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.
The autoradiographic demonstration of axonal connections in the central nervous system
19721.4k citationsWilliam Cowan et al.Brain Researchprofile →
An autoradiographic study of the organization of the efferet connections of the hippocampal formation in the rat
19771.3k citationsWilliam Cowan et al.The Journal of Comparative Neurologyprofile →
Regressive Events in Neurogenesis
19841.1k citationsWilliam Cowan, Brent B. Stanfield et al.profile →
The connections of the septal region in the rat
1979997 citationsL. W. Swanson, William CowanThe Journal of Comparative Neurologyprofile →
Direct hypothalamo-autonomic connections
1976995 citationsWilliam Cowan et al.Brain Researchprofile →
Rat hippocampal neurons in dispersed cell culture
1977985 citationsWilliam Cowan et al.Brain Researchprofile →
Dynamic aspects of neocortical function
1984778 citationsGerald M. Edelman, W. Einar Gall et al.profile →
The entorhinal cortex of the monkey: II. Cortical afferents
1987673 citationsRicardo Insausti, David G. Amaral et al.The Journal of Comparative Neurologyprofile →
An autoradiographic study of the time of origin and the pattern of granule cell migration in the dentate gyrus of the rat
1975650 citationsWilliam Cowan et al.The Journal of Comparative Neurologyprofile →
Fibroblast growth factor promotes survival of dissociated hippocampal neurons and enhances neurite extension.
This map shows the geographic impact of William Cowan'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 William Cowan with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites William Cowan more than expected).
This network shows the impact of papers produced by William Cowan. 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 William Cowan. The network helps show where William Cowan may publish in the future.
Co-authorship network of co-authors of William Cowan
This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of William Cowan.
A scholar is included among the top collaborators of William Cowan 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 William Cowan. William Cowan is excluded from
the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.
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Delaware Vocabulary in the Works of Conrad Richter
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