Most cited papers from American University

American University

What are the most cited papers from American University?

The most cited paper from American University is "Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger" (B. P. Abbott et al., 2016), with 14,545 citations. Next come "Information Systems Success: The Quest for the Dependent Variable" (10,692) and "GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral" (9,794).

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Showing 50 of 60 papers. Every paper with more than 933 citations is listed.

Most cited papers, sortable by citations and release date
#	Paper
1	Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger B. P. Abbott et al. · Physical Review Letters Open access1,011 authors	11 Feb 2016	14,545
2	Information Systems Success: The Quest for the Dependent Variable William H. DeLone, Ephraim R. McLean · Information Systems Research	Mar 1992	10,692
3	GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral B. P. Abbott et al. · Physical Review Letters Open access1,124 authors	16 Oct 2017	9,794
4	Does Social Capital Have an Economic Payoff? A Cross-Country Investigation Steve Knack, Philip Keefer · The Quarterly Journal of Economics	Nov 1997	7,598
5	Statsmodels: Econometric and Statistical Modeling with Python Skipper Seabold, Josef Perktold · Proceedings of the Python in Science Conferences Conference paperOpen access	2010	6,915
6	Founding‐Family Ownership and Firm Performance: Evidence from the S&P 500 Rolph E. Anderson, David M. Reeb · The Journal of Finance	6 May 2003	5,213
7	INSTITUTIONS AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE: CROSS‐COUNTRY TESTS USING ALTERNATIVE INSTITUTIONAL MEASURES Stephen Knack, Philip Keefer · Economics and Politics	Nov 1995	5,188
8	The Astropy Project : Sustaining and Growing a Community-oriented Open-source Project and the Latest Major Release (v5.0) of the Core Package* The Astropy Collaboration et al. · Repository of the Academy's Library (Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences) Open access136 authors	2022	5,044
9	Development, Reliability, and Validity of a Dissociation Scale Eve M. Bernstein, Frank W. Putnam · The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease	Dec 1986	3,835
10	GWTC-1: A Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog of Compact Binary Mergers Observed by LIGO and Virgo during the First and Second Observing Runs B. P. Abbott et al. · Physical Review X Open access1,149 authors	4 Sep 2019	3,658
11	Gravitational Waves and Gamma-Rays from a Binary Neutron Star Merger: GW170817 and GRB 170817A B. P. Abbott et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Letters Open access1,154 authors	16 Oct 2017	3,599
12	GW151226: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a 22-Solar-Mass Binary Black Hole Coalescence B. P. Abbott et al. · Physical Review Letters Open access977 authors	15 Jun 2016	3,514
13	Advanced LIGO J. Aasi et al. · Classical and Quantum Gravity Open access701 authors	3 Mar 2015	3,511
14	Early childhood development coming of age: science through the life course Maureen M. Black, Susan P. Walker, Lia C. H. Fernald et al. · The Lancet Open access	8 Oct 2016	3,075
15	Linking Empowering Leadership and Employee Creativity: The Influence of Psychological Empowerment, Intrinsic Motivation, and Creative Process Engagement Xiaomeng Zhang, Kathryn M. Bartol · Academy of Management Journal	Feb 2010	3,023
16	GW170104: Observation of a 50-Solar-Mass Binary Black Hole Coalescence at Redshift 0.2 B. P. Abbott et al. · Physical Review Letters Open access1,049 authors	Jun 2017	2,530
17	GW170817: Measurements of Neutron Star Radii and Equation of State B. P. Abbott et al. · Physical Review Letters Open access1,150 authors	15 Oct 2018	2,512
18	An optimal algorithm for approximate nearest neighbor searching fixed dimensions Sunil Arya, David M. Mount, Nathan S. Netanyahu et al. · Journal of the ACM Open access	Nov 1998	2,332
19	GW170814: A Three-Detector Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Coalescence B. P. Abbott et al. · Physical Review Letters Open access1,108 authors	6 Oct 2017	2,195
20	GWTC-2: Compact Binary Coalescences Observed by LIGO and Virgo during the First Half of the Third Observing Run R. Abbott et al. · Physical Review X Open access1,352 authors	9 Jun 2021	2,075
21	Measuring information systems success: models, dimensions, measures, and interrelationships Stacie Petter, William H. DeLone, Ephraim R. McLean · European Journal of Information Systems	Jun 2008	1,897
22	Tests of General Relativity with GW150914 B. P. Abbott et al. · Physical Review Letters Open access980 authors	31 May 2016	1,836
