Ismael Ràfols

11.2k total citations · 5 hit papers
119 papers, 7.1k citations indexed

About

Ismael Ràfols is a scholar working on Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty, Information Systems and Management and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Ismael Ràfols has authored 119 papers receiving a total of 7.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty, 19 papers in Information Systems and Management and 16 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Ismael Ràfols's work include scientometrics and bibliometrics research (46 papers), Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration (16 papers) and Complex Network Analysis Techniques (9 papers). Ismael Ràfols is often cited by papers focused on scientometrics and bibliometrics research (46 papers), Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration (16 papers) and Complex Network Analysis Techniques (9 papers). Ismael Ràfols collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Spain and Netherlands. Ismael Ràfols's co-authors include Loet Leydesdorff, Alan L. Porter, Martin Meyer, Paul Wouters, Ludo Waltman, Diana Hicks, Sarah de Rijcke, Alfredo Yegros, Paul Nightingale and Alice O’Hare and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and Physical review. B, Condensed matter.

In The Last Decade

Ismael Ràfols

113 papers receiving 6.7k citations

Hit Papers

Bibliometrics: The Leiden Manifesto for research metrics 2008 2026 2014 2020 2015 2009 2010 2008 2012 400 800 1.2k

Peers

Ismael Ràfols
Comparison fields: 5 of 209
  • Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 2.8k
  • Information Systems and Management 1.5k
  • Information Systems 1.0k
  • Sociology and Political Science 838
  • Economics and Econometrics 836
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Countries citing papers authored by Ismael Ràfols

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ismael Ràfols

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
# Work Indexed citations
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3 5
4 80
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Can bibliometrics help in assessing societal contributions of agricultural research? Exploring societal interactions across research areas
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8 83
9 42
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El Manifiesto de Leiden sobre indicadores de investigación
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11 220
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On the Relationship between Interdisciplinarity and Impact : Different modalities of interdisciplinarity lead to different types of impact( TOWARD INTERDISCIPLINARITY IN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT)
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13 9
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Individual-level evaluative bibliometrics - the politics of its use and abuse
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15 220
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How journal rankings can suppress interdisciplinarity: the case of innovation studies and business and management
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How journal rankings can suppress interdisciplinarity. The case of innovation studies in business and management
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How Do Emerging Technologies Conquer the World? An Exploration of Patterns of Diffusion and Network Formation
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19 32
20 2

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