Differing disciplinary citation concentration patterns of book and journal literature?

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Highlights：

• Book chapters are not a suitable unit to use alongside with journal articles in bibliometric studies.

• Journal articles are not suitable as all types of books for the use in arts and humanities.

• The impact of aggregation scheme in authored books is much smaller than that in edited books.

• Citation window length does not influence citation concentration significantly.

摘要

•Book chapters are not a suitable unit to use alongside with journal articles in bibliometric studies.•Journal articles are not suitable as all types of books for the use in arts and humanities.•The impact of aggregation scheme in authored books is much smaller than that in edited books.•Citation window length does not influence citation concentration significantly.

论文关键词：Citation concentration,Book Citation Index,Monographs,Gini coefficient,Herfindahl–Hirschman Index,Citation window

论文评审过程：Received 4 February 2016, Accepted 30 May 2016, Available online 16 June 2016, Version of Record 16 June 2016.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2016.05.005