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.
Island Arcs, Deep Sea Trenches and Back‐Arc Basins
1977656 citationsManik Talwani, Walter C. Pitman et al.profile →
Turbidity currents and submarine slumps, and the 1929 Grand Banks [Newfoundland] earthquake
1952500 citationsBruce C. Heezen, W. Maurice EwingAmerican Journal of Scienceprofile →
Elastic Waves in Layered Media
1958497 citationsW. Maurice Ewing, W. S. Jardetzky et al.Geologiska Föreningen i Stockholm Förhandlingarprofile →
Citations per year, relative to W. Maurice Ewing W. Maurice Ewing (= 1×)
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Countries citing papers authored by W. Maurice Ewing
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Specialization
Citations
This map shows the geographic impact of W. Maurice Ewing'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 W. Maurice Ewing with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites W. Maurice Ewing more than expected).
Fields of papers citing papers by W. Maurice Ewing
This network shows the impact of papers produced by W. Maurice Ewing. 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 W. Maurice Ewing. The network helps show where W. Maurice Ewing may publish in the future.
Co-authorship network of co-authors of W. Maurice Ewing
This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of W. Maurice Ewing.
A scholar is included among the top collaborators of W. Maurice Ewing 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 W. Maurice Ewing. W. Maurice Ewing is excluded from
the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.
All Works
6 of 6 papers shown
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Talwani, Manik, Walter C. Pitman, & W. Maurice Ewing. (1977). Island Arcs, Deep Sea Trenches and Back‐Arc Basins.656 indexed citations breakdown →
Ewing, W. Maurice, W. S. Jardetzky, & Frank Press. (1958). Elastic Waves in Layered Media. Geologiska Föreningen i Stockholm Förhandlingar. 80(1). 128–129.497 indexed citations breakdown →
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Heezen, Bruce C. & W. Maurice Ewing. (1952). Turbidity currents and submarine slumps, and the 1929 Grand Banks [Newfoundland] earthquake. American Journal of Science. 250(12). 849–873.500 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mayr, Ernst, W. Maurice Ewing, Walter H. Bucher, et al.. (1952). The problem of land connections across the South Atlantic, with special reference to the Mesozoic. Bulletin of the AMNH ; v. 99, article 3. American Museum Novitates.6 indexed citations
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