23	GW190814: Gravitational Waves from the Coalescence of a 23 Solar Mass Black Hole with a 2.6 Solar Mass Compact Object R. Abbott et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Letters Open access1,255 authors	Jun 2020	1,825
24	Board characteristics, accounting report integrity, and the cost of debt Rolph E. Anderson, Sattar Mansi, David M. Reeb · Journal of Accounting and Economics	11 May 2004	1,763
25	Measuring intercultural sensitivity: The intercultural development inventory Mitchell R. Hammer, Milton J. Bennett, Richard L. Wiseman · International Journal of Intercultural Relations	Jul 2003	1,731
26	Founding family ownership and the agency cost of debt Rolph E. Anderson, Sattar Mansi, David M. Reeb · Journal of Financial Economics	23 Apr 2003	1,719
27	Balance as bias: global warming and the US prestige press Maxwell Boykoff, Jules Boykoff · Global Environmental Change	Jul 2004	1,692
28	GW190425: Observation of a Compact Binary Coalescence with Total Mass ∼ 3.4 M ⊙ B. P. Abbott et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Letters Open access1,200 authors	19 Mar 2020	1,630
29	Effect of an intense electromagnetic field on a weakly bound system Howard R Reiss · Physical Review A	Nov 1980	1,602
30	Communicating Climate Change: Why Frames Matter for Public Engagement Matthew C. Nisbet · Environment Science and Policy for Sustainable Development Open access	Mar 2009	1,560
31	Measuring e-Commerce Success: Applying the DeLone & McLean Information Systems Success Model William H. DeLone, Ephraim R. McLean · International Journal of Electronic Commerce	Oct 2004	1,402
32	Determinants of patent rights: A cross-national study JUAN CARLOS GINARTE, Walter G. Park · Research Policy Open access	Oct 1997	1,388
33	The Cost to Firms of Cooking the Books Jonathan M. Karpoff, Dongwoo Lee, Gerald S. Martin · Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis Open access	Sep 2008	1,370
34	Distance and Private Information in Lending Sumit D. Agarwal, Robert B. H. Hauswald · Review of Financial Studies Open access	13 Apr 2010	1,367
35	GW190521: A Binary Black Hole Merger with a Total Mass of 150 M ⊙ R. Abbott et al. · Physical Review Letters Open access1,256 authors	2 Sep 2020	1,354
36	Relationship of Physical Activity and Television Watching With Body Weight and Level of Fatness Among Children Ross E. Andersen, Carlos J. Crespo, Susan J. Bartlett et al. · JAMA	25 Mar 1998	1,341
37	Properties of the Binary Neutron Star Merger GW170817 B. P. Abbott et al. · Physical Review X Open access1,148 authors	2 Jan 2019	1,329
38	Characterization of the LIGO detectors during their sixth science run J. Aasi et al. · Classical and Quantum Gravity Open access870 authors	13 May 2015	1,324
39	GW170608: Observation of a 19 Solar-mass Binary Black Hole Coalescence B. P. Abbott et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Letters Open access1,102 authors	18 Dec 2017	1,253
40	Exploring the sensitivity of next generation gravitational wave detectors B. P. Abbott et al. · Classical and Quantum Gravity Open access722 authors	24 Jan 2017	1,243
41	Enhanced sensitivity of the LIGO gravitational wave detector by using squeezed states of light J. Aasi et al. · Nature Photonics Open access660 authors	19 Jul 2013	1,243
42	A gravitational-wave standard siren measurement of the Hubble constant B. P. Abbott et al. · Nature Open access1,314 authors	16 Oct 2017	1,241
43	Armadillo Coactivates Transcription Driven by the Product of the Drosophila Segment Polarity Gene dTCF Marc van de Wetering, Robert Cavallo, Dennis Dooijes et al. · Cell Open access	Mar 1997	1,210
44	Board Composition: Balancing Family Influence in S&P 500 Firms Rolph E. Anderson, David M. Reeb · Administrative Science Quarterly	Jun 2004	1,184
45	Binary Black Hole Mergers in the First Advanced LIGO Observing Run B. P. Abbott et al. · Physical Review X Open access973 authors	21 Oct 2016	1,181
46	Prospects for observing and localizing gravitational-wave transients with Advanced LIGO, Advanced Virgo and KAGRA B. P. Abbott et al. · Living Reviews in Relativity Open access1,100 authors	26 Apr 2018	1,175
47	The grand challenges of Science Robotics Guang‐Zhong Yang, Jim Bellingham, Pierre E. Dupont et al. · Science Robotics	31 Jan 2018	1,161
48	Functional topography of the cerebellum for motor and cognitive tasks: An fMRI study Catherine J. Stoodley, Eve M. Valera, Jeremy Dan Schmahmann · NeuroImage Open access	Sep 2011	1,145
49	Boomerang Effects in Science Communication P. Sol Hart, Erik C. Nisbet · Communication Research	11 Aug 2011	1,135
50	Foreign Aid, Institutions, and Governance in Sub‐Saharan Africa Deborah Bräutigam, Stephen Knack · Economic Development and Cultural Change	2004	1,109

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