On the growth dynamics of citations of articles by some Nobel Prize winners

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Highlights：

• Citation behavior of selected Nobel Prize winning articles in physics is analyzed.

• Concepts of formation and growth of citation nuclei are used to explain citation data.

• Instantaneous and progressive nucleations give rise to different citation curves.

• In some cases two citation regions of a citation plot follow different mechanisms.

摘要

•Citation behavior of selected Nobel Prize winning articles in physics is analyzed.•Concepts of formation and growth of citation nuclei are used to explain citation data.•Instantaneous and progressive nucleations give rise to different citation curves.•In some cases two citation regions of a citation plot follow different mechanisms.

论文关键词：Citation analysis,Citation growth curves,Unified Avrami–Weibull function,Power-law relation

论文评审过程：Received 10 November 2014, Revised 24 March 2015, Accepted 24 March 2015, Available online 16 May 2015, Version of Record 16 May 2015.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2015.03.004