Bibliometric profile of top-cited single-author articles in the Science Citation Index Expanded

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Highlights：

• There were 1760 top-cited single-author articles in 539 journals.

• The top productive journal was Science.

• The most productive category was multidisciplinary physics.

• In total, 72 Nobel Prize winners published 124 single-author articles.

• “Theory (or theories)” was the most frequently appeared title word.

摘要

•There were 1760 top-cited single-author articles in 539 journals.•The top productive journal was Science.•The most productive category was multidisciplinary physics.•In total, 72 Nobel Prize winners published 124 single-author articles.•“Theory (or theories)” was the most frequently appeared title word.

论文关键词：Web of science,SCI-EXPANDED,Bibliometric,Top-cited publication,Citations,Single-author articles

论文评审过程：Received 4 August 2014, Revised 24 September 2014, Accepted 26 September 2014, Available online 15 October 2014.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2014.09.008