Abstract #302122

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JSM 2003 Abstract #302122
Activity Number: 297
Type: Contributed
Date/Time: Tuesday, August 5, 2003 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
Sponsor: Social Statistics Section
Abstract - #302122
Title: The 25 Most-Cited Papers in Statistics
Author(s): Thomas P. Ryan*+ and William H. Woodall
Companies: NIST and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Address: PO Box 864, Acworth, GA, 30101-0864,
Keywords: citation counts ; citation impact factor ; citation classics
Abstract:

There is an increasing interest in counting the number of citations of research papers. Citation counts and citation rates are used to rank individuals, journals, and PhD programs. The November 2002 and January 2003 issues of AMSTAT News, for example, featured some of the most-cited statisticians and mathematical scientists. We present our list of what we believe to be the 25 most-cited papers in statistics. We also discuss some of these papers and other highly cited articles, measurement issues involved in counting citations, and the limitations of the use of citation counts to measure the impact of papers. With the exception of a paper by Stephen Stigler in Statistical Science in 1994, there has been little discussion of the use of citation counts within the statistics community.

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