Citations remain a prime, yet controversial, measure of academic performance. Ideally, how
often a paper is cited should solely depend on the quality of the science reported therein …

In spite of previous research demonstrating the risks involved, and counsel against the
practice as early as 1997, some research evaluations continue to use journal impact alone …

Although scientometricians have focused on the strength of the citation impact of scientific
publications, only a few have paid special attention to the width of the citation impact. In this …

This study investigates a range of metrics available when an article is published to see
which metrics associate with its eventual citation count. The purposes are to contribute to …

Citation analysis is an increasingly common way to evaluate research impact. However,
there seems to be a general lack of understanding of how different data sources and citation …

The citation impact of a scientific publication is usually seen as a one-dimensional concept.
We introduce a multidimensional framework for characterizing the citation impact of a …

Bibliometric quantification is frequently used as metrics for the evaluation of the scientific
performance of researchers and institutions. The researchers' merit is usually assessed by …

The purpose of this paper is to update the review of Bornmann and Daniel (J Doc 64 (1): 45–
80, 2008) presenting a narrative review of studies on citations in scientific documents. The …

This study explores the relationship between interdisciplinarity and the citation impact of
highly cited papers. In this paper, interdisciplinarity is investigated by comparing the …

Although citations are widely used to measure the influence of scientific works, research
shows that many citations serve rhetorical functions and reflect little-to-no influence on the …