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The long-term influence of collaboration on citation patterns

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  • Ali Gazni
  • Mike Thelwall

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This study assesses the long-term impact of collaboration in terms of the extent to which collaborators cite each other’s works and cite the same publications as each other. The results are based on coauthorship of academic articles during 1990–2010. Although the number of citations to, and common references with, collaborators both increase as the number of collaborators increases over time, these differ between collaborators. For example, many authors do not cite their collaborators and many collaborators do not cite any of the same references as each other. In contrast, many authors cite their collaborators extensively and many collaborators have many of the same references as each other. The extent of citing collaborators and citing the same references as cited by collaborators varies with the impact of the collaborators. These widely different properties may reflect some collaborators working in completely different research areas, others working in the same broad research area, and still others working within a narrow research area. Alternatively, some collaborators may learn from or monitor each other while others do not.

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  • Ali Gazni & Mike Thelwall, 2014. "The long-term influence of collaboration on citation patterns," Research Evaluation, Oxford University Press, vol. 23(3), pages 261-271.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:rseval:v:23:y:2014:i:3:p:261-271.
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    1. Radhamany Sooryamoorthy, 2019. "Scientific knowledge in South Africa: information trends, patterns and collaboration," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 119(3), pages 1365-1386, June.
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    4. Copiello, Sergio, 2019. "Peer and neighborhood effects: Citation analysis using a spatial autoregressive model and pseudo-spatial data," Journal of Informetrics, Elsevier, vol. 13(1), pages 238-254.
    5. Martorell Cunil, Onofre & Otero González, Luis & Durán Santomil, Pablo & Mulet Forteza, Carlos, 2023. "How to accomplish a highly cited paper in the tourism, leisure and hospitality field," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 157(C).
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    7. James Hartley & Guillaume Cabanac, 2016. "Are two authors better than one? Can writing in pairs affect the readability of academic blogs?," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 109(3), pages 2119-2122, December.
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    9. Quan-Hoang Vuong & Tung Manh Ho & Thu-Trang Vuong & Ha Viet Nguyen & Nancy K. Napier & Hiep-Hung Pham, 2017. "Nemo Solus Satis Sapit : Trends of Research Collaborations in the Vietnamese Social Sciences, Observing 2008–2017 Scopus Data," Publications, MDPI, vol. 5(4), pages 1-15, October.
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