Lutz Bornmann

23.0k total citations · 5 hit papers
394 papers, 14.9k citations indexed

About

Lutz Bornmann is a scholar working on Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty, Information Systems and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Lutz Bornmann has authored 394 papers receiving a total of 14.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 282 papers in Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty, 70 papers in Information Systems and 44 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Lutz Bornmann's work include scientometrics and bibliometrics research (275 papers), Meta-analysis and systematic reviews (63 papers) and Web visibility and informetrics (37 papers). Lutz Bornmann is often cited by papers focused on scientometrics and bibliometrics research (275 papers), Meta-analysis and systematic reviews (63 papers) and Web visibility and informetrics (37 papers). Lutz Bornmann collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and Netherlands. Lutz Bornmann's co-authors include Hans‐Dieter Daniel, Loet Leydesdorff, Rüdiger Mutz, Werner Marx, Robin Haunschild, Caroline S. Wagner, Félix de Moya Anegón, Hermann Schier, Andreas Thor and Ruediger Mutz and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Lutz Bornmann

377 papers receiving 13.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

What do citation counts measure? A review of studies on citing behavior

2008 976 citations Lutz Bornmann, Hans‐Dieter Daniel profile →
Growth rates of modern science: A bibliometric analysis based on the number of publications and cited references

2015 874 citations Lutz Bornmann et al. profile →
What is societal impact of research and how can it be assessed? a literature survey

2012 441 citations Lutz Bornmann profile →
Scientific peer review

2011 336 citations Lutz Bornmann profile →
Are there better indices for evaluation purposes than the h index? A comparison of nine different variants of the h index using data from biomedicine

2008 336 citations Lutz Bornmann, Hans‐Dieter Daniel et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Lutz Bornmann	8.0k	2.3k	1.5k	1.4k	1.3k	394	14.9k
Vincent Larivière	6.2k 0.8×	2.2k 1.0×	1.8k 1.2×	1.9k 1.3×	882 0.7×	273	12.6k
Wolfgang Glänzel	7.1k 0.9×	2.7k 1.2×	914 0.6×	1.3k 0.9×	1.6k 1.2×	324	13.2k
Ludo Waltman	5.3k 0.7×	2.7k 1.2×	2.5k 1.7×	1.5k 1.0×	2.0k 1.5×	126	26.2k
Henk F. Moed	5.5k 0.7×	2.1k 0.9×	755 0.5×	999 0.7×	1.1k 0.9×	144	10.4k
Eugene Garfield	6.7k 0.8×	2.6k 1.1×	1.0k 0.7×	1.5k 1.0×	865 0.7×	218	13.8k
Nees Jan van Eck	3.3k 0.4×	2.1k 0.9×	2.2k 1.5×	905 0.6×	1.7k 1.3×	97	22.6k
Anthony F. J. van Raan	4.6k 0.6×	1.6k 0.7×	694 0.5×	769 0.5×	1.2k 0.9×	144	9.4k
Cassidy R. Sugimoto	3.5k 0.4×	1.6k 0.7×	1.4k 1.0×	983 0.7×	413 0.3×	170	8.2k
Ronald Rousseau	4.0k 0.5×	1.9k 0.9×	827 0.6×	621 0.4×	1.1k 0.8×	333	9.7k
Kevin W. Boyack	2.5k 0.3×	1.3k 0.6×	885 0.6×	910 0.6×	658 0.5×	92	7.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lutz Bornmann

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Frietsch, Rainer, et al.. (2025). The definition of highly cited researchers: the effect of different approaches on the empirical outcome. Scientometrics. 130(2). 881–907. 3 indexed citations

Bornmann, Lutz. (2024). The sound of science. EMBO Reports. 25(9). 3743–3747.

Bornmann, Lutz, et al.. (2024). In search of innovative potential. EMBO Reports. 25(7). 2837–2841.

Wray, K. Brad, Søren R. Paludan, Lutz Bornmann, & Robin Haunschild. (2024). Using Reference Publication Year Spectroscopy (RPYS) to analyze the research and publication culture in immunology. Scientometrics. 129(6). 3271–3283. 3 indexed citations

Bornmann, Lutz, et al.. (2023). What do we know about the disruption index in scientometrics? An overview of the literature. Scientometrics. 129(1). 601–639. 31 indexed citations

Marx, Werner, K.J.S. Anand, Robin Haunschild, et al.. (2023). Bibliometric analysis with reference publication year spectroscopy showed how key programmes drove developmental care in newborn infants. Acta Paediatrica. 113(1). 28–38. 3 indexed citations

Bornmann, Lutz, et al.. (2023). Efficiency of universities and research-focused institutions worldwide: The introduction of a new input indicator reflecting institutional staff numbers. Journal of Informetrics. 17(2). 101400–101400. 4 indexed citations

Bittmann, Felix, et al.. (2021). Applied usage and performance of statistical matching in bibliometrics: The comparison of milestone and regular papers with multiple measurements of disruptiveness as an empirical example. Quantitative Science Studies. 2(4). 1246–1270. 8 indexed citations

Marx, Werner, Robin Haunschild, & Lutz Bornmann. (2021). Heat waves: a hot topic in climate change research. PUBLISSO (German National Library of Medicine). 138 indexed citations

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Bornmann, Lutz, Raf Guns, Mike Thelwall, & Dietmar Wolfram. (2021). Which aspects of the Open Science agenda are most relevant to scientometric research and publishing? An opinion paper. Quantitative Science Studies. 2(2). 438–453. 6 indexed citations

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Bornmann, Lutz, Robin Haunschild, & Vanash Patel. (2020). Are papers addressing certain diseases perceived where these diseases are prevalent? The proposal to use Twitter data as social-spatial sensors. PLoS ONE. 15(11). e0242550–e0242550. 7 indexed citations

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Fiala, Dalibor & Lutz Bornmann. (2020). Reference publication year spectroscopy (RPYS) of computer science papers from Eastern Europe. Aslib Journal of Information Management. 72(3). 305–319. 3 indexed citations

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Khosrowjerdi, Mahmood & Lutz Bornmann. (2019). Is culture a contributing factor of strong science. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 1 indexed citations

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Bornmann, Lutz, et al.. (2018). Productivity does not equal usefulness. Scientometrics. 118(2). 705–707. 11 indexed citations

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Haunschild, Robin, et al.. (2018). Relationship between field-normalized indicators calculated with different approaches of field-categorization. Leiden Repository (Leiden University). 11–18. 3 indexed citations

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Bornmann, Lutz. (2014). Measuring the broader impact of research: The potential of altmetrics.. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations

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Bornmann, Lutz & Werner Marx. (2013). Vorschläge für Standards zur Anwendung der Szientometrie bei der Evaluation von einzelnen Wissenschaftler(inne)n im Bereich der Naturwissenschaften. 1 indexed citations

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Bornmann, Lutz & Hans‐Dieter Daniel. (2011). Seasonal bias in editorial decisions? A study using data from chemistry. Learned Publishing. 24(4). 325–328. 3 indexed citations

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Bornmann, Lutz & Hans‐Dieter Daniel. (2009). The luck of the referee draw: the effect of exchanging reviews. Learned Publishing. 22(2). 117–125. 37 indexed citations

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Bornmann, Lutz & Hans‐Dieter Daniel. (2007). Functional use of frequently and infrequently cited articles in citing publications: A content analysis of citations to articles with low and high citation counts. MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society). 34(2). 149–153. 5 indexed citations

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