Citation success: Evidence from economic history journal publications

Abstract

This study analyses determinants of citation success among authors publishing in economic history journals. Bibliometric features, like article length and number of authors, are positively correlated with the citation rate up to a certain point. Remarkably, publishing in top-ranked journals hardly affects citations. In regard to author-specific characteristics, male authors, full professors and authors working economics or history departments, and authors employed in Anglo-Saxon countries, are more likely to get cited than others. As a 'shortcut' to citation success, we find that research diffusion, measured by number of presentations and people mentioned in acknowledgement, boosts the citation rate.

Cover Effects on Citations Uncovered: Evidence from Nature

“…Despite the abundance of citational data, relatively little progress has been made in understanding the determinants of citation flows. The relevant literature is fragmentary and not commensurate in volume to the practical relevance of the issue (e.g., 10,11,12,13,14). Since other aspects of research (such as originality and methodological rigour) are comparatively difficult to measure, understanding whether impact reflects some intrinsic quality of research would also provide insights about the extent to which citations can be considered an appropriate measure of quality of research.…”

Twenty years of successful papers in Global Change Biology

“…The geographical pattern in terms of country of corresponding author points to the fact that the proportion of English speaking countries was significantly higher for TOP10% papers (65% vs. 60%) whereas for TOP25 papers the proportion of other countries was higher (57% vs. 40%). We agree with Di Vaio et al (2012) that coauthored articles are a factor of success, but disagree in respect to article length. To conclude, the success of GCB and its TOP10% papers may be linked to more interdisciplinary and international papers with more authors involved.…”

“…Similarly to Laurance et al (2013), who studied the longterm publication success of biologists, we found that language had no discernable effects. We agree with Di Vaio et al (2012) that coauthored articles are a factor of success, but disagree in respect to article length.…”

Let the best story win – evaluation of the most cited business history articles

“…Web of Science was used as the major source for the sample in this study. In most cases the bibliometric analyses have concentrated on readily measurable quantitative qualifiers, such as number of citations, article length, and the number of authors (Judge and al., 2007;Di Vaio, Waldenström, and Weisdorf, 2012). Only rarely have the contents of the articles been analysed in greater detail in an attempt to ascertain what qualities make an article useful or important enough to be cited (see also Stremersch, Verniers, and Verhoef, 2007).…”