Quantifying the long-term influence of scientific publications

Open Access
Authors
Publication date 08-2019
Host editors
  • G. Catalano
  • C. Daraio
  • M. Gregori
  • H.F. Moed
  • G. Ruocco
Book title 17th International Conference on Scientometrics & Informetrics
Book subtitle ISSI2019 : with a special STI indicators conference track : 2-5 September 2019, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy : proceedings
ISBN (electronic)
  • 9788833811185
Event 17th International Conference on Scientometrics and Informetrics, ISSI 2019
Volume | Issue number 1
Pages (from-to) 1301-1306
Number of pages 6
Publisher Roma: Edizioni Efesto
Organisations
  • Interfacultary Research - Institute for Logic, Language and Computation (ILLC)
Abstract

We consider the long-term indirect influence of publications on subsequent publications. In particular, we are here interested in long-term scientific influence at the level of disciplines. We present a novel method to quantify the long-term scientific influence of publications, considering both direct and indirect, or higher-order citations. We apply this method to Web of Science data at the level of disciplines. Preliminary results for a specific operationalization of the notion of long-term scientific influence suggest that long-term influence is dominated by a few disciplines: Astronomy and Astrophysics, Basic Life Sciences, and Physics and Material Science.

Document type Conference contribution
Language English
Published at https://www.issi-society.org/publications/issi-conference-proceedings/proceedings-of-issi-2019/
Other links https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85076909767
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