Highly cited articles of corrosion research in science citation index Expanded

Abstract

This study aimed to identify and analyze the characteristics of the highly cited articles published in corrosion related fields in the Science Citation Index Expanded from 1900 to 2012. Articles that have been cited more than 100 times since publication to 2012 (TC2012 ≥ 100) were assessed. Analyzed aspects concerned the publication patterns of decades, journals, categories, institution, country and citation life cycles. Citations in the first two years after publication (TC2), in 2012 (C2012) and since publication to 2012 (TC2012) and citations per year of each article (TCPY) were innovatively used to characterize the citation patterns. Most of the articles were published in 1990s and 2000s. Corrosion Science, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, Corrosion and Electrochimica Acta were the core journals. Corrosion research is mainly published in technology and physical sciences research areas and multidisciplinary materials science, metallurgy and metallurgical engineering, electrochemistry and coatings and films materials categories. Seven industrialized countries: the USA, Germany, UK, France, Japan, Canada and Italy played an important role. In addition, the relation of citations with time and impact factor has been revealed.