The geography of scientific citations

Wuestman, Mignon; Hoekman, Jarno; Frenken, Koen

doi:10.1016/j.respol.2019.04.004

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“…scientific paper features. Future research could use our model and predictors to examine citations dynamics in fields other than chemical engineering, or consider even more control variables, to account, for example, for the presence of sleeping beauties or for possible geographical biases (Wuestman et al 2019). Working with different citation timeframes, could reveal new factors impacting paper success.…”

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confidence: 99%

Predicting the future success of scientific publications through social network and semantic analysis

Colladon

D’Angelo

Gloor³

2020

Scientometrics

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Citations acknowledge the impact a scientific publication has on subsequent work. At the same time, deciding how and when to cite a paper, is also heavily influenced by social factors. In this work, we conduct an empirical analysis based on a dataset of 2010-2012 global publications in chemical engineering. We use social network analysis and text mining to measure publication attributes and understand which variables can better help predicting their future success. Controlling for intrinsic quality of a publication and for the number of authors in the byline, we are able to predict scholarly impact of a paper in terms of citations received six years after publication with almost 80 percent accuracy. Results suggest that, all other things being equal, it is better to co-publish with rotating co-authors and write the papers' abstract using more positive words, and a more complex, thus more informative, language. Publications that result from the collaboration of different social groups also attract more citations.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Predicting the future success of scientific publications through social network and semantic analysis

Colladon

D’Angelo

Gloor³

2020

Scientometrics

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“…Second, we evaluated whether the geographic and taxonomic biases apparent in the scientific literature in general (cf. Wilson et al 2007;Wuestman et al 2019) and invasion science in particular (Pyšek et al 2006;Pyšek et al 2008) were also apparent in the papers citing the frameworks. Our expectation was that the selected frameworks would be used across taxa as they were designed to be generally applicable.…”

Section: Citation Analysismentioning

confidence: 96%

Is invasion science moving towards agreed standards? The influence of selected frameworks

Wilson¹,

Datta²,

Hirsch³

et al. 2020

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The need to understand and manage biological invasions has driven the development of frameworks to circumscribe, classify, and elucidate aspects of the phenomenon. But how influential have these frameworks really been? To test this, we evaluated the impact of a pathway classification framework, a framework focussing on the introduction-naturalisation-invasion continuum, and two papers that outline an impact classification framework. We analysed how these framework papers are cited and by whom, conducted a survey to determine why people have cited the frameworks, and explored the degree to which the frameworks are implemented. The four papers outlining these frameworks are amongst the most-cited in their respective journals, are highly regarded in the field, and are already seen as citation classics (although citations are overwhelmingly within the field of invasion science). The number of citations to the frameworks has increased over time, and, while a significant proportion of these are self-citations (20–40%), this rate is decreasing. The frameworks were cited by studies conducted and authored by researchers from across the world. However, relative to a previous citation analysis of invasion science as a whole, the frameworks are particularly used in Europe and South Africa and less so in North America. There is an increasing number of examples of uptake into invasion policy and management (e.g., the pathway classification framework has been adapted and adopted into EU legislation and CBD targets, and the impact classification framework has been adopted by the IUCN). However, we found that few of the citing papers (6–8%) specifically implemented or interrogated the frameworks; roughly half of all citations might be viewed as frivolous (“citation fluff”); there were several clear cases of erroneous citation; and some survey respondents felt that they have not been rigorously tested yet. Although our analyses suggest that invasion science is moving towards a more systematic and standardised approach to recording invasions and their impacts, it appears that the proposed standards are still not applied consistently. For this to be achieved, we argue that frameworks in invasion science need to be revised or adapted to particular contexts in response to the needs and experiences of users (e.g., so they are relevant to pathologists, plant ecologists, and practitioners), the standards should be easier to apply in practice (e.g., through the development of guidelines for management), and there should be incentives for their usage (e.g., recognition for completing an EICAT assessment).

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“…Abramo, D'Angelo, and Carloni (2019) conceptualized the diffusion of knowledge between countries in terms of a "balance of knowledge flows" (BKF). Several studies investigated, among others, the role of geographic, cognitive and social proximity in knowledge diffusion (Jaffe, Trajtenberg, & Henderson, 1993;Hicks, Breitzman, Olivastro & Hamilton, 2001;Tijssen, 2001;Maurseth & Verspagen, 2002;Ahlgren, Persson, & Tijssen, 2013;Head, Li, & Minondo, 2018;Wuestman, Hoekman, & Frenken, 2019, Abramo, D'Angelo, & Di Costa, 2020a.…”

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On the relation between the degree of internationalization of cited and citing publications: A field level analysis, including and excluding self-citations

Abramo

D’Angelo

Costa³

2021

Journal of Informetrics

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The growing complexity of scientific challenges demands increasingly intense research collaboration, both domestic and international. The resulting trend affects not only the modes of producing new knowledge, but also the way it is disseminated within scientific communities. This paper analyses the relationship between the "degree of internationalization" of a country's scientific production and that of the relevant citing publications. The empirical analysis is based on 2010-2012 Italian publications. Findings show: i) the probability of being cited increases with the degree of internationalization of the research team; ii) totally domestic research teams tend to cite to a greater extent totally domestic publications; iii) vice versa, publications resulting from international collaborations tend to be more cited by totally foreign publications rather than by publications including domestic authors. These results emerge both at overall and at discipline level. Findings might inform research policies geared towards internationalization.

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The geography of scientific citations

Cited by 37 publications

References 55 publications

Predicting the future success of scientific publications through social network and semantic analysis

Predicting the future success of scientific publications through social network and semantic analysis

Is invasion science moving towards agreed standards? The influence of selected frameworks

On the relation between the degree of internationalization of cited and citing publications: A field level analysis, including and excluding self-citations

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