Wong, Scott Wardwell, Ping Li, Michael Paskind, Jochen Salfeld, Wei Fang, Daniel E. Tracey, Robert Kamen, E. Gene Towne and J. J. McDowell and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and The Modern Language Review.

In The Last Decade

Simon Franklin

17 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

Mice deficient in IL-1β-converting enzyme are defective i... 1995 2026 2005 2015 1995 1995 400 800 1.2k
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. Mice deficient in IL-1β-converting enzyme are defective in production of mature IL-1β and resistant to endotoxic shock
    1995 1.2k citations Ping Li, Hamish Allen et al. Cell profile →
  2. Inhibition of ICE Family Proteases by Baculovirus Antiapoptotic Protein p35
    1995 555 citations Nancy J. Bump, Maria Hackett et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Simon Franklin United Kingdom 9 1.3k 730 241 166 124 20 1.9k
Joshua N. Finger United States 15 1.4k 1.0× 719 1.0× 204 0.8× 149 0.9× 164 1.3× 18 2.1k
Tzvete Dentchev United States 28 1.0k 0.8× 695 1.0× 261 1.1× 260 1.6× 121 1.0× 44 2.3k
E. Duvall United Kingdom 13 665 0.5× 524 0.7× 314 1.3× 202 1.2× 59 0.5× 27 1.6k
Louis P. Deiss United States 14 1.2k 0.9× 372 0.5× 435 1.8× 315 1.9× 216 1.7× 17 1.8k
Mark R. Edbrooke United Kingdom 18 963 0.7× 340 0.5× 158 0.7× 182 1.1× 68 0.5× 29 1.5k
John Wagner Canada 25 1.2k 0.9× 501 0.7× 89 0.4× 186 1.1× 289 2.3× 38 1.8k
Nancy J. Bump United States 11 1.1k 0.8× 364 0.5× 150 0.6× 293 1.8× 121 1.0× 15 1.4k
Tobias Raabe United States 18 751 0.6× 413 0.6× 116 0.5× 135 0.8× 59 0.5× 31 1.6k
Vincenzo Calvanese Spain 23 1.5k 1.1× 389 0.5× 247 1.0× 178 1.1× 124 1.0× 36 2.4k
G. Huez Belgium 26 1.6k 1.2× 457 0.6× 86 0.4× 226 1.4× 154 1.2× 50 2.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Simon Franklin

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Fields of papers citing papers by Simon Franklin

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simon Franklin

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Simon Franklin. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Simon Franklin 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 Simon Franklin. Simon Franklin 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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Franklin, Simon, et al.. (2007). Holy Fools in Byzantium and Beyond. The Slavic and East European Journal. 51(4). 815–815. 3 indexed citations
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Franklin, Simon, et al.. (2006). Holy Fools in Byzantium and Beyond. Oxford University Press eBooks. 24 indexed citations
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Franklin, Simon. (2005). The Igor Tale : A Bohemian Rhapsody?. Kritika. 6(4). 833–844. 1 indexed citations
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Franklin, Simon. (2002). Byzantium - Rus - Russia: Studies in the Translation of Christian Culture. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 3 indexed citations
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Franklin, Simon. (2002). Writing, Society and Culture in Early Rus, c.950–1300. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 20 indexed citations
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Franklin, Simon. (2001). Pre‐Mongol Rus’: New Sources, New Perspectives?. The Russian Review. 60(4). 465–473. 4 indexed citations
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Franklin, Simon. (1998). A Note on a Pseudepigraphal Allusion in Oxyrhynchus Papyrus No. 4365. Vetus Testamentum. 48(1). 95–96.
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Franklin, Simon & Jonathan Shepard. (1996). The Emergence of Rus: 750-1200. The Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association. 19 indexed citations
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Li, Ping, Hamish Allen, Subhashis Banerjee, et al.. (1995). Mice deficient in IL-1β-converting enzyme are defective in production of mature IL-1β and resistant to endotoxic shock. Cell. 80(3). 401–411. 1225 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bump, Nancy J., Maria Hackett, Margaret Hugunin, et al.. (1995). Inhibition of ICE Family Proteases by Baculovirus Antiapoptotic Protein p35. Science. 269(5232). 1885–1888. 555 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cutler, Anthony & Simon Franklin. (1992). Homo byzantinus : papers in honor of Alexander Kazhdan. 2 indexed citations
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Shepard, Jonathan & Simon Franklin. (1992). Byzantine Diplomacy: Papers from the Twenty-Fourth Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies, Cambridge, March 1990. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 11 indexed citations
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Franklin, Simon, et al.. (1992). Sermons and Rhetoric of Kievan Rus'. The Slavic and East European Journal. 36(3). 362–362. 7 indexed citations
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Franklin, Simon. (1992). Greek in Kievan Rus'. Dumbarton Oaks Papers. 46. 69–69. 5 indexed citations
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Franklin, Simon, et al.. (1992). The Martyred Princes Boris and Gleb: A Socio-Cultural Study of the Cult and the Texts. The Modern Language Review. 87(1). 268–268.
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Franklin, Simon, et al.. (1990). Visions of Glory: Studies in Early Russian Hagiography. The Modern Language Review. 85(1). 269–269. 8 indexed citations
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Franklin, Simon. (1985). Literacy and Documentation in Early Medieval Russia. Speculum. 60(1). 1–38. 10 indexed citations
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Kazhdan, Alexander & Simon Franklin. (1984). Studies on Byzantine Literature of the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 37 indexed citations

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