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.
Scientific Explanation and the Causal Structure of the World
19851.1k citationsWesley C. SalmonPrinceton University Press eBooksprofile →
Four Decades of Scientific Explanation
2006458 citationsWesley C. SalmonUniversity of Pittsburgh Press eBooksprofile →
The Foundations Of Scientific Inference
1967362 citationsWesley C. SalmonUniversity of Pittsburgh Press eBooksprofile →
Scientific Explanation and the Causal Structure of the World
2020147 citationsWesley C. SalmonPrinceton University Press eBooksprofile →
Countries citing papers authored by Wesley C. Salmon
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Fields of papers citing papers by Wesley C. Salmon
This network shows the impact of papers produced by Wesley C. Salmon. 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 Wesley C. Salmon. The network helps show where Wesley C. Salmon may publish in the future.
Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wesley C. Salmon
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