Abstract | ||
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•The total number of citations is growing annually by 5.6% and doubling every 12 years.•The growth of science impacts fundamental properties of the science citation network.•Both very recent and very old literature are being cited less and less.•We developed & tested a generative citation network model.•We simulate and analyze the impact of shifts in citing behavior on the citation network. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2018 | 10.1016/j.joi.2018.06.005 | Journal of Informetrics |
Keywords | DocType | Volume |
Citation network,Reference distance,Models of science,Attention economy,Monte Carlo simulation,Citation inflation | Journal | 12 |
Issue | ISSN | Citations |
3 | 1751-1577 | 3 |
PageRank | References | Authors |
0.37 | 22 | 4 |
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
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Raj Kumar Pan | 1 | 278 | 15.37 |
Alexander M. Petersen | 2 | 209 | 15.39 |
Fabio Pammolli | 3 | 98 | 10.08 |
Santo Fortunato | 4 | 4209 | 212.38 |