Forward search path count as an alternative indirect citation impact indicator

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Highlights：

• Forward search path count (FSPC) can be used as an effective scientific impact measure.

• FSPC is good at recognizing not only high-impact papers but also undercited papers.

• Knowledge decay and path capping on search paths are critical for scientific ranking.

• Large knowledge decay usually guarantees good ranking performance.

• Larger cutoff length of knowledge diffusion paths require larger knowledge decay.

摘要

•Forward search path count (FSPC) can be used as an effective scientific impact measure.•FSPC is good at recognizing not only high-impact papers but also undercited papers.•Knowledge decay and path capping on search paths are critical for scientific ranking.•Large knowledge decay usually guarantees good ranking performance.•Larger cutoff length of knowledge diffusion paths require larger knowledge decay.

论文关键词：Scientific ranking,Search path count,Indirect citation impact indicator,Undercited publications

论文评审过程：Received 16 January 2019, Revised 17 September 2019, Accepted 18 September 2019, Available online 6 November 2019, Version of Record 6 November 2019.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2019.100977