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title: "Scientometrics: 32 recent papers (last 30 days)"
description: "Scientometrics published 32 papers in the last 30 days (2026-10-01 to 2026-10-30), ranking #25 of 392 journals."
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# Scientometrics

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

Back to the ranking: https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/journals.md

## 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

*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](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/large-language-models.md) | 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](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-024-04948-x) | [Scientometrics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/scientometrics.md) | 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](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-025-05293-3) | [Scientometrics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/scientometrics.md) | 2025-04-01 | Jack H. Culbert, Anne Hobert, Najko Jahn et al. |
| 3 | 96 | 2.8 | [Open access research outputs receive more diverse citations](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-023-04894-0) | [Scientometrics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/scientometrics.md) | 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](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-023-04873-5) | [Scientometrics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/scientometrics.md) | 2023-11-18 | Christian Leibel, Lutz Bornmann |
| 5 | 67 | 2.0 | [Missing institutions in OpenAlex: possible reasons, implications, and solutions](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-023-04923-y) | [Scientometrics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/scientometrics.md) | 2024-02-05 | Lin Zhang, Zhe Cao, Yuanyuan Shang et al. |

## Most-cited since October 2016

*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](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-017-2300-7) | [Scientometrics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/scientometrics.md) | 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](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-021-03948-5) | [Scientometrics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/scientometrics.md) | 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](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-020-03387-8) | [Scientometrics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/scientometrics.md) | 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](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-020-03690-4) | [Scientometrics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/scientometrics.md) | 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](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-017-2622-5) | [Scientometrics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/scientometrics.md) | 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](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-018-2958-5) | [Scientometrics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/scientometrics.md) | 2018-11-10 | Michael Gusenbauer |
| 7 | 415 | 7.7 | [Industry 5.0: improving humanization and sustainability of Industry 4.0](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-022-04370-1) | [Scientometrics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/scientometrics.md) | 2022-04-27 | Sandra Grabowska, Sebastian Saniuk, Bożena Gajdzik |
| 8 | 388 | 4.6 | [Web of Science and Scopus language coverage](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-019-03264-z) | [Scientometrics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/scientometrics.md) | 2019-10-12 | Miguel-Ángel 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](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-017-2281-6) | [Scientometrics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/scientometrics.md) | 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)](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-018-2695-9) | [Scientometrics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/scientometrics.md) | 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](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-026-05869-7) | [Scientometrics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/scientometrics.md) | Huanan Wei, Jielan Ding, Xiwen Liu et al. |  |
| 2026-10-26 | [Regional disparities in the research productivity of returned scholars in Chinese universities](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-026-05876-8) | [Scientometrics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/scientometrics.md) | 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](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-026-05880-y) | [Scientometrics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/scientometrics.md) | 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](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-026-05875-9) | [Scientometrics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/scientometrics.md) | 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](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-026-05809-5) | [Scientometrics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/scientometrics.md) | 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](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-026-05881-x) | [Scientometrics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/scientometrics.md) | 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](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-026-05856-y) | [Scientometrics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/scientometrics.md) | 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](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-026-05873-x) | [Scientometrics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/scientometrics.md) | 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](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-026-05851-3) | [Scientometrics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/scientometrics.md) | 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](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-026-05878-6) | [Scientometrics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/scientometrics.md) | 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](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-026-05849-x) | [Scientometrics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/scientometrics.md) | 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](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-026-05841-5) | [Scientometrics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/scientometrics.md) | 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](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-026-05855-z) | [Scientometrics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/scientometrics.md) | 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](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-026-05854-0) | [Scientometrics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/scientometrics.md) | Hoon Ah Jang | Korea University |
| 2026-10-14 | [Gendered citation practices in software engineering reference lists: a replication study](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-026-05836-2) | [Scientometrics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/scientometrics.md) | Alvine Boaye Belle, Karolina Tchilinguirova, Gouled Mahamud et al. | York University |
| 2026-10-14 | [When Acknowledgements Don’t Match: Evidence from Horizon 2020](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-026-05834-4) | [Scientometrics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/scientometrics.md) | Matthias M. Müller | University of Hohenheim; University of Insubria |
| 2026-10-14 | [Cardiovascular medicine preprints: publication rates, citation rates, and time to publication](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-026-05859-9) | [Scientometrics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/scientometrics.md) | 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](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-026-05842-4) | [Scientometrics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/scientometrics.md) | 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](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-026-05826-4) | [Scientometrics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/scientometrics.md) | 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?](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-026-05843-3) | [Scientometrics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/scientometrics.md) | 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](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-026-05865-x) | [Scientometrics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/scientometrics.md) | Malcolm Koo | University of Toronto; Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital |
| 2026-10-08 | [Metric capital: how academic indicators become interactional resource](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-026-05848-y) | [Scientometrics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/scientometrics.md) | Łukasz Remisiewicz | University of Gdańsk |
| 2026-10-08 | [How external contexts shape research data sharing practices and scholarly impact](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-026-05862-0) | [Scientometrics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/scientometrics.md) | Byoung-Goon An | Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information |
| 2026-10-08 | [Expanding bibliometric reporting frameworks to include data preparation practices](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-026-05864-y) | [Scientometrics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/scientometrics.md) | Alexander S. McKay | Human Resources Research Organization |
| 2026-10-08 | [Does reviewers’ sentiment disagreement during peer review predict novelty and disruption?](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-026-05816-6) | [Scientometrics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/scientometrics.md) | 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](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-026-05860-2) | [Scientometrics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/scientometrics.md) | 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](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-026-05847-z) | [Scientometrics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/scientometrics.md) | 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](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-026-05845-1) | [Scientometrics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/scientometrics.md) | 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](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-026-05839-z) | [Scientometrics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/scientometrics.md) | 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](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-026-05820-w) | [Scientometrics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/scientometrics.md) | 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](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-026-05812-w) | [Scientometrics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/scientometrics.md) | Ali Nazari, Michael Weiss | Carleton University |
| 2026-10-01 | [High correlation, unstable rankings: profile-dependent disagreement between career-based and single-year bibliometric evaluation](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-026-05831-7) | [Scientometrics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/scientometrics.md) | Tsubasa Shoji | University of Toyama; Institute of Natural Medicine, University of Toyama |

## Cite this page

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

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