The physics of citation growth

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Výsledek na webu

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/jdis-2025-0004" target="_blank" >10.2478/jdis-2025-0004</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

The physics of citation growth

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Purpose: This study investigates the physics of annual fractional citation growth and its impact on journal bibliographic metrics, focusing on the interplay between journal publication growth and citation dynamics. Design/methodology/approach: We analyze bibliometric data from three prominent fluids journals—Physics of Fluids, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, and Physical Review Fluids—over the period 1999–2023. The analysis examines the relations among annual fractional journal publication growth, citation growth, and bibliographic metric suppressions. Findings: Our findings reveal that the suppression of impact factor growth is significantly influenced by annual fractional journal publication growth rather than citation growth. All three journals exhibit similar responses to publication growth with minimal scatter, following a consistent functional relation. We also identify narrow, nearly Gaussian distributions for annual fractional journal publication growth. Furthermore, we introduce a new growth-independent dimensionless bibliometric metric, journal urgency, the ratio of annual fractional citation growth to the 4-year running average immediacy index. This metric captures effectively the dependency of citation growth on urgency and reveals consistent distributions across the journals analyzed. Research limitations: The study is limited to three major fluids journals and to the availability of bibliometric data from 1999 to 2023. Future work could extend the analysis to other disciplines and journals. Practical implications: Understanding the relation between publication growth and bibliometric suppressions can inform editorial and strategic decisions in journal management. The proposed journal urgency metric offers a novel tool for assessing and comparing journal performance independent of growth rates. Originality/value: This study introduces a new bibliometric metric—journal urgency—that provides fresh insights into citation dynamics and bibliographic metric behavior. It highlights the critical role of publication growth in shaping journal impact factors and CiteScores, offering a unified framework applicable across multiple journals.

Název v anglickém jazyce

The physics of citation growth

Popis výsledku anglicky

Purpose: This study investigates the physics of annual fractional citation growth and its impact on journal bibliographic metrics, focusing on the interplay between journal publication growth and citation dynamics. Design/methodology/approach: We analyze bibliometric data from three prominent fluids journals—Physics of Fluids, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, and Physical Review Fluids—over the period 1999–2023. The analysis examines the relations among annual fractional journal publication growth, citation growth, and bibliographic metric suppressions. Findings: Our findings reveal that the suppression of impact factor growth is significantly influenced by annual fractional journal publication growth rather than citation growth. All three journals exhibit similar responses to publication growth with minimal scatter, following a consistent functional relation. We also identify narrow, nearly Gaussian distributions for annual fractional journal publication growth. Furthermore, we introduce a new growth-independent dimensionless bibliometric metric, journal urgency, the ratio of annual fractional citation growth to the 4-year running average immediacy index. This metric captures effectively the dependency of citation growth on urgency and reveals consistent distributions across the journals analyzed. Research limitations: The study is limited to three major fluids journals and to the availability of bibliometric data from 1999 to 2023. Future work could extend the analysis to other disciplines and journals. Practical implications: Understanding the relation between publication growth and bibliometric suppressions can inform editorial and strategic decisions in journal management. The proposed journal urgency metric offers a novel tool for assessing and comparing journal performance independent of growth rates. Originality/value: This study introduces a new bibliometric metric—journal urgency—that provides fresh insights into citation dynamics and bibliographic metric behavior. It highlights the critical role of publication growth in shaping journal impact factors and CiteScores, offering a unified framework applicable across multiple journals.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

50804 - Library science

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Journal of Data and Information Science

ISSN

2096-157X

e-ISSN

2543-683X

Svazek periodika

10

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1

Stát vydavatele periodika

PL - Polská republika

Počet stran výsledku

19

Strana od-do

132-150

Kód UT WoS článku

001378775500001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85213346793