A review of the literature on citation impact indicators

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Highlights：

• An in-depth review of the literature on citation impact indicators is presented.

• Core topics include bibliographic databases, normalization, counting methods, and journal indicators.

• Recommendations for future research are provided.

摘要

•An in-depth review of the literature on citation impact indicators is presented.•Core topics include bibliographic databases, normalization, counting methods, and journal indicators.•Recommendations for future research are provided.

论文关键词：Bibliographic database,Citation analysis,Citation impact indicator,Counting method,Normalization

论文评审过程：Received 8 July 2015, Revised 25 February 2016, Accepted 25 February 2016, Available online 15 March 2016, Version of Record 15 March 2016.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2016.02.007