“Sparking”and“Igniting”Key Publications of 2020 Nobel Prize Laureates  

作　　者：Fangjie Xil Ronald Rousseau Xiaojun Hu 

机构地区：[1]Medical Information Center,Zhejiang University School of Medicine,Hangzhou 310058,China [2]Faculty of Social Sciences,University of Antwerp,Middelheimlaan 2,2020 Antwerpen,Belgium [3]Centre for R&D Monitoring(ECOOM)and Dept.MSI,KU Leuven,Naamsestraat 61,3000 Leuven,Belgium [4]Department of Neurology of Affiliated Hospital 2,Zhejiang University School of Medicine,Hangzhou 310009,China

出　　处：《Journal of Data and Information Science》2021年第2期28-40,共13页数据与情报科学学报（英文版）

基　　金：the National Natural Science Foundation of China Grant numbers:71974167 and 71573225。

摘　　要：Purpose:This article aims to determine the percentage of"Sparking"articles among the work of this year’s Nobel Prize winners in medicine,physics,and chemistry.Design/methodology/approach:We focus on under-cited influential research among the key publications as mentioned by the Nobel Prize Committee for the 2020 Noble Prize laureates.Specifically,we extracted data from the Web of Science,and calculated the Sparking Indices using the formulas as proposed by Hu and Rousseau in 2016 and 2017.In addition,we identified another type of igniting articles based on the notion in 2017.Findings:In the fields of medicine and physics,the proportions of articles with sparking characteristics share 78.571%and 68.75%respectively,yet,in chemistry 90%articles characterized by"igniting".Moreover,the two types of articles share more than 93%in the work of the Nobel Prize included in this study.Research limitations:Our research did not cover the impact of topic,socio-political,and author’s reputation on the Sparking Indices.Practical implications:Our study shows that the Sparking Indices truly reflect influence of the best research work,so it can be used to detect under-cited influential articles,as well as identifying fundamental work.Originality/value:Our findings suggest that the Sparking Indices have good applicability for research evaluation.

关 键 词：Sparking Indices Sparking fundamental research Igniting fundamental research Nobel Prize laureates Under-cited influential research 

分 类 号：G353.1[文化科学—情报学]