A study that examined almost 26 million scientific articles published by more than 4 million authors between 2000 and 2015 found that citation inequality increased over time, given that the top 1% of the most-cited researchers increased their share of citations from 14% to 21%; furthermore, between 2000 and 2015, top-ranked universities in Australasia and Western Europe increased their share of top-cited researchers, whereas the United States' share of top-cited researchers decreased, according to the authors.
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Article #20-12208: "Global citation inequality is on the rise," by Mathias Wullum Nielsen and Jens Peter Andersen.
MEDIA CONTACT: Mathias Wullum Nielsen, University of Copenhagen, DENMARK; tel: 004561684557; email: < mwn@soc.ku.dk >; Jens Peter Andersen, Aarhus University, DENMARK; tel: 004528992436; email: < jpa@ps.au.dk >
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