Networks of Scientific Papers: The pattern of bibliographic references indicates the nature of the scientific research front.

The Structure and Function of Complex Networks

Newman, M. E. J. (2003) · SIAM Review · doi:10.1137/s003614450342480 · Cited by 18,719

Community detection in graphs

Fortunato, S. (2010) · Physics Reports · doi:10.1016/j.physrep.2009.11.002 · Cited by 11,293

Complex networks: structure and dynamics

BOCCALETTI, S., LATORA, V, MORENO, Y., CHAVEZ, M., & HWANG, D. (2006) · Physics Reports · doi:10.1016/j.physrep.2005.10.009 · Cited by 11,010

Bibliometric Methods in Management and Organization

Zupic, I., & Čater, T. (2015) · Organizational Research Methods · doi:10.1177/1094428114562629 · Cited by 7,495

Finding community structure in very large networks

Clauset, A., Newman, M. E. J., & Moore, C. (2004) · Physical Review E · doi:10.1103/physreve.70.066111 · Cited by 7,390

Untitled work

Newman (2005) · doi:10.1080/00107510500052444 · Cited by 5,749

Maps of random walks on complex networks reveal community structure

Rosvall, M., & Bergstrom, C. T. (2008) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.0706851105 · Cited by 4,583

Citation Analysis as a Tool in Journal Evaluation: Journals can be ranked by frequency and impact of citations for science policy studies.

Garfield, E. (1972) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.178.4060.471 · Cited by 2,788

Searching for intellectual turning points: progressive knowledge domain visualization

Chen, C. (2004) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.0307513100 · Cited by 2,791

Cumulative Advantage/Disadvantage and the Life Course: Cross-Fertilizing Age and Social Science Theory

Dannefer, D. (2003) · The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences · doi:10.1093/geronb/58.6.s327 · Cited by 2,091

Cumulative Advantage as a Mechanism for Inequality: A Review of Theoretical and Empirical Developments

DiPrete, T. A., & Eirich, G. M. (2006) · Annual Review of Sociology · doi:10.1146/annurev.soc.32.061604.123127 · Cited by 2,069

The Wealth of Networks: How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom

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Growth rates of modern science: A bibliometric analysis based on the number of publications and cited references

Bornmann, L., & Mutz, R. (2015) · Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology · doi:10.1002/asi.23329 · Cited by 1,576

Science of science

Fortunato, S., Bergstrom, C. T., Börner, K., Evans, J. A., Helbing, D., Milojević, S., Petersen, A. M., Radicchi, F., Sinatra, R., Uzzi, B., et al. (2018) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.aao0185 · Cited by 1,497

Constructing bibliometric networks: A comparison between full and fractional counting

Perianes-Rodriguez, A., Waltman, L., & van Eck, N. J. (2016) · Journal of Informetrics · doi:10.1016/j.joi.2016.10.006 · Cited by 1,416

Web of Science as a Data Source for Research on Scientific and Scholarly Activity

Birkle, C., Pendlebury, D. A., Schnell, J., & Adams, J. (2020) · Quantitative Science Studies · doi:10.1162/qss_a_00018 · Cited by 1,283

Citations, Citation Indicators, and Research Quality: An Overview of Basic Concepts and Theories

Aksnes, D. W., Langfeldt, L., & Wouters, P. (2019) · Sage Open · doi:10.1177/2158244019829575 · Cited by 1,257

Organizing knowledge syntheses: A taxonomy of literature reviews

Cooper, H. M. (1988) · Knowledge in Society · doi:10.1007/bf03177550 · Cited by 1,014

A Review of Theory and Practice in Scientometrics

Mingers, J., & Leydesdorff, L. (2015) · European Journal of Operational Research · doi:10.1016/j.ejor.2015.04.002 · Cited by 1,002

Scale-Free Networks Are Rare

Broido, A. D., & Clauset, A. (2019) · Nature Communications · doi:10.1038/s41467-019-08746-5 · Cited by 875

The development of human functional brain networks

Power, J. D., Fair, D. A., Schlaggar, B. L., & Petersen, S. E. (2010) · Neuron · doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2010.08.017 · Cited by 751

Quantifying Long-Term Scientific Impact

Wang, D., Song, C., & Barabási, A.-L. (2013) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.1237825 · Cited by 753

Coevolution of Strategy and Structure in Complex Networks with Dynamical Linking

Pacheco, J. M., Traulsen, A., & Nowak, M. A. (2006) · Physical Review Letters · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.97.258103 · Cited by 697

GABAergic Hub Neurons Orchestrate Synchrony in Developing Hippocampal Networks

Bonifazi, P., Goldin, M., Picardo, M. A., Jorquera, I., Cattani, A., Bianconi, G., Represa, A., Ben-Ari, Y., & Cossart, R. (2009) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.1175509 · Cited by 695

Intrinsic vs. Image-Related Utility in Social Media: Why Do People Contribute Content to Twitter?

