Journal of Informetrics

2007 - 2025

Current editor(s): Leo Egghe

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Volume 19, issue 2, 2025

Investigating the research output of institutions

Wolfgang G. Stock, Gerhard Reichmann and Christian Schlögl

Forecasting topic trends of blockchain utilizing topic modeling and deep learning-based time-series prediction on different document types

Yejin Park, Seonkyu Lim, Changdai Gu, Arida Ferti Syafiandini and Min Song

Distinguishing articles in questionable and non-questionable psychology journals using quantitative indicators associated with quality

Dimity Stephen

Two separated worlds: On the preference of influence in life science and biomedical research

Zuguang Gu

Acknowledging the new invisible colleague: Addressing the recognition of Open AI contributions in in scientific publishing

Juan Gorraiz

A measure and the related models for characterizing the usage of academic journal

Lili Qiao, Star X. Zhao, Yutong Ji and Wu Li

Avoiding the pitfalls of direct linkage: A novelty-driven approach to measuring scientific impact on patents

Nils M. Denter, Joe Waterstraat and Martin G. Moehrle

Sequential citation counts prediction enhanced by dynamic contents

Guoxiu He, Sichen Gu, Zhikai Xue, Yufeng Duan and Xiaomin Zhu

Identifying potential sleeping beauties based on dynamic time warping algorithm and citation curve benchmarking

Zewen Hu, Yu Chen and Jingjing Cui

New paper-by-paper classification for Scopus based on references reclassified by the origin of the papers citing them

Jesús M. Álvarez-Llorente, Vicente P. Guerrero-Bote and Félix Moya-Anegón

The triangle of biomedicine framework to analyze the impact of citations on the dissemination of categories in the PubMed database

Gerson Pech, Aleksandra Mreła, Veslava Osińska and Oleksandr Sokolov

Multi-agent simulation of team stability evolution: A complexity science perspective

Liang Yaqi, Hou Guisheng and Jiang Xiujuan

Navigating disruptions: The effects of the pandemic on scientific collaboration and research novelty in Hong Kong

Rong Ni and Jue Wang

Researching deeply or broadly? The effects of scientists’ research strategies on disruptive performance over their careers

Weiyi Ao, Libo Sheng, Xuanmin Ruan, Dongqing Lyu, Jiang Li and Ying Cheng

Hyperprolific authorship: Unveiling the extent of extreme publishing in the ‘publish or perish’ era

Giovanni Abramo and Ciriaco Andrea D'Angelo

How do academic gatherings promote knowledge production and dissemination?

Li Hou and Ruilu Yang

A simple equation for rank-citation profiles

Y.C. Tay, Akarsh Srivastava, Mostafa Rezazad and Hamid Sarbazi-Azad

Annotating scientific uncertainty: A comprehensive model using linguistic patterns and comparison with existing approaches

Panggih Kusuma Ningrum, Philipp Mayr, Nina Smirnova and Iana Atanassova

Is higher team gender diversity correlated with better scientific impact?

Chengzhi Zhang, Jiaqi Zeng and Yi Zhao

The role of preprints in open science: Accelerating knowledge transfer from science to technology

Zhiqi Wang, Yue Chen and Chun Yang

Understanding knowledge growth in scientific collaboration process: Evidence from NSFC projects

Zhizhen Yao, Xiaoming Huang, Haochen Song, Guoyang Rong and Feicheng Ma

A large-scale temporal analysis of scientific production across disciplines and countries

Irene Finocchi, Andrea Ribichini and Marco Schaerf

Response to “Conclusions need to follow from supporting results” by Haunschild and Bornmann

Xing Wang

Measuring knowledge complexity in the biomedical domain based on a question-method knowledge representation model

Ming Ma, Jin Mao, Zhentao Liang, Zhejun Zheng and Gang Li

Understanding the formation and dissolution of interdisciplinary teamwork networks: A comprehensive framework study of network structure, subject characteristics, and link attributes

Junwan Liu, Zhuoran Tang, Xiaoyun Gong, Xiaofei Guo and Luyao Zhang

Volume 19, issue 1, 2025

An empirical study of retractions due to honest errors: Exploring the relationship between error types and author teams

Dong Wang and Sihan Chen

Knowledge substitutability and complementarity in scientific collaboration

Kexin Lin, Beibei Hu, Zixun Li, Yi Bu and Xianlei Dong

How does Nobel prize awarding shift the research topics of Nobelists’ coauthors and non-coauthors?

