Highly cited articles in the Education and Educational Research category in the Social Science Citation Index: a bibliometric analysis.
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| Title: | Highly cited articles in the Education and Educational Research category in the Social Science Citation Index: a bibliometric analysis. |
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| Authors: | Ivanović, Lidija, Ho, Yuh-Shan |
| Source: | Educational Review. May2019, Vol. 71 Issue 3, p277-286. 10p. 1 Diagram, 3 Charts, 2 Graphs. |
| Subjects: | Social sciences, Bibliometrics, Education, Research, Thermodynamics |
| Abstract: | This paper presents a bibliometric analysis of highly cited articles published in the Web of Science category "Education and Educational Research" in the Social Science Citation Index (SSCI). A total of 2091 journal articles published in this category and cited more than 100 times up to the end of the year 2016 were retrieved as highly cited articles. Distributions of highly cited articles per publication year, journals, institutions and countries were analysed, as well as the citation life cycle of the top-cited articles. The USA, its institutions and researchers are the absolute leaders in the category of Education and Educational Research according to the results of the conducted analysis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: | Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection |
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| Abstract: | This paper presents a bibliometric analysis of highly cited articles published in the Web of Science category "Education and Educational Research" in the Social Science Citation Index (SSCI). A total of 2091 journal articles published in this category and cited more than 100 times up to the end of the year 2016 were retrieved as highly cited articles. Distributions of highly cited articles per publication year, journals, institutions and countries were analysed, as well as the citation life cycle of the top-cited articles. The USA, its institutions and researchers are the absolute leaders in the category of Education and Educational Research according to the results of the conducted analysis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| ISSN: | 00131911 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/00131911.2017.1415297 |