Toubia, O., & Stephen, A. T. (2013) · Marketing Science · doi:10.1287/mksc.2013.0773 · Cited by 484

Finding scientific gems with Google’s PageRank algorithm

Chen, P., Xie, H., Maslov, S., & Redner, S. (2007) · Journal of Informetrics · doi:10.1016/j.joi.2006.06.001 · Cited by 483

Citation Statistics from 110 Years of Physical Review

Redner, S. (2005) · Physics Today · doi:10.1063/1.1996475 · Cited by 426

Citation Indexing for Studying Science

GARFIELD, E. (1970) · Nature · doi:10.1038/227669a0 · Cited by 391

Electronic Publication and the Narrowing of Science and Scholarship

Evans, J. A. (2008) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.1150473 · Cited by 364

Theories of citation?

Leydesdorff, L. (1998) · Scientometrics · doi:10.1007/bf02458391 · Cited by 347

Men Set Their Own Cites High: Gender and Self-citation across Fields and over Time

King, M. M., Bergstrom, C. T., Correll, S. J., Jacquet, J., & West, J. D. (2017) · Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World · doi:10.1177/2378023117738903 · Cited by 275

Maximal planar networks with large clustering coefficient and power-law degree distribution

Zhou, T., Yan, G., & Wang, B.-H. (2005) · Physical Review E · doi:10.1103/physreve.71.046141 · Cited by 265

Configuring Random Graph Models with Fixed Degree Sequences

Fosdick, B. K., Larremore, D. B., Nishimura, J., & Ugander, J. (2018) · SIAM Review · doi:10.1137/16m1087175 · Cited by 246

Scientific communication: Its role in the conduct of research and creation of knowledge.

Garvey, W. D., & Griffith, B. C. (1971) · American Psychologist · doi:10.1037/h0032059 · Cited by 225

Artificial intelligence for Sustainable Development Goals : Bibliometric patterns and concept evolution trajectories

Singh, A., Kanaujia, A., Singh, V. K., & Vinuesa, R. (2024) · Sustainable Development · doi:10.1002/sd.2706 · Cited by 211

Using the Literature: Reference Networks, Reference Contexts, and the Social Structure of Scholarship

Hargens, L. L. (2000) · American Sociological Review · doi:10.2307/2657516 · Cited by 211

Annual research review: growth connectomics--the organization and reorganization of brain networks during normal and abnormal development

Vértes, P. E., & Bullmore, E. T. (2015) · Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry · doi:10.1111/jcpp.12365 · Cited by 197

The overview of reviews: Unique challenges and opportunities when research syntheses are the principal elements of new integrative scholarship.

Cooper, H., & Koenka, A. C. (2012) · American Psychologist · doi:10.1037/a0027119 · Cited by 196

From maps to multi-dimensional network mechanisms of mental disorders

Braun, U., Schaefer, A., Betzel, R. F., Tost, H., Meyer-Lindenberg, A., & Bassett, D. S. (2018) · Neuron · doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2017.11.007 · Cited by 177

Power laws in citation distributions: evidence from Scopus

Brzezinski, M. (2015) · Scientometrics · doi:10.1007/s11192-014-1524-z · Cited by 196

On the shoulders of Robert Merton: Towards a normative theory of citation

Small, H. (2004) · Scientometrics · doi:10.1023/b:scie.0000027310.68393.bc · Cited by 183

Professional and Citizen Bibliometrics: Complementarities and Ambivalences in the Development and Use of Indicators—a State-of-the-Art Report

Leydesdorff, L., Wouters, P., & Bornmann, L. (2016) · Scientometrics · doi:10.1007/s11192-016-2150-8 · Cited by 173

Modeling the Growth of Transportation Networks: A Comprehensive Review

Xie, F., & Levinson, D. (2009) · Networks and Spatial Economics · doi:10.1007/s11067-007-9037-4 · Cited by 163

Estimates of the Continuously Publishing Core in the Scientific Workforce

Ioannidis, J. P. A., Boyack, K. W., & Klavans, R. (2014) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0101698 · Cited by 160

Stochastic modeling of citation slips

Simkin, M. V., & Roychowdhury, V. P. (2005) · Scientometrics · doi:10.1007/s11192-005-0028-2 · Cited by 135

Representative Literature Reviews Using Constrained Snowball Sampling and Citation Network Analysis

Lecy, J. D., & Beatty, K. E. (2012) · doi:10.2139/ssrn.1992601 · Cited by 133

Public use and public funding of science

Yin, Y., Dong, Y., Wang, K., Wang, D., & Jones, B. F. (2022) · Nature Human Behaviour · doi:10.1038/s41562-022-01397-5 · Cited by 123

Digital competences, computer skills and information literacy in secondary education: mapping and visualization of trends and concepts

Stopar, K., & Bartol, T. (2019) · Scientometrics · doi:10.1007/s11192-018-2990-5 · Cited by 119

State-of-the-art in detecting academic plagiarism

Meuschke, N., & Gipp, B. (2013) · International Journal for Educational Integrity · doi:10.21913/ijei.v9i1.847 · Cited by 112

Can literature analysis identify innovation drivers in drug discovery?

