Unpacking the Matthew effect in citations

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Highlights:

• Three components of the Matthew effect: networking, prestige, and appropriateness.

• I use panel data and perfectly control for paper heterogeneity.

• There is no significant retroactive networking effect.

• There is weak evidence of retroactive prestige effect.

• Controlling appropriateness reduces the size of the prestige effect considerably.

摘要

•Three components of the Matthew effect: networking, prestige, and appropriateness.•I use panel data and perfectly control for paper heterogeneity.•There is no significant retroactive networking effect.•There is weak evidence of retroactive prestige effect.•Controlling appropriateness reduces the size of the prestige effect considerably.

论文关键词:Matthew effect,Citation,Networking,Prestige,Appropriateness

论文评审过程:Received 18 November 2013, Revised 12 January 2014, Accepted 13 January 2014, Available online 6 February 2014.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2014.01.006