Concentration of the Most-Cited Papers in the Scientific Literature: Analysis of Journal Ecosystems

John P. A. Ioannidis

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0000005

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Concentration of the Most-Cited Papers in the Scientific Literature: Analysis of Journal Ecosystems

John P. A. Ioannidis

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: jioannid@cc.uoi.gr

Affiliations Clinical and Molecular Epidemiology Unit, Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, University of Ioannina School of Medicine, Ioannina, Greece, Biomedical Research Institute, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, Ioannina, Greece, Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Concentration of the Most-Cited Papers in the Scientific Literature: Analysis of Journal Ecosystems

John P. A. Ioannidis

Published: December 20, 2006
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000005

About the Authors

John P. A. Ioannidis

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: jioannid@cc.uoi.gr

Affiliations Clinical and Molecular Epidemiology Unit, Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, University of Ioannina School of Medicine, Ioannina, Greece, Biomedical Research Institute, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, Ioannina, Greece, Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JI. Analyzed the data: JI. Wrote the paper: JI

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