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.
An introduction to cybernetics
19564.0k citationsW. Ross AshbyBiodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution)profile →
Design for a Brain
1952945 citationsW. Ross AshbyMedical Entomology and Zoologyprofile →
Every good regulator of a system must be a model of that system †
1970567 citationsRoger C. Conant, W. Ross AshbyInternational Journal of Systems Scienceprofile →
This map shows the geographic impact of W. Ross Ashby'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. Ross Ashby with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites W. Ross Ashby more than expected).
This network shows the impact of papers produced by W. Ross Ashby. 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. Ross Ashby. The network helps show where W. Ross Ashby may publish in the future.
Co-authorship network of co-authors of W. Ross Ashby
This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of W. Ross Ashby.
A scholar is included among the top collaborators of W. Ross Ashby 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. Ross Ashby. W. Ross Ashby is excluded from
the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.
All Works
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An epidemiological study of the ocular and visual profiles of Oklahoma Cherokees and Minnesota Chippewas.
1990·PubMed·(unknown),
(unknown),
W. Ross Ashby,
(unknown)
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Mechanisms of intelligence : Asbby's writtings on cybernetics
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