| Bibliometrics: the Leiden Manifesto for research metrics D Hicks, P Wouters, L Waltman, S Rijcke, I Rafols Nature 520, 429–431, 2015 | 3620 | 2015 |
| Is science becoming more interdisciplinary? Measuring and mapping six research fields over time A Porter, I Rafols scientometrics 81 (3), 719-745, 2009 | 1168 | 2009 |
| Approaches to understanding and measuring interdisciplinary scientific research (IDR): A review of the literature CS Wagner, JD Roessner, K Bobb, JT Klein, KW Boyack, J Keyton, ... Journal of Informetrics 5 (1), 14-26, 2011 | 1106 | 2011 |
| Diversity and network coherence as indicators of interdisciplinarity: Case studies in bionanoscience I Rafols, M Meyer Scientometrics 82 (2), 263-287, 2010 | 1001 | 2010 |
| A global map of science based on the ISI subject categories L Leydesdorff, I Rafols Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology 60 (2 …, 2009 | 835 | 2009 |
| How Journal Rankings can suppress Interdisciplinary Research–A Comparison between Innovation Studies and Business & Management I Rafols, L Leydesdorff, A O'Hare, P Nightingale, A Stirling Research Policy 41, 1262-1282, 2012 | 801 | 2012 |
| Science overlay maps: a new tool for research policy and library management I Rafols, AL Porter, L Leydesdorff Journal of the American Society for information Science and Technology 61 (9 …, 2010 | 642 | 2010 |
| Five ways to ensure that models serve society: a manifesto A Saltelli, G Bammer, I Bruno, E Charters, M Di Fiore, E Didier, ... Nature 582 (7813), 482-484, 2020 | 536 | 2020 |
| Does Interdisciplinary Research Lead to Higher Citation Impact? The Different Effect of Proximal and Distal Interdisciplinarity A Yegros-Yegros, I Rafols, PD Este PLoS ONE 10 (8), e013509, 2015 | 454 | 2015 |
| Indicators of the interdisciplinarity of journals: Diversity, centrality, and citations L Leydesdorff, I Rafols Journal of informetrics 5 (1), 87-100, 2011 | 448 | 2011 |
| Global maps of science based on the new Web-of-Science categories L Leydesdorff, S Carley, I Rafols Scientometrics 94 (2), 589-593, 2013 | 395 | 2013 |
| Distributions of avalanches in martensitic transformations E Vives, J Ortín, L Mañosa, I Ràfols, R Pérez-Magrané, A Planes Physical review letters 72 (11), 1694, 1994 | 276 | 1994 |
| Interactive overlay maps for US patent (USPTO) data based on International Patent Classification (IPC) L Leydesdorff, D Kushnir, I Rafols Scientometrics 98 (3), 1583-1599, 2014 | 262 | 2014 |
| Interactive Overlays: A New Method for Generating Global Journal Maps from Web-of-Science Data L Leydesdorff, I Rafols Journal of Informetrics, 2011 | 232 | 2011 |
| Big Pharma, little science? A bibliometric perspective on Big Pharma's R&D decline I Rafols, MM Hopkins, J Hoekman, J Siepel, A O'Hare, ... Technological Forecasting & Social Change 81, 22-38, 2014 | 228 | 2014 |
| How cross-disciplinary is bionanotechnology? Explorations in the specialty of molecular motors I Rafols, M Meyer Scientometrics 70 (3), 633-650, 2007 | 224 | 2007 |
| Patent overlay mapping: Visualizing technological distance L Kay, N Newman, J Youtie, AL Porter, I Rafols Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology 65 (12 …, 2014 | 220 | 2014 |
| Content‐based and algorithmic classifications of journals: Perspectives on the dynamics of scientific communication and indexer effects I Rafols, L Leydesdorff Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology 60 (9 …, 2009 | 218 | 2009 |
| To what extent is publishing in the Web of Science an indicator of journal quality? DA Chavarro Bohorquez, I Rafols Research Evaluation, 2018 | 207* | 2018 |
| Why Researchers Publish in Non-Mainstream Journals: Training, Knowledge Bridging, and Gap Filling D Chavarro, P Tang, I Rafols Research Policy, 2017 | 194 | 2017 |
Loet LeydesdorffProfessor emeritus, Amsterdam School of Communication Research (ASCoR), University of AmsterdamVerified email at leydesdorff.net
