San Francisco State University

12.0k papers and 371.6k indexed citations

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In recent decades, authors affiliated with San Francisco State University have published 12.0k papers, which have received a total of 371.6k indexed citations. Scholars at this organization have produced 1.4k papers in Sociology and Political Science, 1.1k papers in Social Psychology and 817 papers in Ecology on the topics of LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy (241 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (231 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (209 papers). Their work is cited by papers focused on Sociology and Political Science (44.6k citations), Ecology (40.8k citations) and Social Psychology (38.2k citations). Authors at San Francisco State University collaborate with scholars in United States, China and Canada and have published in prestigious journals including Nature, Science and Chemical Reviews. Some of San Francisco State University's most productive authors include David Matsumoto, Thomas B. Smith, Kimberly D. Tanner, Patrick Biernacki, Dan Waldorf, Kent Bach, Neo D. Martinez, Debra A. Fischer, Jonathon H. Stillman and Geoffrey W. Marcy.

In The Last Decade

San Francisco State University

10.6k papers receiving 352.3k citations

Countries citing scholars working at San Francisco State University

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This map shows the geographic impact of research produced by authors working at San Francisco State University. 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 papers produced at San Francisco State University with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites San Francisco State University more than expected).

Fields of papers published by authors at San Francisco State University

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers affiliated with San Francisco State University at the time of their publication. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers affiliated with San Francisco State University at the time of their publication.

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