The effect of publishing a highly cited paper on a journal's impact factor: A case study of the Review of Particle Physics

Key points A more general and continuous form of ‘A short history of SHELX’ phenomenon has been found. The Review of Particle Physics (RPP) series, which is called the bible in the particle physics field, is highly cited by other research papers. The RPP phenomenon is found in different journals and...

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Published inLearned publishing Vol. 31; no. 3; pp. 261 - 266
Main Authors Liu, Weishu, Liu, Fang, Zuo, Chao, Zhu, Junwen
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Chichester, UK John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 01.07.2018
Association of Learned and Professional
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Case studies
Impact factors
Particle physics
Scholarly publishing
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Summary:Key points A more general and continuous form of ‘A short history of SHELX’ phenomenon has been found. The Review of Particle Physics (RPP) series, which is called the bible in the particle physics field, is highly cited by other research papers. The RPP phenomenon is found in different journals and is affected by the host journal's impact factor and publication size. The RPP phenomenon provides a big or small, but temporary, boost to its host journal's impact factor.
ISSN:0953-1513
1741-4857
DOI:10.1002/leap.1156