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Do ResearchGate Scores create ghost academic reputations?

Enrique Orduna-Malea1, Alberto Martín-Martín2, Mike Thelwall3and

Emilio Delgado López-Cózar2*

1EC3 Research Group, Polytechnic University of Valencia. Camino de Vera s/n, Valencia 46022, Spain

2EC3 Research Group, Universidad de Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain

3Statistical Cybermetrics Research Group, School of Mathematics and Computer Science. University of Wolverhampton, Wulfruna Street, Wolverhampton WV1 1LY, UK

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Appendix A. Outlier authors...... 2

Appendix B Excellence authors...... 5

Appendix CAuthors rankings per RG metric...... 9

Appendix D. Evolution data ...... 11

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APPENDIX I: OUTLIER AUTHORS

N / NAME / URL / P / R / C / PV / IP / TH / PH / FI / FO / Q / A / RG / P (%) / A (%) / Q (%) / FO (%) / DATE
1 / Ali-shtayeh, Mohammed Saleem / / 247 / 20312 / 2054 / 6382 / 149.29 / 24 / 21 / 1821 / 1068 / 3 / 384 / 51.93 / 69 / 28 / 3 / 0 / 03-jun-16
2 / Ananth, Ravi / / 4 / 455 / 1 / 4386 / 0.2 / 1 / 0 / 2228 / 1165 / 25 / 2285 / 55.87 / 4 / 85 / 11 / 0 / 03-jun-16
3 / Antin, Joseph / / 502 / 13061 / 23534 / 403 / 3377.74 / 82 / 80 / 103 / 189 / 0 / 0 / 50.52 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 03-jun-16
4 / Babchin, Alexander J. / / 80 / 5970 / 645 / 7997 / 141.17 / 11 / 11 / 2285 / 1148 / 76 / 1080 / 63.14 / 61 / 14 / 25 / 0 / 03-jun-16
5 / Banhegyi, Gyorgy / / 54 / 2574 / 586 / 5609 / 70.42 / 12 / 11 / 1204 / 1070 / 23 / 1158 / 123.09 / 23 / 72 / 5 / 0 / 18-may-16
6 / Bettayeb, Fairouz / / 35 / 488 / 88 / 2903 / 5.67 / 3 / 2 / 719 / 1120 / 3 / 1383 / 35.64 / 30 / 64 / 6 / 0 / 03-jun-16
7 / Björnsson, Björn Thrandur / / 217 / 16007 / 8063 / 6035 / 451.04 / 51 / 46 / 256 / 676 / 20 / 394 / 124.42 / 33 / 43 / 24 / 0 / 18-may-16
8 / Bozsik, András / / 128 / 11892 / 109 / 8830 / 10.17 / 6 / 6 / 1217 / 1230 / 53 / 4795 / 64.33 / 22 / 57 / 21 / 0 / 18-may-16
9 / Brassard, Louis / / 3 / 757 / 4 / 6212 / 1 / 1 / 1123 / 1002 / 13 / 6475 / 137.22 / 2 / 92 / 6 / 0 / 18-may-16
10 / Brender, Jeffrey / / 80 / 4362 / 2354 / 3909 / 366.1 / 29 / 28 / 352 / 443 / 12 / 650 / 141.29 / 26 / 64 / 10 / 0 / 18-may-16
11 / Burzynski, Artur / / 38 / 2972 / 339 / 2304 / 94.34 / 11 / 9 / 733 / 333 / 9 / 845 / 123.37 / 23 / 73 / 4 / 0 / 18-may-16
12 / Butcher, James / / 180 / 611 / 348 / 270 / 5260.6 / 10 / 10 / 15 / 26 / 0 / 0 / 47.48 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 07/07/2016
13 / Caballo, Vicente E. / / 100 / 107839 / 629 / 2685 / 82.37 / 15 / 13 / 50 / 223 / 0 / 0 / 31.52 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 18-may-16
14 / Caka, Nebi / / 95 / 45630 / 96 / 14062 / 0.61 / 5 / 3 / 406 / 427 / 25 / 350 / 34.4 / 21 / 56 / 23 / 0 / 18-may-16
15 / Camargo, Carlos A. / / 964 / 26345 / 31751 / 1673 / 4723.2 / 88 / 86 / 0 / 472 / 0 / 0 / 53.09 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 18-may-16
16 / Celzard, Alain / / 271 / 28309 / 4525 / 10261 / 670.32 / 38 / 32 / 48 / 753 / 15 / 1064 / 173.99 / 25 / 69 / 6 / 0 / 18-may-16
