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The rise and rise of citation analysis
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It is a sobering fact that some 90% of papers that have been published in academic journals are never cited. Indeed, as many as 50% of papers are never read by anyone other than their authors, referees and journal editors. We know this thanks to citation analysis, a branch of information science in which researchers study the way articles in a scholarly field are accessed and referenced by others.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Meho, L. I.
- Affiliations
- Indiana University Bloomington (US)
- Corresponding author
- Meho, Lokman I
- ORCID
- Meho, Lokman I
- Venue
- Physics World
- Publisher
- IOP Publishing
- Published
- 2007-01
- Volume
- 20
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 32-36
- ISSN
- 0953-8585 (ISSN-L)
- 2058-7058
- OpenAlex
- W1517593287
- Cited by
- 371
- References
- 45
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 13 · 2023: 20 · 2022: 13 · 2021: 24 · 2020: 29 · 2019: 14 · 2018: 16 · 2017: 28 · 2016: 28 · 2015: 30 · 2014: 24 · 2013: 13 · 2012: 14
- FWCI
- 27.04
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- other-oa
- Locations
- Physics World (publishedVersion, other-oa)
- E-LIS Repository (University of Naples Federico II) (acceptedVersion)
- UA Campus Repository (The University of Arizona) (acceptedVersion)
- CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research) (submittedVersion)
- Hispana (submittedVersion, public-domain)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Library and Information Sciences › scientometrics and bibliometrics research
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Web visibility and informetrics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Psychology Research and Bibliometrics
- Keywords
- citation analysis, scholarly impact, citation counts, scientific journals, research evaluation, information science
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