A multidimensional perspective on the citation impact of scientific publications
« The citation impact of scientific publications is usually seen as a one-dimensional concept. We introduce a three-dimensional perspective on the citation impact of publications. In addition to the level of citation impact, quantified by the number of citations received by a publication, we also conceptualize and operationalize the depth and dependence of citation impact. This enables us to make a distinction between publications that have a deep impact concentrated in one specific field of research and publications that have a broad impact scattered over different research fields. (…) »
source > arxiv.org, Yi Bu, Ludo Waltman, Yong Huang, 28 janvier 2019, arXiv:1901.09663
