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.
Autopoiesis and Cognition: The Realization of the Living
19802.5k citationsHumberto R. Maturana, Francisco J. Varela et al.Medical Entomology and Zoologyprofile →
This map shows the geographic impact of Stafford Beer'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 Stafford Beer with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Stafford Beer more than expected).
This network shows the impact of papers produced by Stafford Beer. 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 Stafford Beer. The network helps show where Stafford Beer may publish in the future.
Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stafford Beer
This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Stafford Beer.
A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Stafford Beer 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 Stafford Beer. Stafford Beer is excluded from
the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.
1954·Journal of the Operational Research Society·Stafford Beer
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incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and
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