Scientometrics

7 papers in the last 7 days · category: Higher Education and Research · publisher: Springer Nature (Netherlands) · ISSN 0138-9130

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Key findings#

Scientometrics published 32 papers in the last 30 days (2026-10-01 to 2026-10-30), ranking #25 of 392 journals.
Leading institutions: Xi'an Jiaotong University (2), National Science Library (2) and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (2).
Countries: China (12), Canada (5) and Italy (3).
From Oct 2023 to Sep 2026, Scientometrics published 991 papers (28 a month on average, by publication date in OpenAlex).
Its most frequent keywords over that period were “citation impact” (86), “research evaluation” (86) and “large language models” (69).
Its most-cited paper of the period is “Regional disparities in Web of Science and Scopus journal coverage” (2024-02-23), with 193 citations.
Since October 2016, its most-cited paper is “Citation-based clustering of publications using CitNetExplorer and VOSviewer” (2017-02-27), with 2,679 citations.

The last 36 months#

Oct 23Sep 26

Papers by publication date, Oct 2023 to Sep 2026
Oct 23–Sep 24	Oct 24–Sep 25	Oct 25–Sep 26	36 months
322	276	393	991

Most frequent keywords, Oct 2023 to Sep 2026
#	Keyword	Papers
1	citation impact	86
2	research evaluation	86
3	large language models	69
4	research collaboration	59
5	citation analysis	50
6	bibliometric analysis	45
7	bibliometric indicators	45
8	disciplinary differences	42
9	science policy	40
10	Scopus	38

Most-cited papers published Oct 2023 to Sep 2026
#	Citations	Per month	Title	Journal	Published	Authors
1	193	6.0	Regional disparities in Web of Science and Scopus journal coverage	Scientometrics	2024-02-23	Toluwase Asubiaro, Sodiq Onaolapo, David Mills
2	177	9.3	Reference coverage analysis of OpenAlex compared to Web of Science and Scopus	Scientometrics	2025-04-01	Jack H. Culbert, Anne Hobert, Najko Jahn et al.
3	96	2.8	Open access research outputs receive more diverse citations	Scientometrics	2024-01-08	Chun‐Kai Huang, Cameron Neylon, Lucy Montgomery et al.
4	75	2.1	What do we know about the disruption index in scientometrics? An overview of the literature	Scientometrics	2023-11-18	Christian Leibel, Lutz Bornmann
5	67	2.0	Missing institutions in OpenAlex: possible reasons, implications, and solutions	Scientometrics	2024-02-05	Lin Zhang, Zhe Cao, Yuanyuan Shang et al.

Most-cited since October 2016# All journals →

The journal's most-cited papers published since October 2016
#	Citations	Per month	Title	Journal	Published	Authors
1	2,679	23.1	Citation-based clustering of publications using CitNetExplorer and VOSviewer	Scientometrics	2017-02-27	Nees Jan van Eck, Ludo Waltman
2	2,090	31.1	The journal coverage of Web of Science, Scopus and Dimensions: A comparative analysis	Scientometrics	2021-03-26	Vivek Kumar Singh, Prashasti Singh, Mousumi Karmakar et al.
3	1,556	19.4	A tale of two databases: the use of Web of Science and Scopus in academic papers	Scientometrics	2020-02-22	Junwen Zhu, Weishu Liu
4	1,016	13.9	Google Scholar, Microsoft Academic, Scopus, Dimensions, Web of Science, and OpenCitations’ COCI: a multidisciplinary comparison of coverage via citations	Scientometrics	2020-09-21	Alberto Martín‐Martín, Mike Thelwall, Enrique Orduña‐Malea et al.
5	739	6.9	Web of Science use in published research and review papers 1997–2017: a selective, dynamic, cross-domain, content-based analysis	Scientometrics	2017-12-18	Kai Li, Jason E. Rollins, Erjia Yan
6	686	7.2	Google Scholar to overshadow them all? Comparing the sizes of 12 academic search engines and bibliographic databases	Scientometrics	2018-11-10	Michael Gusenbauer
7	415	7.7	Industry 5.0: improving humanization and sustainability of Industry 4.0	Scientometrics	2022-04-27	Sandra Grabowska, Sebastian Saniuk, Bożena Gajdzik
8	388	4.6	Web of Science and Scopus language coverage	Scientometrics	2019-10-12	Miguel-Ãngel Vera-Baceta, Mike A Thelwall, Kayvan Kousha
9	375	3.2	Scientific literature analysis on big data and internet of things applications on circular economy: a bibliometric study	Scientometrics	2017-02-07	Gustavo Cattelan Nobre, Elaine Maria Tavares
10	368	3.5	Emerging trends and new developments in information science: a document co-citation analysis (2009–2016)	Scientometrics	2018-03-07	Jianhua Hou, Xiucai Yang, Chaomei Chen

