American Scientist

Papers
(The median citation count of American Scientist is 0. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Innovation Using History8
The Right Mount5
The Wicked Problem of Transitioning to Renewable Energy4
A Hidden Life of Research3
My Science Is Important3
A Life of Purpose3
Reading Mathematics2
Sea Turtle Files2
Uncovering Ancient Corrections2
Do Swimming Animals Mix the Ocean?2
Teams of Rivals2
The Orbit of the Moon2
Uncovering Nanostructures1
Psychedelics Move Toward Mainstream Medicine1
Rumors Have Rules1
Guideposts for Regeneration1
Briefings1
Building in Our Value(s)1
Systematizing Scents1
The Inevitably Incomplete Story of Human Evolution1
Gliflozins for Diabetes: From Bark to Bench to Bedside1
Dynamic Science1
Modeling a Greener Future1
“Why Are We Funding This?”1
Celebrating Science0
Strengthening AI Guardrails0
The Emergence of Directed Evolution0
The Art and Wonder of Little Beasts0
Letters to the Editors0
A Resurgence of Respiratory Viruses0
There’s Your Problem0
Trap-Free Solar Cells0
Letters to the Editors0
Briefings0
Welcome to Jurassic Skye0
The Flow of Time and Magma0
The Science of Better Choices0
What Lies Beneath0
To Save Society from Digital Tech, Enable Scrutiny of Policy Implementation0
Predicting an Aging and Changing World0
Why STEM Education—and Democracy—Need Civic Science0
Building with Nature0
Briefings0
Escaping AI’s Magic Black Box0
Serval0
(Don’t) Shut Your π-Hole0
Cancer Fiends for Fructose0
Making Lasting Change0
Dealing with Uncertainty0
Hidden Genius0
Glitching Out0
Balls in the Air0
Winners and Losers of Desert Green Energy0
Baby Talk0
In the Thick of It0
BOOK EXCERPT: How to Kill an Asteroid: The Real Science of Planetary Defense0
A Deep Dive into Innovation0
Approximating Reality0
Messenger RNA Can Do More for Medicine0
Wildlife Surveys Out of Thin Air0
Understanding Consciousness0
Form and Function0
Looking Through the Eye and into Alzheimer’s Disease0
Treating the Side Effects0
The Unlikely Primeval Sky0
Spirit(s) of a Profession0
First Principles and Beyond0
Fossils Saved by Fool’s Gold0
Reconsidering Our Soundscapes0
Roaming Rocks0
Living in an Age of Extremes0
Memories Within Myth0
Body Parts, Reimagined0
Cosmos Ex Machina0
Gentle Giants0
Talk It Out0
Wearable, Wireless Electronics0
Self-Organized Scales0
Museums of Bridges0
Coding: More than Just Instructions0
Strangers Among Us0
The Illustrated Brain0
Policies Support Miners’ Health0
Indexing the Information Age0
Unfurling the Curl0
Reef Health from Space0
Mud Acoustics0
Seasons of Change0
Writing to Facilitate Reading0
Unrepresentative Meteorites0
Research Pays Off0
Computer-Designed Antibiotics0
Ballparks Physics0
The Peril Beneath the Glow0
Do You Wanna Dance?0
The Doors of Animal Perception0
Pyrocene Park0
Nonantibiotic Medications May Help Fight Superbugs0
Getting That Glow0
From Flu Season to Fire Season0
Briefings0
The Struggle Against Oneself0
The Myxomycetes: Nature’s Quick-Change Artists0
Bookcases and Bedpans0
The Power of Data Literacy0
Bias Optimizers0
A New Kind of Space Mission0
Overcoming Challenges0
What's in the Smell of First Rain?0
Smart Urbanization0
Growing the Great Green Wall0
Is There an AI Metrics Mirage?0
In the Modern Agora0
Cosmic Detectives0
The Early Years of Brain Imaging0
The Manipulative Side of Chatbots and AI0
Mosquitoes’ Hothouse Potential0
The Vicious Spiral of AI Slop0
A Galactic Art Salon0
The Math of Beach Pebble Formation0
From Motion to Emotion0
The Soil Contains Multitudes0
What We Prize0
Ancient DNA0
The Chemistry of Vinegar Varieties0
