It is always difficult to decide which are your most significant publications, as some oustanding work may be displaced. Here I have chosen those that I feel are the most important while representative of my broad range of interests. These are not necessarily my most highly cited papers, and indeed here I have displaced papers that have been highly cited: specifically I have displaced 6 papers ...

The methods presented in this paper allow for a statistical analysis revealing centers of excellence around the world using programs that are freely available. Based onWeb of Science data (a fee-based database), field-specific excellence can be identified in cities where highly cited papers were published more frequently than can be expected. Compared to the mapping approaches published hithert...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS The advent of social networking sites has facilitated the dissemination of scientific research. This article aims to investigate the presence of Iranian highly cited clinicians in social networking sites. MATERIALS AND METHODS This is a scientometrics study. Essential Science Indicator (ESI) was searched for Iranian highly cited papers in clinical medicine during November-...

The article presents three advanced citation-based methods used to detect potential breakthrough papers among very highly cited papers. We approach the detection of such papers from three different perspectives in order to provide different typologies of breakthrough papers. In all three cases we use the classification of scientific publications developed at CWTS based on direct citation relati...