Highly cited papers in Library and Information Science (LIS): Authors, institutions, and network structures

• Published in: Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology Vol. 67; no. 12; pp. 3095 - 3100
• Main Authors: Bauer, Johann, Leydesdorff, Loet, Bornmann, Lutz
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.12.2016
• Subjects: bibliometrics; Categories; Citation analysis; Collection; Counting; Internet; Libraries; Networks; Universities
• ISSN: 2330-1635; 2330-1643
• DOI: 10.1002/asi.23568

As a follow‐up to the highly cited authors list published by Thomson Reuters in June 2014, we analyzed the top 1% most frequently cited papers published between 2002 and 2012 included in the Web of Science (WoS) subject category “Information Science & Library Science.” In all, 798 authors contributed to 305 top 1% publications; these authors were employed at 275 institutions. The authors at Harvard University contributed the largest number of papers, when the addresses are whole‐number counted. However, Leiden University leads the ranking if fractional counting is used. Twenty‐three of the 798 authors were also listed as most highly cited authors by Thomson Reuters in June 2014 (http://highlycited.com/). Twelve of these 23 authors were involved in publishing 4 or more of the 305 papers under study. Analysis of coauthorship relations among the 798 highly cited scientists shows that coauthorships are based on common interests in a specific topic. Three topics were important between 2002 and 2012: (a) collection and exploitation of information in clinical practices; (b) use of the Internet in public communication and commerce; and (c) scientometrics.