BACKGROUND The increasing availability of digital data on scholarly inputs and outputs—
from research funding, productivity, and collaboration to paper citations and scientist mobility …

The science of science (SOS) is a rapidly developing field which aims to understand,
quantify and predict scientific research and the resulting outcomes. The problem is …

The impact of individual scientists is commonly quantified using citation-based measures.
The most common such measure is the h-index. A scientist's h-index affects hiring …

INTRODUCTION In most areas of human performance, from sport to engineering, the path to
a major accomplishment requires a steep learning curve and long practice. Science is not …

Traditionally, the success of a researcher is assessed by the number of publications he or
she publishes in peer-reviewed, indexed, high impact journals. This essential yardstick …

The Matthew effect describes the phenomenon that in societies, the rich tend to get richer
and the potent even more powerful. It is closely related to the concept of preferential …

Complex networks have emerged as a simple yet powerful framework to represent and
analyze a wide range of complex systems. The problem of ranking the nodes and the edges …

Reputation is an important social construct in science, which enables informed quality
assessments of both publications and careers of scientists in the absence of complete …

Vast numbers of scientific articles are published each year, some of which attract
considerable attention, and some of which go almost unnoticed. Here, we investigate …

Identifying important scholarly literature at an early stage is vital to the academic research
community and other stakeholders such as technology companies and government bodies …