Vera Rich

3.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
309 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Vera Rich is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and Reproductive Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Vera Rich has authored 309 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 38 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 16 papers in Reproductive Medicine. Recurrent topics in Vera Rich's work include Nuclear Issues and Defense (24 papers), Science, Research, and Medicine (16 papers) and International Science and Diplomacy (12 papers). Vera Rich is often cited by papers focused on Nuclear Issues and Defense (24 papers), Science, Research, and Medicine (16 papers) and International Science and Diplomacy (12 papers). Vera Rich collaborates with scholars based in Germany, China and Poland. Vera Rich's co-authors include Joseph Palca, David Lindley, John Ziman, Alice Nakhimovsky, Zhores A. Medvedev and Robert Walgate and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Vera Rich

264 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

Personal communication 1989 2026 2001 2013 1989 250 500 750 1000
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. Personal communication
    1989 1.0k citations Vera Rich Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Vera Rich Germany 6 160 150 118 93 88 309 1.5k
Glen W. Davidson United States 9 79 0.5× 141 0.9× 106 0.9× 95 1.0× 60 0.7× 22 1.5k
Micheál Jacob 2 67 0.4× 127 0.8× 110 0.9× 76 0.8× 41 0.5× 2 1.3k
William E. Boyce United States 13 64 0.4× 157 1.0× 104 0.9× 59 0.6× 51 0.6× 48 2.0k
Larry Rabinowitz United States 4 241 1.5× 160 1.1× 367 3.1× 145 1.6× 56 0.6× 5 2.4k
Allen T. Craig 7 130 0.8× 157 1.0× 338 2.9× 154 1.7× 50 0.6× 9 2.3k
Wayne A. Larsen United States 8 195 1.2× 112 0.7× 300 2.5× 74 0.8× 62 0.7× 13 2.6k
H. H. Ku United States 14 116 0.7× 101 0.7× 180 1.5× 49 0.5× 26 0.3× 26 1.6k
A. Hald Denmark 20 172 1.1× 83 0.6× 303 2.6× 43 0.5× 43 0.5× 54 3.4k
Robert J. Beaver United States 19 253 1.6× 103 0.7× 409 3.5× 100 1.1× 122 1.4× 50 4.4k
John E. Freund United States 26 185 1.2× 239 1.6× 390 3.3× 99 1.1× 92 1.0× 67 3.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Vera Rich

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Fields of papers citing papers by Vera Rich

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Vera Rich

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Vera Rich. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Vera Rich 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 Vera Rich. Vera Rich 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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Rich, Vera. (2005). ‘We Told You Lies, And We Ask You For Forgiveness…’. Index on Censorship. 34(1). 88–91. 1 indexed citations
2.
Rich, Vera. (1994). Egypt against female circumcision. The Lancet. 344(8930). 1146–1146. 1 indexed citations
3.
Rich, Vera. (1989). Soviet bloc research criticized. Nature. 337(6205). 296–296. 1 indexed citations
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Rich, Vera. (1989). Personal communication. Nature. 338(6210). 5–5. 1047 indexed citations breakdown →
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Palca, Joseph & Vera Rich. (1987). US–Soviet dispute persists over alleged psychiatric practices. Nature. 330(6150). 684–684. 1 indexed citations
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Rich, Vera. (1987). Burst raises doubts about Soviet hydroelectricity dam. Nature. 326(6111). 325–325. 1 indexed citations
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Rich, Vera. (1987). Czech demand for modern computers. Nature. 330(6143). 6–6. 1 indexed citations
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Rich, Vera. (1984). Polish universities: Setback for liberalization. Nature. 312(5995). 584–584. 2 indexed citations
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Rich, Vera. (1984). Indo-Soviet yoga: Space exercises still up aloft. Nature. 310(5973). 94–94. 2 indexed citations
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Rich, Vera. (1983). Poland: More trials lie ahead. Nature. 305(5934). 466–466.
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Rich, Vera. (1982). Internees in Poland: Psychiatric abuse claim. Nature. 299(5882). 386–386. 3 indexed citations
12.
Rich, Vera. (1982). Polish Academy of Sciences: Foreign travel rights restricted. Nature. 299(5886). 768–768. 1 indexed citations
13.
Rich, Vera. (1981). Mongolia's jubilee: Following the lamas. Nature. 292(5821). 285–285. 1 indexed citations
14.
Rich, Vera. (1981). Bazan explains escape from Argentina. Nature. 293(5830). 249–249. 3 indexed citations
15.
Rich, Vera. (1979). Bulgaria plans to save energy. Nature. 281(5727). 91–92. 1 indexed citations
16.
Rich, Vera. (1979). Finland turns to wood and peat for energy. Nature. 278(5704). 498–498. 1 indexed citations
17.
Rich, Vera. (1978). Medical profession to investigate torture. Nature. 272(5652). 394–394. 1 indexed citations
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Rich, Vera. (1977). Heading for Honolulu. Nature. 268(5621). 578–579. 2 indexed citations
19.
Rich, Vera. (1975). Sakharov and the cause of peace. Nature. 257(5527). 528–529. 1 indexed citations
20.
Rich, Vera. (1974). Anthill and tiger counting in the Soviet Union. Nature. 250(5461). 12–13. 1 indexed citations

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