Delayed Recognition discussed by Glanzel et al

Tue Jan 20 14:49:32 EST 2004

  Wolfgang.Glanzel at econ.kuleuven.ac.be
<mailto:Wolfgang.Glanzel at econ.kuleuven.ac.be>   and colleagues Schlemmer and
Thijs have published an excellent article on the topic of Delayed
Recognition. This is a subject not often discussed in the literature. The
abstract and cited references follow. Since the papers by me that were
published in Current Contents are not any longer easily available in print I
include the URLs below and urge readers of our listserv to add any others
that are relevant.

Better late than never? On the chance to become highly cited only beyond the
standard bibliometric time horizon
Glanzel W, Schlemmer B, Thijs B
SCIENTOMETRICS
58 (3): 571-586 2003

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Abstract:
According to GARFIELD (1980), most scientists can name an example of an
important discovery that had little initial impact on contemporary research.
And he uses by Mendel's work as a classical example. Delayed recognition is
sometimes used by scientists as an argument against citation-based
indicators based on citation windows defined for a short- or medium-term
initial period beginning with the paper's publication year.

This study is focused on a large-scale analysis of the citation history of
all papers indexed in the 1980 annual volume of the Science Citation Index.
The objective is two-fold, particularly, to analyze whether the share of
delayed recognition papers is significant and whether such papers are
typical of the work of their authors at that time.

In a first step, the background of advanced bibliometric models by Glanzel,
Egghe, Rousseau and Burrell of stochastic citation processes and
first-citation distributions is described briefly. The second part is
devoted to the bibliometric analysis of first-citation statistics and of the
phenomenon of citation delay. In a third step, finally, delayed reception
publications have been studied individually. Their topics and the citation
patterns of other papers by the same authors have been studied to uncover
principles of regularity or exceptionality of delayed reception
publications.

KeyWords Plus:
SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE, CITATION PROCESSES, STOCHASTIC-MODEL

Addresses:
Glanzel W, Katholieke Univ Leuven, Steunpunt O&O Stat, Dekenstr 2, B-3000
Louvain, Belgium
Katholieke Univ Leuven, Steunpunt O&O Stat, B-3000 Louvain, Belgium
Hungarian Acad Sci, Inst Res Org, Budapest, Hungary

cited references from WOS
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> QL            SCIENTOMETRICS                52         3      2001
EGGHE L               INTRO INFORMETRICS Q                            1990
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E            CURR CONTENTS                 19         5      1980
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W             INFORM PROCESS MANAG          31        69      1995
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W             INFORM PROCESS MANAG          28        53      1992
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W             J INFORM SCI                  21        37      1995
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> W             SCIENTOMETRICS                55       335      2002
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W             SCIENTOMETRICS                30        49      1994
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W             SCIENTOMETRICS                25       373      1992
ROUSSEAU R            INFORMETRICS 87 88                     249      1988
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R            SCIENTOMETRICS                30       213      1994
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A            CZECH J PHYS                  36       121      1986
Essays by E. Garfield from Current Contents available in full text at:
www.eugnegarfield.org <http://www.eugnegarfield.org>

Premature Discovery or Delayed Recognition -- Why?
     <http://www.garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v4p488y1979-80.pdf>
http://www.garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v4p488y1979-80.pdf

Delayed Recognition in Scientific Discovery: Citation Frequency Analysis
Aids the Search for Case Histories
     <http://www.garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v12p154y1989.pdf>
http://www.garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v12p154y1989.pdf

More Delayed Recognition. Part 2. From Inhibin to Scanning Electron
Microscopy
     <http://www.garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v13p068y1990.pdf>
http://www.garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v13p068y1990.pdf

More Delayed Recognition. Part 1. Examples from the Genetics of Color
Blindness, the Entropy of Short-Term Memory, Phosphoinositides, and Polymer
Rheology
     <http://www.garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v12p264y1989.pdf>
http://www.garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v12p264y1989.pdf

More Delayed Recognition. Part 1. Examples from the Genetics of Color
Blindness, the Entropy of Short-Term Memory, Phosphoinositides, and Polymer
Rheology
     <http://www.garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v12p267y1989.pdf>
http://www.garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v12p267y1989.pdf
Lyme Disease Research Uncovers a Case of Delayed Recognition: Arvid Afzelius
and His Successors
     <http://www.garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v12p345y1989.pdf>
http://www.garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v12p345y1989.pdf

Postmature Scientific Discovery and the Sexual Recombination of Bacteria -
The Shared Perspectives of a Scientist and a Sociologist
     <http://www.garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v12p016y1989.pdf>
http://www.garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v12p016y1989.pdf

Mapping Cholera Research and the Impact of Shambu Nath De of Calcutta
     <http://www.garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v9p103y1986.pdf>
http://www.garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v9p103y1986.pdf

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