Discoverers in scientific citation data

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Highlights：

• Discoverers often cite highly cited papers short after they are published.

• We demonstrate the presence of discoverers in citation data.

• Discoverers can be used to identify future highly cited papers.

• Discoverers themselves are potential future outstanding researchers.

摘要

•Discoverers often cite highly cited papers short after they are published.•We demonstrate the presence of discoverers in citation data.•Discoverers can be used to identify future highly cited papers.•Discoverers themselves are potential future outstanding researchers.

论文关键词：Citation networks,Preferential attachment,Microscopic mechanisms,Prediction

论文评审过程：Received 5 August 2018, Revised 26 March 2019, Accepted 26 March 2019, Available online 8 April 2019, Version of Record 8 April 2019.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2019.03.017