Counting publications and citations: Is more always better?

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Highlights：

• Is more always better when counting highly cited publications?

• A model of the relationship between scientific impact and citations is introduced.

• Having more highly cited publications need not coincide with having more impact.

• An improved way of counting highly cited publications is suggested.

摘要

•Is more always better when counting highly cited publications?•A model of the relationship between scientific impact and citations is introduced.•Having more highly cited publications need not coincide with having more impact.•An improved way of counting highly cited publications is suggested.

论文关键词：Bibliometric index,Citation,Highly cited publication,Modeling,Scientific impact

论文评审过程：Received 19 January 2013, Revised 21 March 2013, Accepted 2 April 2013, Available online 29 April 2013.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2013.04.001