Landmark papers written by the Nobelists in physics from 1901 to 2012: a bibliometric analysis of their citations and journals

Zhiwei Zhou, Rui Xing, Jing Liu () and Feiyue Xing ()
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Zhiwei Zhou: Jinan University
Rui Xing: Lanzhou University School of Life Sciences
Jing Liu: Jinan University School of Medicine
Feiyue Xing: Jinan University

Scientometrics, 2014, vol. 100, issue 2, No 2, 329-338

Abstract: Abstract We collected 382 landmark papers written by 193 Nobel Laureates in physics from 1901 to 2012 and used bibliometric methods, citation frequencies, impact factor (IF), and tendency of the landmark journals to analyze their contents. The results show: (1) Of landmark papers published during 1980–2009, 74.7 % were cited more than 500 times. Average citation frequencies and proportion of highly cited papers were higher for theoretic discoveries than for experimental methods. However, the proportion of highly cited papers in both domains was lower than for an invention. The average test period for the latter was markedly shorter too. (2) Landmark papers by Nobelists were mainly published in journals with IF from 5.0 to 10.0, but journals below IF 5.0 ranked first among all landmark journals. (3) As to countries where landmark papers were published, the Netherlands ranked at the top of the countries with the most landmark journals, besides the United States and England. In addition, the majority of landmark papers written by non-mainstream countries’ Nobelists were published in foreign journals with IF

Keywords: Nobel prize; Citation; Distribution; Characteristics; Bibliometric; Analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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