Weighted citation: An indicator of an article's prestige

2010/12/22 by Erjia Yan, Ying Ding, Yan, Erjia +1 · 1 citation
Computer Science · Decision Sciences · #Advanced Text Analysis Techniques #Digital Libraries (cs.DL) #FOS: Computer and information sciences #Web visibility and informetrics #scientometrics and bibliometrics research

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1012.4876

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Abstract

We propose using the technique of weighted citation to measure an article's prestige. The technique allocates a different weight to each reference by taking into account the impact of citing journals and citation time intervals. Weighted citation captures prestige, whereas citation counts capture popularity. We compare the value variances for popularity and prestige for articles published in the Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology from 1998 to 2007, and find that the majority have comparable status.

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