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How can revivals of scientific publications be explained using bibliometric methods? A case study discovering booster papers for the 1985 Physics Nobel Prize paper.
- Source :
- Scientometrics; Feb2024, Vol. 129 Issue 2, p1079-1095, 17p
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- The unusual citation profile of the 1985 Physics Nobel Prize paper has been analyzed. The number of citing papers per year exhibits a maximum of 123 citations in the mid-1980s and increases to more than 200 citations about two decades later. The publication set of the citing papers was analyzed in terms of co-authorships and research topics. The USA and (more recently) the People's Republic of China appear prominently among the countries of the citing authors. A keyword analysis of the citing papers revealed research dealing with topological insulators as one of the major newly evolving research topics. An analysis of the co-cited papers has been performed via reference publication year spectroscopy (RPYS). The most-frequently co-cited papers (the peak papers of the RPYS spectrogram) were identified and discussed. As a result, we found two primary booster papers and three secondary booster papers that renewed the interest in the 1985 Physics Nobel Prize paper. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01389130
- Volume :
- 129
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Scientometrics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 175361140
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-023-04906-z