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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)
ArticleCitations
Innovation Using History8
Science and Engineering as Puzzle Solving7
The Wicked Problem of Transitioning to Renewable Energy6
The Right Mount6
My Science Is Important5
Teams of Rivals3
Evolution and the Flexible Organism3
A Life of Purpose3
A Hidden Life of Research3
The Art of Turbulence3
Gambling Lessons2
Open Flow2
The Orbit of the Moon2
Infrastructure in Service to Well-Being2
Reading Mathematics2
“Why Are We Funding This?”1
The Inevitably Incomplete Story of Human Evolution1
Sea Turtle Files1
Uncovering Nanostructures1
Dynamic Science1
Rumors Have Rules1
Guideposts for Regeneration1
Uncovering Ancient Corrections1
Gliflozins for Diabetes: From Bark to Bench to Bedside1
Briefings1
Going with the Flow1
Systematizing Scents1
Artificial Communication1
Do Swimming Animals Mix the Ocean?1
The World Needs Wicked Scientists1
Psychedelics Move Toward Mainstream Medicine1
Modeling a Greener Future1
Getting That Glow0
African Pygmy Hedgehog0
Equitable Treatment0
Indexing the Information Age0
Lemurs in Context0
Annus Mirabilis0
Reconsidering Our Soundscapes0
A Landscape of Fear of Humans0
In the Modern Agora0
The Science of Better Choices0
When Ideology Eclipses Science0
Museums of Bridges0
Gears Drive the World0
Secrets Beyond the Sparkle0
The Beauty of Threes0
A Revolutionary Drug to Treat and Prevent HIV Infection0
Letters to the Editors0
When the Body Turns on Itself0
From Motion to Emotion0
Pulling Back the Cosmic Veil0
How the Transistor Shaped Music0
Gateway Moon-Orbiting Outpost0
Inquiring Minds0
Is There an AI Metrics Mirage?0
The Water Cycle on Overdrive0
Getting to the Heart with AI0
Cancer Fiends for Fructose0
Exemplary Science0
Briefings0
Hints of an Ancient Protoplanet Inside of Earth0
Unrepresentative Meteorites0
Milestones in Deep Time0
A New Kind of Space Mission0
The Flow of Time and Magma0
It Takes a Whole School0
Briefings0
CAUTION: Nerdiness Ahead0
Estuaries Face a Stormy Future0
The House Always Wins0
Briefings0
Taking Human Variety Seriously0
A Reluctant Nobelist0
Cooperative Carnivores in the Fossil Record0
Tiny Lights in the Brain's Black Box0
Briefings0
Farming and the Risk of Flash Droughts0
The Brain Cartographer0
A Sense of Direction (Masthead)0
Vital Signs0
Group Singing Logistics0
Putting Eggs in Many Baskets0
Inspiring Environments0
The Light We Shine Upon the Moon0
Serval0
When Sharks Eat an Angler’s Haul0
Approximating Reality0
A New System for Disaster Research0
What Goes In Must Come Out0
Crossroads of Science and Fiction0
Cosmos Ex Machina0
Wildlife Surveys Out of Thin Air0
Global Discourse on Science Communication0
Heroism's Roots0
A Subtle Apocalypse0
AI and Responsible Authorship0
The American Inventor of Modern Thermodynamics0
Do You Wanna Dance?0
Baby Talk0
Growing the Great Green Wall0
A Brave New Robotic World0
A Lunar Farside Radio Telescope0
Writing to Facilitate Reading0
Climate Disclosure Conundrum0
(Don’t) Shut Your π-Hole0
The Case for Quantity in Science Publishing0
Letters to the Editors0
Briefings0
Beyond the Honeybee0
What is Convergence Science?0
The Call of Engineering0
The Public Lecture and Social Mobility0
Variants of SARS-CoV-20
Mosquitoes’ Hothouse Potential0
The Power of Data Literacy0
Letters To The Editor0
The Mechanics of Voice0
Building with Nature0
A Thriving Innovation Ecosystem0
Leaf Spotting0
Pyrocene Park0
Cosmic Detectives0
Operational Oceanography0
The Push and Pull of Friction0
Escaping AI’s Magic Black Box0
Of Mouse Models and Humans0
Inspired by Immunity0
