Abstract
The aim of this study is to identify and analyze the characteristics of the top – cited articles in the field of tribology based on the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI – EXPANDED). The parameters are: publication years, journals, Web of Science categories, authors, institutions, countries, and citation life cycle curve. Y – index is used to evaluate the publication characteristic of authors of top – cited articles. Three kinds of citations: citations in 2013, total citations, and citations in publication year were employed to characterize the top – cited articles in tribology. Top three journals are Surface & Coatings Technology, Wear, and Tribology International. IBM Corporation was the most active institution on tribology research. The G7 countries have dominated this research field in terms of number of publications. Some of the keywords such as “tribology”, “tribological”, “wear”, “friction”, “diamond – like carbon”, “carbon or DLC”, “coatings”, “materials”, and “composite” were ranked among the top keywords in all the three types of keywords analysis : Words in titles, author keywords, and KeyWords Plus.
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