Identifying Scientific and Technical “Unicorns”

Using the metaphor of “unicorn,” we identify the scientific papers and technical patents characterized by the informetric feature of very high citations in the first ten years after publishing, which may provide a new pattern to understand very high impact works in science and technology.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Xu Lucy L., Qi Miao, Ye Fred Y.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2020-09-01
Series:Journal of Data and Information Science
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/jdis-2021-0002