Papers, newest first.
Date	Title	Journal	Authors	Affiliations
2026-10-27	Is reviewer recognition associated with labor input? A large-scale analysis of PLoS One peer review reports and CRediT	Scientometrics	Huanan Wei, Jielan Ding, Xiwen Liu et al.
2026-10-26	Regional disparities in the research productivity of returned scholars in Chinese universities	Scientometrics	Yueyan Dong, Nannan Yu, Jinxing Yue	Xi'an Jiaotong University; Harbin Institute of Technology
2026-10-24	Intelligent patent infringement analysis methods based on patent-function-principle-structure network	Scientometrics	Zeyuan Ren, Peng Zhang, Hongliang Bi et al.	Hebei University of Technology
2026-10-24	CiteSeq2vec: a framework for citation recommendation via semantic embedding of full-text citation sequences	Scientometrics	Jinzhu Zhang, Haoyu Li, Dongsheng Liu	Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics; Nanjing University of Science and Technology
2026-10-24	The open catalogue of global scientific academies: organizational identity, web presence, and scholarly communication infrastructure	Scientometrics	Xiaoli Chen, Xuezhao Wang	Chinese Academy of Sciences; National Science Library; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
2026-10-24	Why retracted papers continue to be cited: direct survey evidence complements citation-pattern analysis	Scientometrics	Alessandro DE CASSAI, Tommaso Pettenuzzo, Nicolò Sella et al.	University of Padua; Azienda Ospedale - Università Padova; Ondokuz Mayıs University
2026-10-24	Decoding funded research: comparative analysis of topic models and uncovering the effect of gender and geographic location	Scientometrics	Shirin Tavakoli Kafiabad, Andrea Schiffauerova, Ashkan Ebadi	Concordia University; National Research Council Canada
2026-10-21	Mutualism in socio-semantic networks: structural correlates of publication output across ecosystem approaches to health	Scientometrics	Pierre Mongeau, Johanne Saint-Charles, Louis Renaud-Desjardins	Université du Québec à Montréal
2026-10-21	FOS: a large-scale temporal graph benchmark for scientific interdisciplinary link prediction	Scientometrics	Kiyan Rezaee, Morteza Ziabakhsh, Niloofar Nikfarjam et al.	Michigan State University; University of Tehran; University of Guilan; …
2026-10-19	Beyond homogenization in university rankings: a discipline-structure-sensitive evaluation method	Scientometrics	Chuanyi Wang, Liujian Gu, Wanhao Zhang et al.	Tsinghua University; Fudan University; Norwegian University of Science and Technology
2026-10-15	Measuring research-related academic performance in a comprehensive university: individual heterogeneity, institutional context, and multidimensional output profiles	Scientometrics	Claudiu Vasile Kifor, Horaţiu Rusu, Ana Maria Benedek et al.	Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu
2026-10-15	Citation accuracy, citation noise, and citation bias: a foundation of citation analysis	Scientometrics	Lutz Bornmann, Christian Leibel	Max Planck Society; Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
2026-10-14	Correction: Will patents with more interdisciplinary scientific knowledge have higher technological impact? Empirical evidence from USPTO patents	Scientometrics	Yuan Xu, Xi Chen, Jin Mao et al.	Wuhan University
2026-10-14	From resources to results: how interim outputs improve and mediate R&D output prediction	Scientometrics	Hoon Ah Jang	Korea University
2026-10-14	Gendered citation practices in software engineering reference lists: a replication study	Scientometrics	Alvine Boaye Belle, Karolina Tchilinguirova, Gouled Mahamud et al.	York University
2026-10-14	When Acknowledgements Don’t Match: Evidence from Horizon 2020	Scientometrics	Matthias M. Müller	University of Hohenheim; University of Insubria