17 / Chartrand, Max Stanley / / 115 / 12814 / 61 / 7021 / 23.54 / 5 / 5 / 2112 / 1525 / 15 / 1786 / 112.83 / 20 / 72 / 8 / 0 / 18-may-16
18 / Chaubal, Rohan / / 5 / 722 / 4 / 1608 / 10.94 / 1 / 1 / 796 / 304 / 15 / 544 / 63.58 / 14 / 74 / 12 / 0 / 03-jun-16
19 / Colditz, Graham A. / / 1599 / 48033 / 170904 / 3659 / 14784.05 / 216 / 207 / 192 / 1069 / 0 / 0 / 56.57 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 18-may-16
20 / Conde, João / / 60 / 15426 / 821 / 12052 / 315.19 / 16 / 13 / 560 / 497 / 2 / 497 / 60.44 / 61 / 39 / 0 / 0 / 03-jun-16
21 / Daly, Mark / / 837 / 35768 / 143207 / 1530 / 9024.25 / 158 / 157 / 811 / 1309 / 0 / 0 / 53.49 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 18-may-16
22 / Dann, Serge / / 259 / 9964 / 15985 / 1244 / 758.63 / 61 / 60 / 54 / 389 / 0 / 0 / 42.93 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 18-may-16
23 / Ebrahim, Nader Ale / / 173 / 23053 / 639 / 16235 / 8.87 / 15 / 8 / 2124 / 1238 / 8 / 118 / 33.6 / 57 / 25 / 17 / 1 / 18-may-16
24 / Eggermont, Alexander Maximiliaan / / 877 / 29273 / 29806 / 2220 / 4876.13 / 77 / 70 / 716 / 617 / 0 / 0 / 53.12 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 03-jun-16
25 / Eidiani, Mostafa / / 268 / 16512 / 9034 / 35504 / 13.87 / 75 / 30 / 2839 / 1268 / 85 / 591 / 110.69 / 14 / 38 / 48 / 0 / 18-may-16
26 / Elasrag, Hussein / / 204 / 9925 / 26 / 4526 / 0 / 3 / 2 / 949 / 489 / 43 / 467 / 25.06 / 72 / 13 / 15 / 0 / 03-jun-16
27 / Elburg, Marlina / / 124 / 8871 / 2325 / 1752 / 303.3 / 30 / 28 / 93 / 387 / 0 / 196 / 75.64 / 50 / 50 / 0 / 0 / 18-may-16
28 / Enzo, Ierardi / / 397 / 20531 / 4043 / 12473 / 1018.55 / 36 / 33 / 772 / 796 / 5 / 1213 / 92.73 / 50 / 45 / 5 / 0 / 03-jun-16
29 / Ewalds-Kvist, Béatrice Marianne / / 67 / 4694 / 347 / 10675 / 41.62 / 12 / 9 / 654 / 890 / 6 / 3976 / 289.82 / 9 / 90 / 1 / 0 / 18-may-16
30 / Fava, Maurizio / / 896 / 38796 / 38154 / 1462 / 4342.05 / 96 / 92 / 120 / 525 / 0 / 0 / 52.85 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 03-jun-16
31 / Figg, William Douglas / / 775 / 12748 / 24350 / 615 / 4407.84 / 84 / 81 / 33 / 154 / 0 / 0 / 52.15 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 03-jun-16
32 / Firoz Khan, Mohammad / / 7 / 1719 / 2 / 6051 / 1 / 1 / 1869 / 1377 / 6 / 1653 / 89.48 / 2 / 92 / 6 / 0 / 03-jun-16
33 / Galllup, Jack / / 67 / 3294 / 1273 / 5591 / 188.73 / 21 / 18 / 578 / 409 / 1 / 884 / 149.32 / 22 / 78 / 0 / 0 / 18-may-16
34 / Geigel, Arturo / / 6 / 440 / 0 / 2814 / 0 / 0 / 488 / 497 / 10 / 785 / 57.72 / 1 / 91 / 8 / 0 / 03-jun-16
35 / Greenhalgh, Trisha / / 592 / 41074 / 16998 / 6522 / 4683.55 / 66 / 64 / 149 / 1002 / 0 / 0 / 51.6 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 03-jun-16
36 / Haiman, Chris / / 597 / 15488 / 15170 / 829 / 3042.3 / 62 / 59 / 0 / 153 / 0 / 0 / 49.32 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 18-may-16
37 / Holland, Matt / / 30 / 1377 / 24 / 1067 / 1 / 3 / 3 / 331 / 529 / 27 / 282 / 29.99 / 29 / 59 / 12 / 0 / 03-jun-16
38 / Jacić, Ljubomir / / 101 / 6932 / 46 / 29823 / 11.39 / 4 / 4 / 3006 / 2381 / 50 / 9853 / 115.02 / 16 / 64 / 20 / 0 / 18-may-16
