Henry Small

12.1k total citations · 4 hit papers
67 papers, 9.0k citations indexed

About

Henry Small is a scholar working on Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty, Information Systems and Management and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Henry Small has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 9.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty, 15 papers in Information Systems and Management and 14 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Henry Small's work include scientometrics and bibliometrics research (40 papers), Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies (13 papers) and Advanced Text Analysis Techniques (10 papers). Henry Small is often cited by papers focused on scientometrics and bibliometrics research (40 papers), Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies (13 papers) and Advanced Text Analysis Techniques (10 papers). Henry Small collaborates with scholars based in United States, Russia and United Kingdom. Henry Small's co-authors include Belver C. Griffith, Richard Klavans, Kevin W. Boyack, Eugene Garfield, Michel Zitt, Michael E. D. Koenig, John P. A. Ioannidis, Aaron A. Sorensen, Hung Tseng and Lyle Ungar and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Research Policy.

In The Last Decade

Henry Small

64 papers receiving 8.1k citations

Hit Papers

Co‐citation in the scientific literature: A new measure o... 1973 2026 1990 2008 1973 1999 1974 1978 1000 2.0k 3.0k
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Co‐citation in the scientific literature: A new measure of the relationship between two documents
    1973 3.7k citations Henry Small Journal of the American Society for Information Science profile →
  2. Visualizing science by citation mapping
    1999 581 citations Henry Small Journal of the American Society for Information Science profile →
  3. The Structure of Scientific Literatures I: Identifying and Graphing Specialties
    1974 579 citations Henry Small, Belver C. Griffith profile →
  4. Cited Documents as Concept Symbols
    1978 452 citations Henry Small Social Studies of Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Henry Small United States 32 2.6k 1.8k 1.6k 1.3k 1.1k 67 9.0k
Kevin W. Boyack United States 38 2.5k 1.0× 1.3k 0.7× 1.2k 0.7× 727 0.6× 885 0.8× 92 7.8k
Ronald Rousseau Belgium 45 4.0k 1.6× 1.9k 1.1× 1.1k 0.7× 945 0.7× 827 0.8× 333 9.7k
Anthony F. J. van Raan Netherlands 52 4.6k 1.8× 1.6k 0.9× 829 0.5× 1.1k 0.9× 694 0.6× 144 9.4k
Katy Börner United States 35 1.8k 0.7× 1.3k 0.7× 1.3k 0.8× 493 0.4× 1.2k 1.1× 166 7.8k
Eugene Garfield United States 40 6.7k 2.6× 2.6k 1.4× 1.3k 0.8× 975 0.8× 1.0k 1.0× 218 13.8k
Henk F. Moed Netherlands 50 5.5k 2.1× 2.1k 1.2× 735 0.5× 1.2k 0.9× 755 0.7× 144 10.4k
Wolfgang Glänzel Belgium 62 7.1k 2.8× 2.7k 1.5× 1.2k 0.8× 1.4k 1.1× 914 0.9× 324 13.2k
J. E. Hirsch United States 5 3.1k 1.2× 1.1k 0.6× 631 0.4× 593 0.5× 537 0.5× 5 8.4k
Alan L. Porter United States 54 1.7k 0.7× 976 0.5× 798 0.5× 2.1k 1.6× 925 0.9× 324 10.4k
Ying Ding China 55 1.4k 0.5× 2.1k 1.2× 2.5k 1.6× 615 0.5× 810 0.8× 392 10.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Henry Small

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Fields of papers citing papers by Henry Small

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Henry Small

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Henry Small. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Henry Small based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Henry Small. Henry Small is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Small, Henry. (2023). Bayesian history of science: The case of Watson and Crick and the structure of DNA. Quantitative Science Studies. 4(1). 209–228. 1 indexed citations
2.
Small, Henry. (2022). The confirmation of scientific theories using Bayesian causal networks and citation sentiments. Quantitative Science Studies. 3(2). 393–419. 1 indexed citations
3.
Small, Henry. (2019). What makes some scientific findings more certain that others? A study of citing sentences for low-hedged papers.. ISSI. 554–560. 1 indexed citations
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Tseng, Hung & Henry Small. (2019). Quantification of knowledge content of a high impact innovation: recombinant DNA. Heliyon. 5(8). e02219–e02219.
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Ioannidis, John P. A., Kevin W. Boyack, Henry Small, Aaron A. Sorensen, & Richard Klavans. (2014). Bibliometrics: Is your most cited work your best?. Nature. 514(7524). 561–562. 90 indexed citations
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Boyack, Kevin W., Richard Klavans, Henry Small, & Lyle Ungar. (2012). Characterizing emergence using a detailed micro-model of science: Investigating two hot topics in nanotechnology. Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology. 2605–2611. 4 indexed citations
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Small, Henry, et al.. (2009). Emerging research fronts in science and technology: patterns of new knowledge development. Scientometrics. 83(1). 15–38. 110 indexed citations
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Small, Henry, et al.. (2007). Scientists’ perceptions of the social and political implications of their research. Scientometrics. 74(2). 207–221. 4 indexed citations
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Small, Henry. (2006). Tracking and predicting growth areas in science. Scientometrics. 68(3). 595–610. 215 indexed citations
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Small, Henry. (2001). Belver and Henry. Scientometrics. 51(3). 487–491. 2 indexed citations
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Small, Henry. (1999). A Passage through Science: Crossing Disciplinary Boundaries.. Library trends. 48(1). 72–108. 44 indexed citations
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Small, Henry. (1999). Visualizing science by citation mapping. Journal of the American Society for Information Science. 50(9). 799–813. 461 indexed citations
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Small, Henry. (1995). Navigating the Citation Network.. Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting. 32. 10 indexed citations
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Small, Henry, et al.. (1986). Collagen research in the 1970s. Scientometrics. 10(1-2). 95–117. 17 indexed citations
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Griffith, Belver C. & Henry Small. (1983). The Structure of the Social and Behavioral Sciences Literature. Stockholm Papers in Library and Information Science.. 2 indexed citations
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Small, Henry. (1980). CO‐CITATION CONTEXT ANALYSIS AND THE STRUCTURE OF PARADIGMS. Journal of Documentation. 36(3). 183–196. 189 indexed citations
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Small, Henry. (1977). A Co-Citation Model of a Scientific Specialty: A Longitudinal Study of Collagen Research. Social Studies of Science. 7(2). 139–166. 206 indexed citations
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Small, Henry & Michael E. D. Koenig. (1977). Journal clustering using a bibliographic coupling method. Information Processing & Management. 13(5). 277–288. 61 indexed citations
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Small, Henry. (1974). Multiple citation patterns in scientific literature: The circle and hill models. Information Storage and Retrieval. 10(11-12). 393–402. 22 indexed citations
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Griffith, Belver C., et al.. (1974). The Structure of Scientific Literatures II: Toward a Macro- and Microstructure for Science. 4(4). 339–365. 187 indexed citations

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