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The decline in the concentration of citations, 1900–2007

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Larivière, Vincent, Gingras, Yves, Archambault, Éric·2009·Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
DOI 10.1002/asi.21011
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This article challenges recent research (Evans, 2008) reporting that the concentration of cited scientific literature increases with the online availability of articles and journals. Using Thomson Reuters' Web of Science, the present article analyses changes in the concentration of citations received (2‐ and 5‐year citation windows) by papers published between 1900 and 2005. Three measures of concentration are used: the percentage of papers that received at least one citation (cited papers); the percentage of papers needed to account for 20%, 50%, and 80% of the citations; and the Herfindahl‐Hirschman index (HHI). These measures are used for four broad disciplines: natural sciences and engineering, medical fields, social sciences, and the humanities. All these measures converge and show that, contrary to what was reported by Evans, the dispersion of citations is actually increasing.

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Authors
Larivière, V., Gingras, Y., & Archambault, É.
Affiliations
Université du Québec à Montréal (CA)
Corresponding author
  • Larivière, Vincent
  • Gingras, Yves
  • Archambault, Éric
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Venue
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2009-01-29
Volume
60
Issue
4
Pages
858-862
ISSN
  • 1532-2882 (ISSN-L)
  • 1532-2890
DOI
10.1002/asi.21011
OpenAlex
W2950319932
Cited by
177
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21
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FWCI
9.95
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (publishedVersion)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • Papyrus : Institutional Repository (Université de Montréal) (submittedVersion)
  • Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology (cc-by)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Library and Information Sciences › scientometrics and bibliometrics research
  • Social Sciences › Library and Information Sciences › Academic Publishing and Open Access
  • Social Sciences › Library and Information Sciences › Library Science and Information
Keywords
citation concentration, scientific publications, Web of Science, Herfindahl-Hirschman index, citation window, disciplinary differences, natural sciences and engineering, medical sciences

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