39 / Jaffe, Elaine S / / 871 / 25748 / 76939 / 1555 / 6968.68 / 132 / 129 / 147 / 472 / 0 / 0 / 53.75 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 03-jun-16
40 / Jambou, Didier / / 28 / 3261 / 211 / 730 / 64.98 / 9 / 8 / 476 / 560 / 2 / 560 / 62.52 / 42 / 55 / 3 / 0 / 03-jun-16
41 / Kaniklidis, Constantine / / 20 / 4367 / 11 / 3245 / 7.14 / 2 / 2 / 58 / 287 / 1 / 371 / 91.52 / 14 / 86 / 0 / 0 / 18-may-16
42 / Karaman, Rafik / / 212 / 3036 / 11176 / 403.38 / 33 / 15 / 286 / 766 / 16 / 3324 / 254.11 / 16 / 82 / 2 / 0 / 18-may-16
43 / Kennedy, Ian / / 35 / 1622 / 17 / 6079 / 0.84 / 2 / 2 / 51 / 1066 / 3 / 2531 / 154.65 / 6 / 92 / 2 / 0 / 18-may-16
44 / Kirkpatrick, Peter / / 205 / 1625 / 3861 / 325 / 8250.9 / 36 / 36 / 1 / 25 / 0 / 0 / 49.4 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 07/07/2016
45 / Kotsemir, Maxim / / 20 / 9881 / 39 / 16868 / 2.62 / 4 / 4 / 9739 / 4737 / 10 / 240 / 41.56 / 48 / 44 / 8 / 0 / 01-jun-16
46 / Krieger, Hanno / / 131 / 1659 / 241 / 8095 / 36.16 / 9 / 9 / 1357 / 1181 / 4 / 4763 / 136.91 / 17 / 82 / 1 / 0 / 18-may-16
47 / Lam, Wan L. / / 484 / 8887 / 10494 / 1182 / 1773.77 / 53 / 50 / 14 / 149 / 0 / 0 / 47.63 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 18-may-16
48 / Lemkul, Justin / / 25 / 2956 / 535 / 7072 / 127.58 / 11 / 11 / 28 / 650 / 0 / 812 / 151.75 / 19 / 81 / 0 / 0 / 18-may-16
49 / Levy, Daniel / / 802 / 22805 / 102519 / 583 / 8823.58 / 161 / 159 / 261 / 454 / 0 / 0 / 53.79 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 18-may-16
50 / Lieber, Charles M / / 492 / 20974 / 87385 / 4355 / 5014.92 / 133 / 131 / 31 / 984 / 0 / 0 / 50.38 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 03-jun-16
51 / Liger, Dominique / / 27 / 1367 / 514 / 2033 / 101.77 / 14 / 14 / 30 / 170 / 2 / 1390 / 181.39 / 15 / 85 / 0 / 0 / 18-may-16
52 / Ling, Victor / / 273 / 3695 / 26440 / 366 / 1529.38 / 75 / 74 / 40 / 108 / 0 / 0 / 45.78 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 18-may-16
53 / Luong, John / / 333 / 11593 / 10868 / 963 / 1270.56 / 53 / 53 / 71 / 102 / 0 / 100 / 54.3 / 85 / 15 / 0 / 0 / 18-may-16
54 / Miller, Anthony / / 580 / 11734 / 29265 / 401 / 3606.73 / 89 / 87 / 74 / 192 / 0 / 0 / 50.55 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 18-may-16
55 / Mitra, Abhijit / / 1714 / 50915 / 2411 / 17434 / 2122.27 / 21 / 11 / 2227 / 962 / 253 / 812 / 61.51 / 80 / 3 / 17 / 0 / 03-jun-16
56 / Morales Pedraza, Jorge / / 90 / 4344 / 132 / 6949 / 37.35 / 5 / 4 / 246 / 573 / 10 / 988 / 103.81 / 26 / 70 / 4 / 0 / 18-may-16
57 / Moskovkin, Vladimir / / 77 / 2401 / 63 / 1128 / 16.8 / 4 / 4 / 403 / 196 / 14 / 16 / 30.9 / 72 / 0 / 28 / 0 / 18-may-16
58 / Moss, Marcia / / 72 / 1987 / 3890 / 1492 / 262.89 / 30 / 29 / 118 / 174 / 11 / 788 / 104.86 / 34 / 64 / 2 / 0 / 18-may-16
59 / Muss, Wolfgang H. / / 107 / 5948 / 647 / 8049 / 149.79 / 14 / 14 / 622 / 761 / 6 / 994 / 151.63 / 22 / 72 / 6 / 0 / 18-may-16
60 / O'Donnell, Christopher J. / / 672 / 22472 / 50586 / 1178 / 5569.66 / 104 / 102 / 96 / 412 / 0 / 0 / 51.79 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 18-may-16
61 / Ordovas, Jose M / / 1102 / 28945 / 36961 / 2242 / 4920.85 / 91 / 87 / 229 / 769 / 0 / 0 / 53.3 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 18-may-16
