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Exploring the dynamics of journal citations: Modelling with s-curves

Mingers, John (2008) Exploring the dynamics of journal citations: Modelling with s-curves. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 59 (8). pp. 1013-1025. ISSN 0160-5682. (doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602428) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:3935)

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Abstract

This paper reports on an exploratory analysis of the behaviour of citations for management science papers over a fourteen year period. Citations often display s-curve type behaviour: beginning slowly, rising in response to previous citations, and then declining as the material becomes obsolete. Within the context of citation research such functions are known as obsolescence functions. The paper addresses three specific questions: i) can collections of papers from the same journal all be modelled using the same obsolescence function? ii) Can we identify specific patterns of behaviour such as “sleeping beauties” or “shooting stars”? iii) Can we predict the number of future citations from the pattern of behaviour in the first few years? Over 600 papers published in six leading management science journals are analysed using a variety of s-curves.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602428
Uncontrolled keywords: journal citations, management science journals, RAE, s-curve
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HA Statistics > HA33 Management Science
Divisions: Divisions > Kent Business School - Division > Department of Analytics, Operations and Systems
Depositing User: John Mingers
Date Deposited: 19 Aug 2008 15:35 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 09:42 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/3935 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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