We study the effects of an article featured on the cover of the journal Nature on citations to all articles published by its authors. Based on 30 years of bibliometric data, we find that cover articles are cited significantly more than non-cover articles, with this difference being long-lasting. However, when considering all articles (past and future) by Nature authors, we find that the publication of a cover article causes citations to previous articles by its authors to decline relative to citations to articles by non-cover authors.
Battiston, P., Sacco, P., Stanca, L. (2022). Cover effects on citations uncovered: Evidence from Nature. JOURNAL OF INFORMETRICS, 16(2) [10.1016/j.joi.2022.101293].
Cover effects on citations uncovered: Evidence from Nature
Battiston, P
;Stanca, L
2022
Abstract
We study the effects of an article featured on the cover of the journal Nature on citations to all articles published by its authors. Based on 30 years of bibliometric data, we find that cover articles are cited significantly more than non-cover articles, with this difference being long-lasting. However, when considering all articles (past and future) by Nature authors, we find that the publication of a cover article causes citations to previous articles by its authors to decline relative to citations to articles by non-cover authors.
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