Agarwal, P., & Searls, D. B. (2009) · Nature Reviews Drug Discovery · doi:10.1038/nrd2973 · Cited by 100

A mathematical theory of citing

Simkin, M. V., & Roychowdhury, V. P. (2007) · Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology · doi:10.1002/asi.20653 · Cited by 93

The memory of science: Inflation, myopia, and the knowledge network

Pan, R. K., Petersen, A. M., Pammolli, F., & Fortunato, S. (2018) · Journal of Informetrics · doi:10.1016/j.joi.2018.06.005 · Cited by 79

POWER LAW RELATIONS IN SCIENCE BIBLIOGRAPHY—A SELF‐CONSISTENT INTERPRETATION

NARANAN, S. (1971) · Journal of Documentation · doi:10.1108/eb026510 · Cited by 72

Alzheimer's disease digital biomarkers multidimensional landscape and AI model scoping review

Qi, W., Zhu, X., Wang, B., Shi, Y., Dong, C., Shen, S., Li, J., Zhang, K., He, Y., Zhao, M., et al. (2025) · npj Digital Medicine · doi:10.1038/s41746-025-01640-z · Cited by 78

Temporal patterns of genes in scientific publications

Pfeiffer, T., & Hoffmann, R. (2007) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.0701315104 · Cited by 64

The aging of scientific literature: A citation analysis

GRIFFITH, B. C., SERVI, P. N., ANKER, A. L., & CARL DROTT, M. (1979) · Journal of Documentation · doi:10.1108/eb026679 · Cited by 66

Donald Campbell's Model of the Creative Process: Creativity as Blind Variation and Selective Retention

SIMONTON, D. K. (1998) · The Journal of Creative Behavior · doi:10.1002/j.2162-6057.1998.tb00812.x · Cited by 59

Generative models of rich clubs in Hebbian neuronal networks and large-scale human brain networks

Vértes, P. E., Alexander-Bloch, A., & Bullmore, E. T. (2014) · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences · doi:10.1098/rstb.2013.0531 · Cited by 50

CITATION ANALYSIS

MARTYN, J. (1975) · Journal of Documentation · doi:10.1108/eb026610 · Cited by 43

The geography of references in elite articles: Which countries contribute to the archives of knowledge?

Bornmann, L., Wagner, C., & Leydesdorff, L. (2018) · PLOS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0194805 · Cited by 39

Citing for high impact

Shi, X., Leskovec, J., & McFarland, D. A. (2010) · Proceedings of the 10th annual joint conference on Digital libraries · doi:10.1145/1816123.1816131 · Cited by 36

Bibliometric Indicators: Why Do We Need More than One?

Setti, G. (2013) · IEEE Access · doi:10.1109/access.2013.2261115 · Cited by 31

CITATIONS, OBSOLESCENCE, ENDURING ARTICLES, AND MULTIPLE AUTHORSHIPS

CAWKELL, A. E. (1976) · Journal of Documentation · doi:10.1108/eb026615 · Cited by 29

What drives the growth of black holes: A decade of progress

Alexander, D. M., Hickox, R. C., Aird, J., Combes, F., Costa, T., Habouzit, M., Harrison, C. M., Leng, R. I., Morabito, L. K., Uckelman, S. L., et al. (2025) · New Astronomy Reviews · doi:10.1016/j.newar.2025.101733 · Cited by 18

BUILDING THE YOUTH MENTORING KNOWLEDGE BASE: PUBLISHING TRENDS AND COAUTHORSHIP NETWORKS

Blakeslee, J. E., & Keller, T. E. (2012) · Journal of Community Psychology · doi:10.1002/jcop.21494 · Cited by 17

The Evolution and Future Prospects of China’s Wave Energy Policy from the Perspective of Renewable Energy: Facing Problems, Governance Optimization and Effectiveness Logic

Qi, M., Dai, X., Zhang, B., Li, J., & Liu, B. (2023) · Sustainability · doi:10.3390/su15043274 · Cited by 11

Growth rates of modern science: A bibliometric analysis based on the number of publications and cited references

Bornmann, L., & Mutz, R. (2014) · arXiv · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1402.4578 · Cited by 11