citation analysis

Governments are variable in their reliance on highly cited research, while international intergovernmental organizations such as the World Health Organization reliably link policy and science, according to an analysis of thousands of policy documents from the first half of 2020.

Then there are the counterfeiters.

Meet some of the people featured in the December 2020 issue of The Scientist.

Small research groups tend to beat large collaborations when it comes to producing innovative projects and breakthrough discoveries.

China shows the biggest increase of any country in the number of scientists listed since last year, while cancer genomics emerges as one of the more dominant fields.

Consortium pushes for open citation data; Gates Foundation launches open-access publishing platform; Cell Press lifts the veil on papers under consideration; an online widget circumvents some paywalls

Eugene Garfield, founder of the Institute for Scientific Information and The Scientist, has passed away at age 91.

A tool that uses machine learning algorithms to comb and categorize the scientific literature is making waves in neuroscience.

According to citation statistics, researchers behind programmed cell death pathways and CRISPR/Cas9 are among those in line for Nobel Prizes this year.

Could the Relative Citation Ratio replace the oft maligned journal impact factor?

Thomson Reuters has transferred the science-citation database, along with the rest of its intellectual property and science division, to private-equity firms.

Researchers find that scientific papers with shorter titles accrue more citations only if they are very popular. For papers flying under the radar, longer titles fare better.

Researchers propose an approach to identify new multidisciplinary interests in the sciences.

Semantic Scholar uses machine reading and vision to extract meaning and impact from academic papers.

A new tool helps scientists better understand what happens to studies that are criticized in the literature.

The information firm uses citation statistics to forecast potential winners of the 2015 Nobel Prizes in Chemistry and Physiology or Medicine.

Scientific journals that publish papers with snappier titles accrue more citations per paper, according to a report.

Collaborations can boost citations, a study shows.

The Kardashian Index reflects how a scientist’s social media presence stacks up against her citation record.