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2,000                              1,660                         1,615
1,500
cumulative1,000                                        1,182            1,013 1,081 1,159                       1,266
                                          958 1,028                                            893
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     0         568 510 528                                                                          687
                              361                                                                          572

        186 199                                                                                                               402 387
                                                                                                                       254 249
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                                                                                                                                                 108 67

        1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

        Figure 3. GSA Today science article citations per year. Total: 16,937. Google Scholar data, Jan. 2016.

                                                                                                                  Table 2. Number of
                                                                                                                science articles per year

                                                                                                    2015                 9

                                                                                                    2014               10

                                                                                                    2013                 8

                                                                                                    2012               11

                                                                                                    2011               14

                                                                                                    2010               11

                                                                                                    2009               10

                                                                                                    2008               10

                                                                                                    2007               10

                                                                                                    2006                 9

                                                                                                    2005               10

                                                                                                    2004                 8

                                                                                                    2003                 9

                                                                                                    2002               10

                                                                                                    2001               12

        Figure 4. April 1997 cover featuring the top-most cited                                     2000               12
         GSA Today science article of all time (828 citations).
                                                                                                    1999               11

                                                                                                    1998               13

                                                                                                    1997               11

                                                                                                    1996               11

                                                                                                    1995               11

                                                                                                    1994               11

                                                                                                    1993               11

                                                                                                    1992                 9

                                                                                                    1991               11

                                                                                                      Note: Total: 262;
                                                                                                    average: 10.48.

        Figure 5. July 2008 cover featuring the fastest to-press science article.

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