A laboratory manual by sambrook, fritsch and maniatis. Search the worlds most comprehensive index of fulltext books. Here the term most cited is operationalized by considering. One of the most highly cited theory in social science. The most cited, as mentioned, are plato, aristotle, and cicero.
The bible, which accumulated over 7,000 citations, is clearly an influential source in the humanities. Most cited social science research articles the most cited articles published since 2017, extracted from scopus. Maintain doublespacing throughout the works cited page. Apr 28, 2014 for everything except humanities, those numbers are far from 90 percent but they are still high. The mla handbook was first published by the modern language association in 1951. Proceedings of the third aiucd annual conference on humanities and their methods in the digital ecosystem. Experience humanities invites students to take note of the continual evolution of ideas and crosscultural influences, to better understand their cultural heritage and to think critically about what their legacy will be for future generations. These are the most cited authors in the humanities, according to thomson reuters isi web of science, courtesy of the times higher education supplement. Nature recently asked thomson reuters, owner of the sci, to list the 100 most highly cited papers of all time.
To mark the anniversary, nature asked thomson reuters, which now owns the sci, to list the 100 most highly cited papers of all time. Mostcited books tend to cover general yet essential topics. What are the mostcited publications in the social sciences lse blogs. This damning statistic from a 2007 overview of citation analysis recently darted about cyberspace. The topcited research works in the science citation index. The search covered all of thomson reuters web of science, an online version of the sci that also includes databases covering the social sciences, arts and humanities, conference proceedings and some books. Twelve papers on the top100 list relate to it, including 2 of. In the sciences, the journal is the main vehicle for scholarly communication, whereas in the social sciences and especially in the arts and humanities, the book holds a more important position in conveying and influencing research. The writers at nature news recently put together a list of the 100 most highly cited papers of all time. Most of this software is built on density functional theory dft, easily the most heavily cited concept in the physical sciences. The overall citation count of the theory, however, would far outpace most of the books on the list. The table above lists those authors whose books, collectively, were cited 500 or more times in 2007. Citations to books in 2007 michel foucault 19261984 philosophy, sociology, criticism 2,521 pierre bourdieu 19302002 sociology. While representing a somewhat rough summary, these results provide some insight into the current trends in research in the.
The humanities include ancient and modern languages, literature, law, history, philosophy, religion, and visual and performing arts such as music and theatre. Many of these books are techniqueoriented, as one might expect from the kinds of papers that made the sci list discussed in my last post. Moreover, web of sciences coverage of journals in the social sciences and the humanities is relatively sparse. This is generated from documents in the citeseer x database as of unknown date. The process of composing this paper was iterative and multimodal. I thus excluded publications from both the humanities and the natural.
Elsevier, a worldleading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, has announced its 2016 list of chinas most influential researchers, which is now available online here. Citation practices in some coun tries and in some journals reflect not only scholarly attention but also political ideolo gy and mores, as mentioned, and this helps to explain his ranking. The part of academic written output that is not formally published but merely printed up or posted on the internet is. On the other hand, at least in literature, many books are rarely cited too. Nature explores the mostcited research of all time npj. Most influential scholars in the humanities the past speaks. Also, web of science only includes citations to journal articles no books, chapters, working papers etc.
Publishing on intechopen allows authors to earn citations and find new collaborators, meaning more people see your work not only from your own field of study. The most significant limitations of literature, the humanities, and humanity are that female literary voices are underrepresented only two of the ten chapters directly examine women authors and more contemporary texts are excluded as george eliots 1870s middlemarch concludes the textbook. Since the nineteenth century the humanities have generally been defined as the disciplines that investigate the expressions of the human mind. We are always looking for ways to improve customer experience on. Isi highly cited isi highly cited is a database of highly cited researchersscientific researchers whose publications are most often cited in academic journals over the past decade, published by the institute for scientific information. The aim of this paper is to collect the most cited articles of the 21 st century and to study how this group changed over time. Most cited philosophy books in the social sciences daily. Volume 34 issue 4 digital scholarship in the humanities. Times higher ed most cited authors in the humanities list 2007. Founded in 1977 it remains responsive to new concerns and committed to patient, inventive reading as the wellspring of critical research.