Xin Xie, Jin Mao and Jiang Li

Quantification and identification of authorial writing style through higher-order text network modeling and analysis

Hongzhong Deng, Chengxing Wu, Bingfeng Ge and Hongqian Wu

Metrics fraud on ResearchGate

Savina Kirilova and Fred Zoepfl

The disruption index suffers from citation inflation: Re-analysis of temporal CD trend and relationship with team size reveal discrepancies

Alexander Michael Petersen, Felber J. Arroyave and Fabio Pammolli

Early identification of breakthrough technologies: Insights from science-driven innovations

Dan Wang, Xiao Zhou, Pengwei Zhao, Juan Pang and Qiaoyang Ren

Citation recommendation based on argumentative zoning of user queries

Shutian Ma, Chengzhi Zhang, Heng Zhang and Zheng Gao

Deep learning meets bibliometrics: A survey of citation function classification

Yang Zhang, Yufei Wang, Quan Z. Sheng, Lina Yao, Haihua Chen, Kai Wang, Adnan Mahmood, Wei Emma Zhang, Munazza Zaib, Subhash Sagar and Rongying Zhao

Collaborating with top scientists may not improve paper novelty: A causal analysis based on the propensity score matching method

Linlin Ren, Lei Guo, Hui Yu, Feng Guo, Xinhua Wang and Xiaohui Han

Conclusions need to follow from supporting results

Robin Haunschild and Lutz Bornmann

The effects of scientific collaboration network structures on impact and innovation: A perspective from project teams

Zhifeng Liu, Chenlin Wang and Jinqing Yang

Scientific knowledge role transition prediction from a knowledge hierarchical structure perspective

Jinqing Yang and Jiming Hu

Technological recombinant strategy and breakthrough innovation of team: The moderating role of science linkage

Tao Wang, Jiajie Wang, Jing Shi, Jianjun Sun and Lele Kang

Inter- and intra-domain knowledge flows: Examining their relationship with impact at the field level over time

Giovanni Abramo and Ciriaco Andrea D'Angelo

Gender differences in dropout rate: From field, career status, and generation perspectives

Yunhan Yang, Chenwei Zhang, Huimin Xu, Yi Bu, Meijun Liu and Ying Ding

Leveraging patent classification based on deep learning: The case study on smart cities and industrial Internet of Things

Munan Li and Liang Wang

Linkages among science, technology, and industry on the basis of main path analysis

Shuo Xu, Zhen Liu, Xin An, Hong Wang and Hongshen Pang

Citation counts and inclusion of references in seven free-access scholarly databases: A comparative analysis

Lorena Delgado-Quirós and José Luis Ortega

A comprehensive comparative analysis of publication monopoly phenomenon in scientific journals

Chengjun Zhang, ZhengJu Ren, Gaofeng Xiang, Wenbin Yu, Zeyu Xu, Jin Liu and Yadang Chen

Corrigendum to “A framework armed with node dynamics for predicting technology convergence” [Journal of Informetrics 18 (2024) 101583]

Guancan Yang, Jiaxin Xing, Shuo Xu and Yuntian Zhao

Unveiling intrinsic interactions of science and technology in artificial intelligence using a network portrait divergence approach

Kai Meng, Zhichao Ba, Chunying Wang and Gang Li

Evolution and effect of meeting abstracts in JCR journals

David Melero-Fuentes, Remedios Aguilar-Moya, Juan-Carlos Valderrama-Zurián and Juan Gorraiz

Integrating persistence process into the analysis of technology convergence using STERGM

Guancan Yang, Di Liu, Ling Chen and Kun Lu

A Dirichlet-Multinomial mixture model of Statistical Science: Mapping the shift of a paradigm

Massimo Bilancia and Rade Dačević

Integration vs segregation: Network analysis of interdisciplinarity in funded and unfunded research on infectious diseases

Anbang Du, Michael Head and Markus Brede

The inter-institutional and intra-institutional multi-affiliation authorships in the scientific papers produced by the well-ranked universities

Chi-shiou Lin, Mu-hsuan Huang and Dar-zen Chen

Collaboration networks and radical innovation: Two faces of tie strength and structural holes

Jia Zhang, Jian Wang, Jos Winnink and Simcha Jong

Study on the predictability of new topics of scholars: A machine learning-based approach using knowledge networks

Zhixiang Wu, Hucheng Jiang, Lianjie Xiao, Hao Wang and Jin Mao