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

• Published in: Learned publishing Vol. 31; no. 3; pp. 261 - 266
• Main Authors: Liu, Weishu, Liu, Fang, Zuo, Chao, Zhu, Junwen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, UK John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 01.07.2018; Association of Learned and Professional
• Subjects: Case studies; Impact factors; Particle physics; Scholarly publishing

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...