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.
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Fields of papers citing papers by William L. Smith
This network shows the impact of papers produced by William L. Smith. 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 L. Smith. The network helps show where William L. Smith may publish in the future.
Co-authorship network of co-authors of William L. Smith
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Smith, William L.. (2017). Why Do We Focus on Firsts? Problems and Possibilities for Black History Teaching.. Social Education. 81(1). 19–22.1 indexed citations
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Smith, William L.. (2017). Between Fundamentalism and Evangelicalism: Religious Vitality in a Beachy Amish Mennonite Congregation. Journal of Mennonite studies. 201–212.1 indexed citations
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Smith, William L.. (2017). Picturing Obama: Race, High School Students and a Critical Methodology of the Visual.. 8(2). 178–192.1 indexed citations
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Smith, William L., et al.. (2014). Who Benefits from Honors: An Empirical Analysis of Honors and Non-Honors Students’ Backgrounds, Academic Attitudes, and Behaviors. Insecta mundi. 15(1). 69–83.2 indexed citations
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Smith, William L., et al.. (2013). Heroic/Anti-Heroic Narratives: The Quests of Sherron Watkins. Tamara: The Journal of Critical Organization Inquiry. 3(2). 16.3 indexed citations
Smith, William L.. (2009). Romera Castillo, José (ed.). Teatro, novela y cine en los inicios del siglo XXI. Madrid : Visor Libros, 2008. Signa Revista de la Asociación Española de Semiótica. 445–448.
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Smith, William L., et al.. (2009). The Academic Ethic and the Transition to College.. College student journal. 43(1). 86–98.7 indexed citations
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Pino, Nathan W. & William L. Smith. (2009). Academic Dishonesty, Alcohol and Marijuana Use, and the Transition to College. 45(2). 62–74.4 indexed citations
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Pino, Nathan W. & William L. Smith. (2003). College Students and Academic Dishonesty. College student journal. 37(4). 490.54 indexed citations
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Smith, William L., et al.. (1992). SCENIC BYWAYS: THEIR SELECTION AND DESIGNATION. Transportation Research Record Journal of the Transportation Research Board.3 indexed citations
Cooper, Dale F., et al.. (1976). TRAFFIC STUDIES AT T-JUNCTIONS. (1) THE EFFECT OF APPROACH SPEED ON MERGING GAP ACCEPTANCE. Traffic engineering & control. 17(6).6 indexed citations
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O’Donnell, Roy C. & William L. Smith. (1975). Increasing Ninth-Grade Students' Awareness of Syntactic Structure through Direct Instruction.. Research in the Teaching of English.1 indexed citations
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Smith, William L.. (1974). Syntactic Recording of Passages Written at Three Levels of Complexity.. The Journal of Experimental Education.6 indexed citations
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Smith, William L., et al.. (1972). Syntactic Control in Writing: Better Comprehension.. The Journal of Reading.1 indexed citations
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Smith, William L.. (1971). RATIONAL LOCATION OF A HIGHWAY CORRIDOR: A PROBABILISTIC APPROACH. Highway Research Record.
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Smith, William L., et al.. (1971). THE VISUAL ENVIRONMENT: ITS EFFECTS ON TRAFFIC FLOW. Highway Research Record.1 indexed citations
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Smith, William L.. (1970). PROBABILITY STUDY OF HIGH ACCIDENT LOCATIONS IN KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.4 indexed citations
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