Pearce FR. Citation measures and impact within astronomy / Astrpmp,u & Geophysics 45(2):15-17 Apr 2004

[Eugene Garfield]

Frazer Pearce : frazer.Pearce at nottingham.ac.uk


TITLE    Citation measures and impact within astronomy

AUTHOR   Pearce FR

JOURNAL  ASTRONOMY & GEOPHYSICS 45 (2): 15-17 APR 2004

ABSTRACT :
By using the inbuilt citation counts from NASA's astrophysics data system
(ADS) I derive how many citations refereed articles receive as a function of
time since publication.  After five years, one paper in a hundred has
accumulated 91 or more citations, a figure which rises to 145 citations
after 10 years. By adding up the number of citations active researchers have
received over the past five years, I have estimated their relative impact
upon the field both for  raw citations and citations weighted by the inverse
of the number of authors per paper.

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