Together with connect humanities, students not only experience their cultural heritage, but develop. For numbered, bulleted or lettered lists please use the automatic word facility within normal style or prose quotation style, q. The authors of wikipedias mostcited source had no idea wired. Publishing work by many trailblazing thinkers, the journal takes forward the movement of deconstructive thought in the face of as many forms and institutions as possible. You could combine these pull out, say, the fifty most cited papers, look at their authors, and do full citation counts on these using wok. About 3,000 of them are primary humanities monographs. What are the most cited research papers of all time.
Digital scholarship in the humanities oxford academic. Nov 26, 2014 given a userselected seed author, a unique experimental system called authorweb can return the 24 authors most frequently co cited with the seed in a 10year segment of the arts and humanities citation index. Mla citation style is most frequently used in the humanities literature, languages, art. Most cited cooccurrence graphbased context adaptation. By greens count, there are six philosophy books in the top 50. When i was growing up in the bronx, i scanned the titles of nearly every book in the highbridge branch of the new york public library. Most cited authors of books in the humanities, 2007 1. In fact, his 3,874 citations in the arts and humanities citation index between 1980 and 1992 make him the most cited living person in that period and the eighth most cited source overralljust behind famed psychiatrist sigmund freud and just ahead of philosopher georg hegel. Literature, the humanities, and humanity open suny textbooks. Here he shares his findings on the 25 most cited books as well as the. Manuscripts submitted to humanities should neither been published before nor be under consideration for publication in another journal. We are a community of more than 103,000 authors and editors from 3,291 institutions spanning 160 countries, including nobel prize winners and some of the worlds most cited.
His wife was cleopatra selene ii, daughter of greek ptolomeic cleopatra vii and romes marc antony. The findings come with some significant qualifiers, esposito said in an interview. Mla style relies on parenthetical citations author, page number for material that is quoted, summarized or paraphrased in the text of a paper. Times higher education most cited authors of books in. Jul 05, 2016 most cited philosophers and others looking to justify something im writing on foucault, namely that he remains one of the most cited philosophers thirty years after his death, led me down the rabbit hole of looking at three different sources. Most cited authors of books in the humanities political theory. Rows and rows of books eventually coalesced into lists in my mind. Humanities requires that authors publish all experimental controls and make full datasets available where possible see the guidelines on supplementary materials and references to unpublished data. Most cited social science research articles elsevier. Digital humanities advanced research centre dharc, department of classical. But it is not clear whether some of the works are categorized properly. Most cited authors of books in the humanities blogger.
Thomson reuters recently collected citations from the journal literature it indexed in 2007 to books and their authors. Societal inequality and individual subjective wellbeing. Most cited philosophers and others philosophy in a time. Here he shares his findings on the 25 most cited books as well as the top ten. At the top of the list of the 50 most cited books, he reports, is thomas kuhn s the structure of scientific revolutions.
After an extensive search of nearly 58 million items including databases covering the life sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities, conference proceedings and some books, thomson reuters listed the top 100 most cited work. Here he shares his findings on the 25 most cited books as well as the top ten journal articles. Begin entries on the next line using hanging indentation first line of each entry is flush with the left margin. Most cited philosophers and others philosophy in a. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. In such cases i tended to decide based on the authors degrees. The humanities that are also regarded as social sciences include technology, anthropology, area studies. The table above lists those authors whose books, collectively, were cited 700 or more times in 2007.
First is the sheer number of citations for the mostcited books. Before we slash humanities departments, though, remember that much of their most prestigious research is published in books. The number corresponds to further information or a citation entry found at the end of a manuscript for endnotes or at the bottom of the page where the cited reference is mentioned for footnotes. Mar 26, 2009 the table above lists those authors whose books, collectively, were cited 500 or more times in 2007.
Most cited philosophy books in the social sciences daily nous. It has published work by many trailblazing thinkers and seeks to take forward the movement of. What are the most cited books in the social sciences. This list is automatically generated and may contain errors. All time last 6 months last 12 months last 24 months. Most cited authors of books in the humanities, 2007 times. A similar statistic had made the rounds in 2010 but that time it was about 60% of social and natural science articles that were said to be uncited. Find the top 100 most popular items in amazon books best sellers. At the top of the list of the 50 most cited books, he reports, is thomas kuhns the structure of. At a time when all subjects seem to be valued only for their testability, this book tries to show the value of reading and studying literature, even earlier literature. The authors surveyed 106 presses and received responses from 65 of them, a sample from which they extrapolated that the presses published about 76,000 books between 2009, or about 15,000 books a year. Here he shares his findings on the 25 most cited books. Include an entry for every work cited in the body of your paper. We find that the distribution of citations across sections is skewed and that a different set of highly cited authors share distinct academic characteristics, according to their citation locations.
