Highly cited publications in pediatric neurosurgery

Inconsistencies in the highly cited publications indicator

Introduction The h-index, which was introduced by Hirsch (2005) has been criticized by Waltman and van Eck (2009, 2012) and Bouyssou and Marchant (2011) because it can lead to inconsistencies in the way in which scientists are ranked. This means that for the purpose for measuring the overall scientific impact of a scientist the h-index exhibits counterintuitive behavior. Waltman and van Eck (20...

Highly cited works in neurosurgery. Part II: the citation classics.

OBJECT The term "citation classic" has been used in reference to an article that has been cited more than 400 times. The purpose of this study is to identify such articles that pertain to clinical neurosurgery. METHODS A list of search phrases relating to neurosurgery was compiled. A topic search was performed using the Institute for Scientific Information Web of Science for phrases. Articles...

Highly cited works in neurosurgery. Part I: the 100 top-cited papers in neurosurgical journals.

OBJECT The number of citations a published article receives is a measure of its impact in the scientific community. This study identifies and characterizes the current 100 top-cited articles in journals specifically dedicated to neurosurgery. METHODS Neurosurgical journals were identified using the Institute for Scientific Information Journal Citation Reports. A search was performed using Ins...

Groups of Highly Cited Publications: Stability in Content with Citation Window Length

Introduction The growing focus in research policy worldwide on top scientists makes it increasingly important to define adequate supporting measures to help identify excellent scientists. Highly cited publications have since long been associated to research excellence. At the same time, the analysis of the high-end of citation distributions still is a challenging topic in evaluative bibliometri...

The most cited Saudi neurosurgical publications.