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The impact factor’s Matthew Effect : a natural experiment in bibliometrics
(Association for information science and technology, 2009-10-08)
Since the publication of Robert K. Merton’s theory of
cumulative advantage in science (Matthew Effect), several empirical studies have tried to measure its presence
at the level of papers, individual researchers, ...
The weakening relationship between the impact factor and papers' citations in the digital age
(Wiley, 2012-10-08)
Historically, papers have been physically bound to the journal in which they were
published but in the electronic age papers are available individually, no longer tied to
their respective journals. Hence, papers now can ...
The effect of university–industry collaboration on the scientific impact of publications : the Canadian case, 1980–2005
(Oxford University Press, 2008)
Previous research on university-industry collaboration in Canada concluded, using mean impact
factors as a proxy, that the scientific impact of such research is not inferior to that of university
research. Using ...
Team size matters : collaboration and scientific impact since 1900
(Association for information science and technology, 2014-11-06)
This paper provides the first historical analysis of the relationship between collaboration and
scientific impact, using three indicators of collaboration (number of authors, number of addresses,
and number of countries) ...
Which scientific elites? : on the concentration of research funds, publications and citations
(Oxford University Press, 2010-03-01)
Using the population of all university professors (N=13,479) in the province of Quebec
(Canada), this paper analyses the concentration of funding, papers and citations at the level of
individual researchers. It shows ...