Briefings0
Bias Optimizers0
Briefings0
From Flu Season to Fire Season0
The Enduring Legacy of the Maya0
Perfume or Noxious Fume?0
Models and Mathematics: Q&A with Erica Thompson0
A New Picture of Dinosaur Nesting Ecology0
What It Means to Be Real0
Paleoanthropology’s Superstar0
Ballparks Physics0
Understanding Consciousness0
Talk It Out0
Rapid Evolution0
A Frozen Window to the Universe0
The Genes Behind Ecosystems0
Roaming Rocks0
Infinite Quest0
COVID-19 and Loss of Brain Mass0
Balancing Hope and Reality0
Exoplanet Atmosphere Modeler0
Living in an Age of Extremes0
Wicked Crosswords0
A Deep Dive into Innovation0
Dealing with Uncertainty0
The History of Vaccine Uptake in Taiwan0
How Bacterial Pathogens Emerge0
Briefings0
Mud Acoustics0
Glitching Out0
Research Pays Off0
The Human Factor in Floods0
Body Parts, Reimagined0
Taking Chances in the Cosmos0
Rethinking Adult ADHD0
Impossible Decisions0
Gas Dynamics of Solar and Stellar Winds0
Mercury's Mountains0
The Dark Side of Light0
The Chemistry of Dahlia Flower Colors0
"A Pixel Is <em>Not</em> a Little Square!"0
The Unlikely Primeval Sky0
Wearable, Wireless Electronics0
Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover0
Sweet Deceit0
Sculpting Science0
The Emergence of Directed Evolution0
First Principles and Beyond0
How Hummingbirds Budget Nighttime Energy0
Fixing Joints That Appear Beyond Repair0
Human Influence0
How Glyphosate Cropped Up0
Is Garlic Mustard an Invader or an Opportunist?0
The Art and Science of Manipulative Language0
Turning Hard Problems into Post-quantum Solutions0
Briefings0
The Discovery of the Shark's Electric Sense0
Life's Variety0
The Call of Science0
Creatures Both Serene and Deeply Strange0
The Struggle Against Oneself0
Relativity and the World of Molecules0
Nonantibiotic Medications May Help Fight Superbugs0
Strangers Among Us0
To Save Society from Digital Tech, Enable Scrutiny of Policy Implementation0
Hidden Genius0
Briefings0
Fossils Saved by Fool’s Gold0
Welcome to Jurassic Skye0
Letters to the Editors0
Seasons of Change0
Reef Health from Space0
In the Thick of It0
Ancient DNA0
Chemistry's Curly Arrow Hits 1000
On the Hunt for Another Earth0
A Curator's Tour Through Fly Collections0
Bookcases and Bedpans0
Do You Know Where Your Satellite Is Tonight?0
Briefings0
Breeding Better Enzymes0
The Myxomycetes: Nature’s Quick-Change Artists0
Getting the Point Across0
Designing for Recycling0
BOOK EXCERPT: How to Kill an Asteroid: The Real Science of Planetary Defense0
Space Tourism0
Trap-Free Solar Cells0
A Quantum History of Space-Time0
Unlocking Joint Pain with Microscale Devices0
Alien Life Is No Joke0
A Mathematician Vanishes0
What's in the Smell of First Rain?0
Little Things Do a Lot0
The Math of Beach Pebble Formation0
Briefings0
The Manipulative Side of Chatbots and AI0
Briefings0
Letters0
Unearthly Beauty0
Earth 2.0 Could Be Just Around the Corner0
Briefings0
The Soil Contains Multitudes0
How People Decide to Trust in Science0
The Illustrated Brain0
How Herman Hollerith Counted America and the World0
Treating the Side Effects0
The Ecoacoustics of Forests0
Celebrating Science0
The Enduring Forest Gardens of the Ancient Maya0
Gentle Giants0
Reshaping Astronomy0
Science Comics: Definitely Not Just for Kids0
Field Experiences0
Coping with Conflict0
Building Better Growth Curves0
The Doors of Animal Perception0
To Fix the Brain, Look to Other Nerves0
On a Wing and a Prayer?0
Deepwater Hydrothermal Vents0
Deconstructing DNA Beyond the Helix0
The Many Lives of Scientific Literacy0
Convergent Engineering0
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