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The first impression of conference papers: Does it matter in predicting future citations?

D. Lee,Peter Brusilovsky

Published 2018 in J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol.

ABSTRACT

This article explores the factors influencing the future citations of conference papers. We concentrated on the explanatory power of early attention on conference papers for citations collected from Google Scholar and Scopus. The early attention data includes users’ online activities in a conference support system: CN3. Bookmarks from the bibliographic management system, Citeulike, were used as a collateral source of early attention. To examine the chronological contributions of 13 factors on citations, a multiple sequential regression analysis was conducted for three timepoints of the publication cycle—paper submission, time of conferences, and months after conferences. Our results illustrate that online readers’ early attention of Citeulike bookmarks were found to have the most influence on the future impact of the conference papers. The early attention records from CN3 made noteworthy improvements to explaining both the Google and Scopus citations as well. We also found that the type of papers the number of papers presented at a conference, and the best article award records were significant factors influencing future citations. However, the magnitude of the effects made by online readers’ early attention from both sources appears to be larger than these three traditional factors.

PUBLICATION RECORD

  • Publication year

    2018

  • Venue

    J. Assoc. Inf. Sci. Technol.

  • Publication date

    2018-11-16

  • Fields of study

    Computer Science, Economics, Psychology

  • Identifiers
    DOI 10.1002/asi.24100
  • External record

    Open on Semantic Scholar

  • Source metadata

    Semantic Scholar

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