62 / Palomar Tarancón, Juan-Esteban / / 12 / 667 / 10 / 2885 / 2 / 1 / 1122 / 891 / 65 / 1018 / 23.2 / 25 / 38 / 37 / 0 / 03-jun-16
63 / Pastan, Ira / / 1444 / 16648 / 92999 / 37 / 9981.52 / 139 / 131 / 4 / 21 / 0 / 0 / 55.58 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 03-jun-16
64 / Pasternak, Taras / / 52 / 3280 / 1647 / 2947 / 108.87 / 15 / 14 / 356 / 501 / 0 / 807 / 112.93 / 25 / 75 / 0 / 0 / 18-may-16
65 / Peter, James / / 463 / 18598 / 3409 / 16577 / 131.18 / 28 / 21 / 4737 / 2412 / 21 / 2753 / 132.95 / 28 / 62 / 10 / 0 / 18-may-16
66 / Pimiskern, Joachim / / 3661 / 2682 / 0 / 2441 / 215.03 / 0 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 18-may-16
67 / Ploegh, Hidde L / / 666 / 15246 / 45836 / 2262 / 6039.9 / 114 / 109 / 15 / 425 / 0 / 0 / 52.23 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 03-jun-16
68 / Posinasetti, Nageswara Rao / / 185 / 18794 / 307 / 9941 / 33.03 / 9 / 9 / 413 / 979 / 21 / 1844 / 74.75 / 31 / 54 / 15 / 0 / 03-jun-16
69 / Ramadevi, Jetty / / 13 / 1006 / 237 / 2828 / 37.93 / 7 / 7 / 272 / 330 / 0 / 536 / 48.39 / 34 / 66 / 0 / 0 / 03-jun-16
70 / Repiso, Rafael / / 24 / 1426 / 49 / 762 / 2.86 / 3 / 3 / 1030 / 1152 / 44 / 2 / 8.45 / 97 / 0 / 0 / 3 / 18-may-16
71 / Ritz, Jerome / / 496 / 11592 / 27220 / 647 / 3893.29 / 89 / 87 / 69 / 284 / 0 / 0 / 50.67 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 03-jun-16
72 / Rogoza, Andrei / / 28 / 693 / 27 / 3056 / 9.53 / 3 / 3 / 137 / 181 / 0 / 550 / 74.64 / 17 / 83 / 0 / 0 / 18-may-16
73 / Rotter, Jerome I / / 1012 / 31769 / 43423 / 1410 / 7686.1 / 102 / 101 / 585 / 954 / 0 / 0 / 53.77 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 18-may-16
74 / Rückert, Christian / / 145 / 6621 / 3565 / 2708 / 390.46 / 26 / 24 / 382 / 306 / 0 / 184 / 70.68 / 55 / 45 / 0 / 0 / 03-jun-16
75 / Rush, Augustus John / / 805 / 33451 / 57620 / 1890 / 4649.39 / 107 / 104 / 49 / 461 / 0 / 0 / 52.66 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 03-jun-16
76 / Sandborn, William / / 1167 / 23372 / 54199 / 1728 / 11840.42 / 121 / 117 / 0 / 461 / 0 / 0 / 55.82 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 18-may-16
77 / Schwartz, Joel / / 977 / 37030 / 55072 / 3016 / 5296.79 / 130 / 124 / 201 / 903 / 0 / 0 / 53.73 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 18-may-16
78 / Shamshirband, Shahab / / 299 / 53472 / 1143 / 14300 / 587.61 / 16 / 11 / 1099 / 1465 / 11 / 73 / 50.41 / 89 / 7 / 4 / 0 / 03-jun-16
79 / Shapiro, Adam B. / / 66 / 3248 / 2914 / 16589 / 213.43 / 26 / 25 / 21 / 775 / 1 / 2889 / 439.82 / 8 / 92 / 0 / 0 / 18-may-16
80 / Sharma, Ravi K. / / 21 / 814 / 9 / 3414 / 2.81 / 2 / 2 / 827 / 1533 / 14 / 419 / 37.99 / 17 / 65 / 18 / 0 / 03-jun-16
81 / Singh, Harshvardhan / / 15 / 4808 / 2 / 9905 / 0 / 1 / 1 / 899 / 968 / 30 / 2772 / 75.38 / 6 / 85 / 9 / 0 / 03-jun-16
82 / Sinjab, Issam / / 2 / 143 / 8 / 3201 / 5.11 / 1 / 1 / 1077 / 907 / 4 / 1486 / 68.07 / 7 / 82 / 11 / 0 / 03-jun-16
83 / Speizer, Frank / / 650 / 19284 / 89966 / 695 / 7576.98 / 156 / 156 / 2 / 148 / 0 / 0 / 52.5 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 18-may-16
