ON DETERMINANTS OF CITATION SCORES - A CASE-STUDY IN CHEMICAL-ENGINEERING

Authors
PETERS HPF VANRAAN AFJ
Citation
Hpf. Peters et Afj. Vanraan, ON DETERMINANTS OF CITATION SCORES - A CASE-STUDY IN CHEMICAL-ENGINEERING, Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 45(1), 1994, pp. 39-49
Citations number
37
Categorie Soggetti
Information Science & Library Science","Information Science & Library Science
Journal title
Journal of the American Society for Information Science → ACNP
ISSN journal
00028231
Volume
45
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
39 - 49
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-8231(1994)45:1<39:ODOCS->2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
We investigated a broad spectrum of factors in order to identify one o r a few that are the primary determinant of citation scores of scienti fic papers. Our focus is on a large field of applied science, chemical engineering. A set of 226 papers written by 18 internationally recogn ized scientists ('top-authors') and citations to these papers has been used as a data source. Using multiple regression analysis, we found t hat the factor 'top-author,' i.e., the 'personal variation,' contribut es the largest number of citations. Other important factors are number of references, language, journal category, and journal influence.