Ludo Waltman

44.2k citations
126 papers · 26.2k indexed · 13 hit papers · h-index 47
Topics
scientometrics and bibliometrics research (64 papers)Complex Network Analysis Techniques (17 papers)Advanced Text Analysis Techniques (15 papers)
Journals
NatureScienceSHILAP Revista de lepidopterología

In The Last Decade

Ludo Waltman

120 papers receiving 25.1k citations

Hit Papers

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Peers

Ludo Waltman
Comparison fields: 5 of 242
  • Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 5.3k
  • Information Systems 2.7k
  • Strategy and Management 2.7k
  • Sociology and Political Science 2.5k
  • Economics and Econometrics 2.0k
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Fields of papers citing papers by Ludo Waltman

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ludo Waltman

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ludo Waltman. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ludo Waltman 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 Ludo Waltman. Ludo Waltman is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Quantifying the long-term influence of scientific publications.
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Persistence of journal hierarchy in open access publishing.
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Use of the journal impact factor for assessing individual articles need not be wrong.
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El Manifiesto de Leiden sobre indicadores de investigación
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Generalizing the h- and g-indices
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Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
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Bibliometric Mapping of the Computational Intelligence Field
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About Ludo Waltman

Ludo Waltman is a scholar working on Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty, Information Systems and Management and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, having authored 126 papers that have together received 26.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include scientometrics and bibliometrics research (64 papers), Complex Network Analysis Techniques (17 papers) and Advanced Text Analysis Techniques (15 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty (5.3k citations), Health Informatics (385 citations) and Information Systems and Management (1.5k citations). Ludo Waltman has collaborated with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Nees Jan van Eck, Paul Wouters, Martijn S. Visser, Antonio Perianes‐Rodríguez, Sarah de Rijcke, Ismael Ràfols, Diana Hicks, Anthony F. J. van Raan, Jan van den Berg and Thed N. van Leeuwen. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

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