84 / Stefanides, Panagiotis / / 509 / 16108 / 2 / 5862 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 1934 / 1269 / 2 / 371 / 10.55 / 19 / 68 / 13 / 0 / 03-jun-16
85 / Steinberg, Seth M / / 830 / 16224 / 44429 / 1116 / 5974.99 / 105 / 104 / 137 / 318 / 0 / 0 / 53.18 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 03-jun-16
86 / Strom, Terry B. / / 649 / 14038 / 34939 / 1314 / 3963.86 / 92 / 88 / 259 / 333 / 0 / 0 / 51.11 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 03-jun-16
87 / Sukla, Lala / / 376 / 16363 / 1712 / 9307 / 162.58 / 22 / 18 / 3007 / 1957 / 275 / 1505 / 54.01 / 68 / 9 / 23 / 0 / 18-may-16
88 / Targan, Stephan / / 612 / 8952 / 38165 / 178 / 6388.15 / 94 / 92 / 41 / 104 / 0 / 0 / 52.55 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 18-may-16
89 / Thase, Michael E. / / 820 / 55522 / 44665 / 1482 / 4583.05 / 103 / 101 / 7 / 515 / 0 / 0 / 52.68 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 03-jun-16
90 / Tripathi, Yogesh Chandra / / 235 / 31828 / 316 / 33483 / 34.76 / 10 / 10 / 289 / 740 / 35 / 1924 / 59.75 / 42 / 40 / 18 / 0 / 03-jun-16
91 / Tsambani, Ariadne / / 45 / 1352 / 0 / 5460 / 1650 / 676 / 1 / 4470 / 109.8 / 0 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 18-may-16
92 / Tsien, Richard / / 341 / 7047 / 49843 / 886 / 3918.91 / 116 / 115 / 124 / 386 / 0 / 0 / 49.02 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 03-jun-16
93 / Turner, Barry / / 36 / 3283 / 5 / 3363 / 0.28 / 2 / 2 / 635 / 645 / 55 / 645 / 28.62 / 17 / 53 / 30 / 0 / 03-jun-16
94 / Umachandran, Krishnan / / 289 / 18810 / 241 / 15135 / 6 / 2 / 4100 / 2371 / 14 / 7682 / 170.69 / 3 / 94 / 3 / 0 / 18-may-16
95 / Van Noorden, Richard / / 89 / 469 / 644 / 862 / 3472.42 / 13 / 13 / 16 / 60 / 0 / 0 / 44.32 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 18-may-16
96 / Vanhaecke, Frank / / 412 / 16132 / 7992 / 1576 / 1156.03 / 45 / 40 / 27 / 389 / 0 / 0 / 47.1 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 18-may-16
97 / Vicidomini, Salvatore Salvi / / 468 / 46488 / 1233 / 7026 / 3.08 / 14 / 3 / 414 / 138 / 5 / 18 / 12.62 / 45 / 23 / 32 / 0 / 18-may-16
98 / Waldrop, Mitch / / 580 / 2394 / 3080 / 239 / 16719.31 / 17 / 17 / 9 / 47 / 0 / 0 / 54 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 07/07/2016
99 / Weiss, Scott / / 907 / 16528 / 41996 / 1120 / 6404.33 / 115 / 111 / 209 / 501 / 0 / 0 / 53.3 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 18-may-16
100 / Whitehead, Dean / / 130 / 27191 / 1448 / 6230 / 106.75 / 23 / 19 / 206 / 731 / 14 / 1395 / 153.99 / 22 / 69 / 9 / 0 / 18-may-16
101 / Willett, Walter / / 1300 / 41938 / 196855 / 15989 / 13955.96 / 236 / 232 / 212 / 1223 / 0 / 0 / 56.33 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 18-may-16
102 / Wolk, Alicja / / 594 / 18841 / 31879 / 1525 / 4079.14 / 92 / 89 / 180 / 396 / 0 / 0 / 51.63 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 18-may-16
103 / Wöstemeyer, Johannes / / 156 / 5112 / 1656 / 3097 / 225.59 / 24 / 20 / 394 / 318 / 8 / 246 / 87.59 / 41 / 52 / 7 / 0 / 03-jun-16
104 / Zekry, Abdelhalim / / 208 / 34160 / 158 / 13028 / 70.11 / 5 / 4 / 1102 / 1121 / 53 / 1528 / 99.63 / 30 / 58 / 12 / 0 / 03-jun-16