2026-10-14	Cardiovascular medicine preprints: publication rates, citation rates, and time to publication	Scientometrics	Bryan Nicolalde, Jose Camacho, Kevin Zambrano et al.	University of Vermont; Norwalk Hospital; Universidad San Francisco de Quito; …
2026-10-14	Armenia’s science-policy framework for international collaboration: analysis of bilateral funding schemes and bibliometric trends	Scientometrics	Gevorg Kesoyan, Miranush Kesoyan, Simon Hunanyan et al.	Institute for Informatics and Automation Problems
2026-10-14	Intelligent technological problem–solution recommendation using large language models and heterogeneous graph neural networks	Scientometrics	Lu Huang, Hang Ren, Xiaoli Cao et al.	Beijing Institute of Technology; China Agricultural University
2026-10-14	A Bayesian Network analysis: how do distinguished scholars enhance the innovation performance?	Scientometrics	Hailin Li, Yangyue Liao, Liping Zhang et al.	Huaqiao University; Shanghai University
2026-10-08	Bibliometric reporting frameworks and the data-cleaning gap: a response to McKay	Scientometrics	Malcolm Koo	University of Toronto; Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital
2026-10-08	Metric capital: how academic indicators become interactional resource	Scientometrics	Łukasz Remisiewicz	University of Gdańsk
2026-10-08	How external contexts shape research data sharing practices and scholarly impact	Scientometrics	Byoung-Goon An	Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information
2026-10-08	Expanding bibliometric reporting frameworks to include data preparation practices	Scientometrics	Alexander S. McKay	Human Resources Research Organization
2026-10-08	Does reviewers’ sentiment disagreement during peer review predict novelty and disruption?	Scientometrics	Zhuanlan Sun, Xukun Zhang, Meiling Li et al.	Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications; Fudan University; Xi'an Jiaotong University
2026-10-08	Moving towards decolonizing health professions education research: an analysis of global network patterns and equity implications	Scientometrics	Peerasit Sitthirat, Seksan Yoadsanit, Phuphinyo Limchantra et al.	Mahidol University; Ramathibodi Hospital; Ramathibodi Chakri Naruebodindra Hospital
2026-10-08	Crossing disciplinary borders: how Italian SSH journal rankings address multidisciplinarity	Scientometrics	Tindaro Cicero, Marco Malgarini, Marilena Maniaci	Mercatorum University; Italian National Agency for the Evaluation of Universities and Research Institutes; Università degli studi di Cassino e del Lazio Meridionale
2026-10-08	Identification and analysis of key and core technologies based on multilayer coupled patent networks	Scientometrics	Qian Yu, Bingxue Dong, Nian Liu	Wuhan University of Technology
2026-10-08	Are large language models able to predict highly cited papers? Evidence from statistical publications	Scientometrics	Zhanshuo Ye, Yiming Hou, Rui Pan et al.	Central University of Finance and Economics; Peking University
2026-10-03	Research on technology evolution analysis method from the problem–solution-effect (PSE) three-dimensional perspective	Scientometrics	Zhanyi Zhao, Yang Ruiyu, Jian Zhou et al.	Chinese Academy of Sciences; National Science Library; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences; …
2026-10-03	Technology scanning: a systematic mapping review using text analytics	Scientometrics	Ali Nazari, Michael Weiss	Carleton University
2026-10-01	High correlation, unstable rankings: profile-dependent disagreement between career-based and single-year bibliometric evaluation	Scientometrics	Tsubasa Shoji	University of Toyama; Institute of Natural Medicine, University of Toyama

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Scholar4AI. (2026). Scientometrics. Journal Research Rankings. Retrieved October 30, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/journals/scientometrics

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