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The effect of publishing a highly cited paper on a journal's impact factor: A case study of the Review of Particle Physics
Author(s) -
Liu Weishu,
Liu Fang,
Zuo Chao,
Zhu Junwen
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
learned publishing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.06
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1741-4857
pISSN - 0953-1513
DOI - 10.1002/leap.1156
Subject(s) - phenomenon , impact factor , publishing , field (mathematics) , series (stratigraphy) , particle (ecology) , host (biology) , physics , political science , mathematics , law , quantum mechanics , geology , biology , pure mathematics , paleontology , ecology , oceanography
Key points A more general and continuous form of ‘A short history of SHELX’ phenomenon has been found. The Review of Particle Physics (RPP) series, which is called the bible in the particle physics field, is highly cited by other research papers. The RPP phenomenon is found in different journals and is affected by the host journal's impact factor and publication size. The RPP phenomenon provides a big or small, but temporary, boost to its host journal's impact factor.