The 100 articles most cited by social sciences, 19691977 the 100 books most cited. Study suggests university presses publish fewer humanities. The 100 most cited books in the compumath citation index, 19761980. The london school of economics and political science impact blog drawing on citation data that spans disciplines and time periods, elliott green has identified the most cited publications in the social sciences. Most cited international journal of research in marketing. What are the mostcited publications in the social sciences. These notations are rarely found in scientific writing. Since then citations have become a standard by which authors acknowledge the source of their. All work published by juba ii, king of numidia and mauretania. There has been one study from nature in 2014 of the top 100 most cited publications using data. How books in adolescence enhance adult literacy, numeracy and. Find support for a specific problem on the support section of our website.
Humanities for the environmenta manifesto for research and action by poul holm, joni adamson, hsinya huang, lars kirdan, sally kitch, iain mccalman, james ogude, marisa ronan, dominic scott, kirill ole thompson, charles travis and kirsten wehner. Most authors will need to use a tab in one circumstance only. Over at the chronicles brainstorm blog, gadfly professor and, somehow, onetime post academic commenter mark bauerlein has posted a list of the most cited authors of books in the humanities in 2007, compiled by a dauntingly named thomson reuters isi web of science. This study aimed to identify and analyze the characteristics of the top cited articles published in the science citation index expanded from 1991 to 2010.
The humanities that are also regarded as social sciences include technology, anthropology, area studies, communication studies, cultural studies, and linguistics. The loose rule is that they both published books in the 20th century andor 21st and lived well into that century. The 10 most cited books in the social sciences published before 1950 books originally published in a foreign language are listed twice, with the englishlanguage edition listed second. Steinberg literature, the humanities, and humanity attempts to make the study of literature more than simply another school subject that students have to take. Drawing on citation data that spans disciplines and time periods, elliott green has identified the most cited publications in the social sciences. Which of these artists was the author of the four books of architecture, an important influence in later architectural classicism. Citescore values are based on citation counts in a given year e. The case for the humanities is not hard to make, though it can be difficultto such an extent have we been marginalized, so long have we acceded to that marginalizationnot to sound either defensive or naive. Most academic work is published in academic journal article, book or thesis form. Review the top 100 most cited publications of all time. Times higher education most cited authors of books in the humanities, 2007 page 2 of2 emile durkheim 18581917 sociology 662 roland barthes 19151980 criticism, philosophy 631.
The influence of antiquity is also evident from the many authors of classical greece and rome who appear in the list. Karl marx, cited almost 11,oqotimes in 4,635 articles, is by far the mostcited author of the group. The journal publishes outstanding interdisciplinary scholarship that draws humanities disciplines into conversation with each other, and with the natural and social. We are a community of more than 103,000 authors and editors from 3,291 institutions spanning 160 countries, including nobel prize winners and some of the worlds most cited researchers. Center the words works cited at thetop of the new page. Most cited authors of books in the humanities, 2007 blogger. In this paper, we have analyzed the characteristics of 781 highly cited articles in the science citation index expanded of category of horticulture published from 1961 to 2014. Nature explores the mostcited research of all time. In 2007, harvey was listed as the 18th most cited author of books in the humanities and social sciences in that year, as established by counting cites from academic journals in the thomson reuters isi database. Literature, the humanities, and humanity open textbook library. I wrote a 10,000word thesis chapter on the books about foucault and derrida, and discussed them as part of a seminar presentation before starting on the comic version of the paper, so i was familiar with different ways of presenting the material. Oct 29, 2014 the most cited work in history, for example, is a 1951 paper 2 describing an assay to determine the amount of protein in a solution. Most cited authors of books in the humanities, 2007.
Top humanists of the last century immanence uvm blogs. The webbased system can then instantly display the seed and the others as a pathfinder network, a kohonen selforganizing map, or a pennant diagram. It is useful to compare the list in table 1 to a list of the top 10 most cited methodology books, which can be found in table 3. There are a few surprises in here, including the fact that it takes no fewer than 12,119. Nine million book items and eleven million citations. Academic publishing is the subfield of publishing which distributes academic research and scholarship. Most cited articles from philosophy journals thoughts. Results from 68 societies and over 200,000 individuals, 19812008. Indeed, professor chomsky is in illustrious company.