What are highly cited publications? A method applied to German scientific papers, 1980–1989

W Glänzel and Czerwon H-J

Research Evaluation, 1992, vol. 2, issue 3, 135-141

Abstract: In this study a paper is considered highly cited if it has received at least k citations, and the number of citations is at least k times the mean citation rate of the journal in which the paper was published. This is a special case of the method of Characteristic Scores and Scales which has been used in earlier papers in connection with journal and subfield analyses. To obtain a reasonable group size k = 10 is chosen. The requirement of subject independence and time invariance for the share of highly cited papers in a given set is demonstrated based on the complete data set of the Science Citation Index for the ten-year period 1980–1989. The method is applied to those papers which have been published by at least one (West) German (co-)author from 1980 to 1989. Detailed statistics on subject profiles, international collaboration, regional and institutional distribution are included in the discussion. Copyright , Beech Tree Publishing.

Date: 1992
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