Which older publications are still highly cited in the field of bibliometrics? Contemporary bibliometric citation classics

Li Li (), Jiandong Zhang (), Liying Yang () and Ronald Rousseau ()
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Li Li: National Science Library, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jiandong Zhang: National Science Library, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Liying Yang: National Science Library, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Ronald Rousseau: University of Antwerp

Scientometrics, 2024, vol. 129, issue 8, No 17, 5037-5046

Abstract: Abstract We find out which older publications (defined here as published before 1991) are nowadays, i.e. during the period [2013–2022], the most cited in leading bibliometric journals. It is found that Small’s article on co-citation analysis is the most-cited one in these journals, followed by Garfield’s “Citation Analysis as a Tool in Journal Evaluation” and Merton’s article on the Matthew Effect. As expected, also Price figures prominently among colleagues with older, highly-cited publications. Moreover, we performed the same exercise for citations received during the period [2003–2012] and compared the corresponding top twenty lists as a study in the obsolescence of a group of older publications.

Keywords: Most-cited; Citation classics; Obsolescence (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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