Crossroads of Science and Fiction0
Connected Behaviors0
Inspiring Environments0
Letters0
Writing History0
Building Better Growth Curves0
A Subtle Apocalypse0
Briefings0
A Lunar Farside Radio Telescope0
Briefings0
Letters To The Editor0
The Psychology of Conflict Avoidance0
When Sharks Eat an Angler’s Haul0
Roughing It0
Inspired by Immunity0
Mantle Waves0
Knowing Where to Look0
AI and Responsible Authorship0
A Measure of Trust0
A Brave New Robotic World0
CAUTION: Nerdiness Ahead0
Tardigrades’ Protective Protein0
A Quantum History of Space-Time0
Briefings0
Sea Nettle Jellyfish0
The Enduring Forest Gardens of the Ancient Maya0
How Amino Acids Got Their Names0
Taking Chances in the Cosmos0
Breeding Better Enzymes0
The American Inventor of Modern Thermodynamics0
Science in Times of Danger0
A Sense of Direction (Masthead)0
Rethinking Adult ADHD0
The Mechanics of Voice0
Briefings0
Briefings0
Gas Dynamics of Solar and Stellar Winds0
Illustrating the Invisible0
Briefings0
Unearthly Beauty0
The Call of Engineering0
Language, Reimagined0
Turning Hard Problems into Post-quantum Solutions0
On the Hunt for Another Earth0
The Princess and the Philosopher0
Milestones in Deep Time0
Small Predator, Big Strategy0
Secrets Beyond the Sparkle0
Three Paths to Fusion Power0
Humbled by Evolution0
Relativity and the World of Molecules0
Hints of an Ancient Protoplanet Inside of Earth0
Consciousness: The Road to Reductionism0
A Frozen Window to the Universe0
Redefining Normal0
Alien Life Is No Joke0
In Sickness and in Health0
The Discovery of Dark Comets0
Briefings0
The Light We Shine Upon the Moon0
Briefings0
When the Body Turns on Itself0
Modeling Well0
Biology Is Not Binary0
The Public Lecture and Social Mobility0
Designing for Recycling0
Getting to the Heart with AI0
Getting Tough with Ionogels0
Creatures Both Serene and Deeply Strange0
Perfume or Noxious Fume?0
The Ancient Mississippi River’s Return0
Farming and the Risk of Flash Droughts0
What Causes the Color of Auroras?0
The Human Factor in Floods0
What Goes In Must Come Out0
Of Mouse Models and Humans0
Rethinking Research Impact0
Sweet Deceit0
Beautiful Armor0
Equitable Treatment0
Earth 2.0 Could Be Just Around the Corner0
Infinite Quest0
Collect New Data, Revise, Repeat0
The Dark Side of Light0
Wicked Crosswords0
Models and Mathematics: Q&A with Erica Thompson0
The Call of Science0
Little Things Do a Lot0
On a Wing and a Prayer?0
Self-Sterilizing Surfaces0
How People Decide to Trust in Science0
African Pygmy Hedgehog0
How the Transistor Shaped Music0
The Case for Quantity in Science Publishing0
Changing Forms0
A Revolutionary Drug to Treat and Prevent HIV Infection0
Engineering for Heat Waves0
To Fix the Brain, Look to Other Nerves0
Leaf Spotting0
Is Garlic Mustard an Invader or an Opportunist?0
A New Picture of Dinosaur Nesting Ecology0
Deepwater Hydrothermal Vents0
The Pinocchio Puzzle0
The Many Lives of Scientific Literacy0
Letters to the Editors0
When Art and Engineering Fold Together0
Estuaries Face a Stormy Future0
Field Experiences0
Retraction Reactions0
Balancing Hope and Reality0
How Herman Hollerith Counted America and the World0
When Ideology Eclipses Science0
Diversity from Isolation0
Paleoanthropology’s Superstar0
The Ecoacoustics of Forests0
Dandelions: Diuretics and Rubber0
Space Tourism0
Artificial Communication0
Deconstructing DNA Beyond the Helix0
Global Discourse on Science Communication0
Science Comics: Definitely Not Just for Kids0
Briefings0
Briefings0
Do You Know Where Your Satellite Is Tonight?0
The Power of Apples0
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