Modeling citation dynamics of “atypical” articles
Abstract
Modeling and predicting citation dynamics of individual articles is important due to its critical role in a wide range of decisions in science. While the current modeling framework successfully captures citation dynamics of typical articles, there exists a nonnegligible, and perhaps most interesting, fraction of atypical articles whose citation trajectories do not follow the normal rise‐and‐fall pattern. Here we systematically study and classify citation patterns of atypical articles, finding that they can be characterized by awakened articles, second‐acts, and a combination of both. We propose a second‐act model that can accurately describe the citation dynamics of second‐act articles. The model not only provides a mechanistic framework to understand citation patterns of atypical articles, separating factors that drive impact, but it also offers new capabilities to identify the time of exogenous events that influence citations.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- May 06, 2018
- Source ID
- 10.1002/asi.24041
Entities
People
- Dashun Wang
- Zhen Lei
- Zhongyang He
Organizations
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research
- Northwestern University
- Pennsylvania State University
- SBE Office of Multidisciplinary Activities