Growth and Decay Curves in Scientific Citations

MacRae, Duncan

doi:10.2307/2092300

Cited by 60 publications

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“…On a very basic level, year of publication is important; ceteris paribus older articles are cited more than younger ones (e.g., Bergh, et al, 2006;Colquitt & Zapata-Phelan, 2007;Judge, et al, 2007), though changing trends in knowledge contribution may affect citation decay (Macrae, 1969). The number of authors on an article also contributes to citation rates (Aksnes, 2003;Judge, et al, 2007).…”

Section: Determinants Of Citationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

What makes articles highly cited?

Antonakis

Bastardoz

Liu

et al. 2014

The Leadership Quarterly

109

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We examined drivers of article citations using 776 articles that were published from 1990-2012 in a broad-based and high-impact social sciences journal, The Leadership Quarterly. These articles had 1,191 unique authors having published and received in total (at the time of their most recent article published in our dataset) 16,817 articles and 284,777 citations, respectively. Our models explained 66.6% of the variance in citations and showed that quantitative, review, method, and theory articles were significantly more cited than were qualitative articles or agentbased simulations. As concerns quantitative articles, which constituted the majority of the sample, our model explained 80.3% of the variance in citations; some methods (e.g., use of SEM) and designs (e.g., meta-analysis), as well as theoretical approaches (e.g., use of transformational, charismatic, or visionary type-leadership theories) predicted higher article citations. Regarding the statistical conclusion validity of quantitative articles, articles having endogeneity threats received significantly fewer citations than did those using a more robust design or an estimation procedure that ensured correct causal estimation. We make several general recommendations on how to improve research practice and article citations.

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Section: Determinants Of Citationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

What makes articles highly cited?

Antonakis

Bastardoz

Liu

et al. 2014

The Leadership Quarterly

109

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“…First, an organization's role in research changes over time because there is a research cycle. 9,10 Those resources that are needed for a newly created specialty are different than those needed for longstanding mature fields. This suggests that the organizational context of research might change as a result.…”

Section: Field Of Biomedical Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

Institutional origins of health care–associated infection knowledge: Lessons from an analysis of articles about methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus published in leading biomedical journals from 1960-2009

Rojas¹,

Byrd²,

Saint³

2015

American Journal of Infection Control

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“…Either one connects data points through line intervals, leading to a polygonal line, or one tries to find a best-fitting curve according to some model. Here, an exponential curve, a power function (including a straight line) or a logistic curve are the most applied models (MacRae, 1969;Cano and Lind, 1991;Egghe and Rao, 1992). Note that such best-fitting models are usually chosen to be differentiable functions, which makes these functions even more suitable for a treatment using the methods of calculus.…”

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A continuous description of discrete data points in informetrics

Liu

Rousseau

2012

Aslib Proceedings

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Purpose -The paper aims to propose the use of spline functions for the description and visualization of discrete informetric data. Design/methodology/approach -Interpolating cubic splines: are interpolating functions (they pass through the given data points); are cubic, i.e. are polynomials of third degree; have first and second derivatives in the data points, implying that they connect data points in a smooth way; satisfy a best-approximation property which tends to reduce curvature. These properties are illustrated in the paper using real citation data. Findings -The paper reveals that calculating splines yields a differentiable function that still captures small but real changes. It offers a middle way between connecting discrete data by line segments and providing an overall best-fitting curve.Research limitations/implications -The major disadvantage of the use of splines is that accurate data are essential. Practical implications -Spline functions can be used for illustrative as well as modelling purposes. Originality/value -Splines have hardly ever been used or studied in the information sciences.

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Growth and Decay Curves in Scientific Citations

Cited by 60 publications

References 9 publications

What makes articles highly cited?

What makes articles highly cited?

Institutional origins of health care–associated infection knowledge: Lessons from an analysis of articles about methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus published in leading biomedical journals from 1960-2009

A continuous description of discrete data points in informetrics

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