How can revivals of scientific publications be explained using bibliometric methods? A case study discovering booster papers for the 1985 Physics Nobel Prize paper

Robin Haunschild (), Werner Marx and Jürgen Weis
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Robin Haunschild: Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research
Werner Marx: Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research
Jürgen Weis: Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research

Scientometrics, 2024, vol. 129, issue 2, No 17, 1079-1095

Abstract: Abstract The unusual citation profile of the 1985 Physics Nobel Prize paper has been analyzed. The number of citing papers per year exhibits a maximum of 123 citations in the mid-1980s and increases to more than 200 citations about two decades later. The publication set of the citing papers was analyzed in terms of co-authorships and research topics. The USA and (more recently) the People’s Republic of China appear prominently among the countries of the citing authors. A keyword analysis of the citing papers revealed research dealing with topological insulators as one of the major newly evolving research topics. An analysis of the co-cited papers has been performed via reference publication year spectroscopy (RPYS). The most-frequently co-cited papers (the peak papers of the RPYS spectrogram) were identified and discussed. As a result, we found two primary booster papers and three secondary booster papers that renewed the interest in the 1985 Physics Nobel Prize paper.

Keywords: Bibliometrics; 1985 Physics Nobel Prize paper; Booster paper; Quantum Hall effect; RPYS (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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