Richard Klavans

7.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
54 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Richard Klavans is a scholar working on Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty, Information Systems and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard Klavans has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty, 10 papers in Information Systems and 9 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Richard Klavans's work include scientometrics and bibliometrics research (32 papers), Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies (8 papers) and Complex Network Analysis Techniques (8 papers). Richard Klavans is often cited by papers focused on scientometrics and bibliometrics research (32 papers), Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies (8 papers) and Complex Network Analysis Techniques (8 papers). Richard Klavans collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and United Kingdom. Richard Klavans's co-authors include Kevin W. Boyack, Katy Börner, John P. A. Ioannidis, Henry Small, Jeroen Baas, Shawn Martin, William M. Brown, Aaron A. Sorensen, Harold A. Linstone and Carl W. I. Pistorius and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Richard Klavans

54 papers receiving 4.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Co‐citation analysis, bibliographic coupling, and direct citation: Which citation approach represents the research front most accurately?

2010 1.0k citations Kevin W. Boyack, Richard Klavans Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology profile →
Mapping the backbone of science

2005 682 citations Kevin W. Boyack, Richard Klavans et al. profile →

Peers

Richard Klavans

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James A. Evans United States

Félix de Moya Anegón Spain

Howard D. White United States

Kevin W. Boyack United States

Katy Börner United States

Leo Egghe Belgium

Dashun Wang United States

Erjia Yan United States

Katherine W. McCain United States

Ismael Ràfols United Kingdom

James A. Evans United States

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Citations per year, relative to Richard Klavans Richard Klavans (= 1×) peers James A. Evans

Countries citing papers authored by Richard Klavans

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Fields of papers citing papers by Richard Klavans

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Richard Klavans. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Richard Klavans. The network helps show where Richard Klavans may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Richard Klavans

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

All Works

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Derrick, Gemma, et al.. (2023). Targeted, actionable and fair: Reviewer reports as feedback and its effect on ECR career choices. Research Evaluation. 32(4). 648–657. 2 indexed citations

Boyack, Kevin W. & Richard Klavans. (2022). An improved practical approach to forecasting exceptional growth in research. Quantitative Science Studies. 3(3). 672–693. 2 indexed citations

Calof, Jonathan, et al.. (2022). Understanding the structure, characteristics, and future of collective intelligence using local and global bibliometric analyses. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 178. 121561–121561. 19 indexed citations

Klavans, Richard, et al.. (2022). Award rate inequities in biomedical research. PLoS ONE. 17(7). e0270612–e0270612. 4 indexed citations

Rahkovsky, Ilya, et al.. (2021). AI Research Funding Portfolios and Extreme Growth. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6. 630124–630124. 13 indexed citations

Klavans, Richard, Kevin W. Boyack, & Dewey Murdick. (2020). A novel approach to predicting exceptional growth in research. PLoS ONE. 15(9). e0239177–e0239177. 14 indexed citations

Boyack, Kevin W., et al.. (2020). A detailed open access model of the PubMed literature. Scientific Data. 7(1). 408–408. 18 indexed citations

Ioannidis, John P. A., Jeroen Baas, Richard Klavans, & Kevin W. Boyack. (2019). A standardized citation metrics author database annotated for scientific field. PLoS Biology. 17(8). e3000384–e3000384. 195 indexed citations

Boyack, Kevin W. & Richard Klavans. (2018). Accurately identifying topics using text: Mapping PubMed. Leiden Repository (Leiden University). 107–115. 9 indexed citations

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Klavans, Richard & Kevin W. Boyack. (2017). The Research Focus of Nations: Economic vs. Altruistic Motivations. PLoS ONE. 12(1). e0169383–e0169383. 18 indexed citations

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Ioannidis, John P. A., Richard Klavans, & Kevin W. Boyack. (2016). Multiple Citation Indicators and Their Composite across Scientific Disciplines. PLoS Biology. 14(7). e1002501–e1002501. 83 indexed citations

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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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Ioannidis, John P. A., Kevin W. Boyack, & Richard Klavans. (2014). Estimates of the Continuously Publishing Core in the Scientific Workforce. PLoS ONE. 9(7). e101698–e101698. 104 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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Börner, Katy, et al.. (2012). Design and Update of a Classification System: The UCSD Map of Science. PLoS ONE. 7(7). e39464–e39464. 160 indexed citations

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Martin, Shawn, William M. Brown, Richard Klavans, & Kevin W. Boyack. (2011). OpenOrd: an open-source toolbox for large graph layout. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 7868. 786806–786806. 172 indexed citations

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Boyack, Kevin W., David Newman, Russell J. Duhon, et al.. (2011). Clustering More than Two Million Biomedical Publications: Comparing the Accuracies of Nine Text-Based Similarity Approaches. PLoS ONE. 6(3). e18029–e18029. 196 indexed citations

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Boyack, Kevin W. & Richard Klavans. (2010). Co‐citation analysis, bibliographic coupling, and direct citation: Which citation approach represents the research front most accurately?. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. 61(12). 2389–2404. 1031 indexed citations breakdown →

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Klavans, Richard & Kevin W. Boyack. (2005). Predicting the importance of current papers.. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 55. 455–61. 24 indexed citations

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Klavans, Richard. (1990). SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY, INDUSTRY STRUCTURE AND FIRM STRATEGY.. Academy of Management Proceedings. 1990(1). 22–26. 2 indexed citations

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