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A comparison of citer and citation‐based measure outcomes for multiple disciplines

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  • Isola Ajiferuke
  • Kun Lu
  • Dietmar Wolfram

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Author research impact was examined based on citer analysis (the number of citers as opposed to the number of citations) for 90 highly cited authors grouped into three broad subject areas. Citer‐based outcome measures were also compared with more traditional citation‐based measures for levels of association. The authors found that there are significant differences in citer‐based outcomes among the three broad subject areas examined and that there is a high degree of correlation between citer and citation‐based measures for all measures compared, except for two outcomes calculated for the social sciences. Citer‐based measures do produce slightly different rankings of authors based on citer counts when compared to more traditional citation counts. Examples are provided. Citation measures may not adequately address the influence, or reach, of an author because citations usually do not address the origin of the citation beyond self‐citations.

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  • Isola Ajiferuke & Kun Lu & Dietmar Wolfram, 2010. "A comparison of citer and citation‐based measure outcomes for multiple disciplines," Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, Association for Information Science & Technology, vol. 61(10), pages 2086-2096, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jamist:v:61:y:2010:i:10:p:2086-2096
    DOI: 10.1002/asi.21383
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    1. Cappelletti-Montano, Beniamino & Columbu, Silvia & Montaldo, Stefano & Musio, Monica, 2021. "New perspectives in bibliometric indicators: Moving from citations to citing authors," Journal of Informetrics, Elsevier, vol. 15(3).
    2. Ajiferuke, Isola & Lu, Kun & Wolfram, Dietmar, 2011. "Who are the research disciples of an author? Examining publication recitation and oeuvre citation exhaustivity," Journal of Informetrics, Elsevier, vol. 5(2), pages 292-302.
    3. Jingda Ding & Chao Liu & Goodluck Asobenie Kandonga, 2020. "Exploring the limitations of the h-index and h-type indexes in measuring the research performance of authors," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 122(3), pages 1303-1322, March.
    4. Kun Lu & Isola Ajiferuke & Dietmar Wolfram, 2014. "Extending citer analysis to journal impact evaluation," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 100(1), pages 245-260, July.
    5. Hyoungjoo Park & Dietmar Wolfram, 2017. "An examination of research data sharing and re-use: implications for data citation practice," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 111(1), pages 443-461, April.
    6. Wolfram, Dietmar & Zhao, Yuehua, 2014. "A comparison of journal similarity across six disciplines using citing discipline analysis," Journal of Informetrics, Elsevier, vol. 8(4), pages 840-853.
    7. Ana C. M. Brito & Filipi N. Silva & Diego R. Amancio, 2023. "Analyzing the influence of prolific collaborations on authors productivity and visibility," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 128(4), pages 2471-2487, April.

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