Do self citations count?
Defining and tracking self-citation in academic publishing (2019) where they count a self-citation as any occasion where an author of a given article cites that article.
How many citations is good for a paper?
With 10 or more citations, your work is now in the top 24% of the most cited work worldwide; this increased to the top 1.8% as you reach 100 or more citations. Main take home message: the average citation per manuscript is clearly below 10!
What paper has most citations?
The most cited work in history, for example, is a 1951 paper2 describing an assay to determine the amount of protein in a solution. It has now gathered more than 305,000 citations — a recognition that always puzzled its lead author, the late US biochemist Oliver Lowry.
What is a highly influential citation?
An author’s highly influential citation count is simply the sum of the highly influential citations of his or her papers. This metric and its implementation exemplify the potential of AI to overcome information overload in the research literature.