caa a22 4500 445349964 CHVBK 20180317142841.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20111201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11192-011-0467-x doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11192-011-0467-x Citation pattern and lifespan: a comparison of discipline, institution, and individual [Elektronische Daten] [Jacob Slyder, Beth Stein, Brent Sams, David Walker, B. Jacob Beale, Jeffrey Feldhaus, Carolyn Copenheaver] Citation frequency is often used in hiring and tenure decisions as an indicator of the quality of a researcher's publications. In this paper, we examine the influence of discipline, institution, journal impact factor, length of article, number of authors, seniority of author, and gender on citation rate of top-cited papers for academic faculty in geography and forestry departments. Self-citation practices and patterns of citation frequency across post-publication lifespan were also examined. Citation rates of the most-highly cited paper for all tenured forestry (N=122) and geography (N=91) faculty at Auburn University, Michigan State University, Northern Arizona University, Oklahoma State University, Pennsylvania State University, Texas A&M University, University of Florida, University of Massachusetts, University of Washington, and Virginia Tech were compared. Foresters received significantly more citations than geographers (t=2.46, P=0.02) and more senior authors received more citations than junior researchers (r 2=0.14, P=0.03). Articles published in journals with higher impact factors also received more citations (r 2=0.28, P=0.00). The median self-citation rate was 10% and there was no temporal pattern to the frequency of citations received by an individual article (x 2=176). Our results stress the importance of only comparing citation rates within a given discipline and confirm the importance of author-seniority and journal rankings as factors that influence citation rate of a given article. Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, Hungary, 2011 Citation biases nationallicence Author seniority nationallicence Co-authorship nationallicence Article length nationallicence Citation rates nationallicence Slyder Jacob Geography Department, Virginia Tech, 24060, Blacksburg, VA, USA aut Stein Beth Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation, Virginia Tech, 24060, Blacksburg, VA, USA aut Sams Brent Geography Department, Virginia Tech, 24060, Blacksburg, VA, USA aut Walker David Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation, Virginia Tech, 24060, Blacksburg, VA, USA aut Jacob Beale B. Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation, Virginia Tech, 24060, Blacksburg, VA, USA aut Feldhaus Jeffrey Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation, Virginia Tech, 24060, Blacksburg, VA, USA aut Copenheaver Carolyn Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation, Virginia Tech, 24060, Blacksburg, VA, USA aut Scientometrics Springer Netherlands 89/3(2011-12-01), 955-966 0138-9130 89:3<955 2011 89 11192 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-011-0467-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-011-0467-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Slyder Jacob Geography Department, Virginia Tech, 24060, Blacksburg, VA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Stein Beth Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation, Virginia Tech, 24060, Blacksburg, VA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Sams Brent Geography Department, Virginia Tech, 24060, Blacksburg, VA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Walker David Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation, Virginia Tech, 24060, Blacksburg, VA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Jacob Beale B. Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation, Virginia Tech, 24060, Blacksburg, VA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Feldhaus Jeffrey Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation, Virginia Tech, 24060, Blacksburg, VA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Copenheaver Carolyn Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation, Virginia Tech, 24060, Blacksburg, VA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Scientometrics Springer Netherlands 89/3(2011-12-01), 955-966 0138-9130 89:3<955 2011 89 11192 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer