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Pdf File Available EUGENE GARFIELD” lvSTITU TEFC)HSClk NTIF ICI NF(IUMATION 3501 MA HKETST PHILADELPHIA PA 19104 ‘l%e Mmt-Chl Physkd+eiences Publications in the 1945-1954 Science Cifaiim Index. Part 2. Twenty Citation Ckssics in Matlmnatics Number 42 October 15, 1990 When I fust reported to Current Gmterrts@ “impact.” That is, citations simply indicate readers that ISI@had compiled the Science that the cited work has been used in some Cifatkm hdexm (SCF’ ) cumulation for way by the author referring to it. It would 1945-1954, I indicated that it would serve be simplistic, if not absurd, to argue that the well the growing community of science importance of research can be measured historians. 1 Indeed, the cumulation has solely on the basis of citation frequencies enabled us for the first time to identi@ the and ranks thereof. most-cited publications in the postwar Brush attempts to answer this question by decade, a crucial time of rapid growth and comparing the lists of most-cited articles development in science and technology. with subjectivejudgments, such as the award Last year Bernard Dixon, contributing of prestigious prizes, or the opinions of editor to Biotechnology and former editor historians of science. As he noted in the first of New Scientist, discussed the 102 life- part of his essay, 48 percent of the most- sciences papers that were highly cited dur- cited physics publications included an author ing this petiod.2.3 More recently, the 52 who had won the Nobel Prize. For the high most-cited physical-sciences publications in impact chemistry publications, this figure the 1945-1954 SCI were examined by was 40 percent.’4However, he alsQobserves Stephen G. Brush, Department of History that these were not necessarily the works for and Institute for Physical Science and Tech- which the authors were honored by the nology, University of Maryland, College prize, a point I have stated previously.s Park.q Since virtually all of these Citation For the 20 most-cited mathematics articles Classicsm were in chemistry and physics, presented here, Brush uses the Fields Medal he requested additional lists of high impact as an independent measure of’ ‘influence. ” works in mathematics, astronomy, and the The Fields Medal is awarded qmdrermially earth sciences. In the essay that follows, by the International Congress of Mathemati- Brush continues his discussion by examining cians and is widely regarded as equivalent the 20 most-cited mathematics papas. Next in prestige to the Nobel Prizes. Brush found week, he will conclude with a look at 42 that no Fields Medal winners were among Cifation Cfassics in astronomy and the the authors of these 20 high impact mathe- earth sciences. matics articles. On this basis, he concludes Brush raises a question that often comes that “the most-cited publications in mathe- up whenever we publish undifferentiated matics do not contain the most important lists of papers ranked by citations: Are these research, ” and that “the most important most-cited articles the most “influential”? research in mathematics, as judged by We have consistently and repeatedly stated awards of the Fields Medal, is not highly that citations alone do not necessarily in- cited. ” dicate importance, quality, or influence. We This conclusion is perhaps premature instead prefer to use the more neutral term since it is based on a rather small sample 376 Tabk 1: Tbe top 100 mathematics mcm$cited la 1978 and 1979. 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