P: Publications; R: Reads; C: Citations; PV: Profile views; IP: Impact Points; TH: Total h-index; PH: Pure h-index; FI: Following; FE: Followers; Q: Questions; A: Answers; RG: RG Score; P (%): Publication dimension; A (%): Answer dimension; Q (%): Question dimension; FE (%): Followers dimension; DATE: Data gathering

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Non-linear regression models for outlier authors:

MODEL / R² / SSR
p1+p2*X1^1+p3*X2^1+p4*X3^1+p5*X4^1+p6*X5+p7*X6+p8*X7+p9*X8+p10*X9+p11*X10+p12*X11+p13*X21+p14*X22+p15*X23+p16*X24+p17*X25+p18*X26+p19*X27+p20*X28+p21*X29+p22*X210+p23*X211 / 0.683 / 99571.181
p1*x/(p2+x) / 0.000 / 314170.204
p1*Exp(p2*x) / 0.089 / 286329.013
p1*Exp(p2*x)+p3 / 0.100 / 282865.280
p1*(1-Exp(-p2*x)) / 0.001 / 314038.265
1/(1+Exp(-p1-p2*x)) / 0.000 / 843114.664
p3/(1+Exp(-p1-p2*x)) / 0.089 / 286335.246
p1+(p4-p1)/(1+Exp(p2*(Ln(x)-p3))) / 0.045 / 300897.060
p1+(p4-p1)/(1+(x/p3)p2) / 0.121 / 276244.389
Exp(p1+x*p2)/(x + 1)p3+Exp(p4+x*p5)/(x + 1)p6 / 0.403 / 187519.852
p1*Ln(x)+p2 / 0.055 / 297010.929
p1*Log10(x)+p2 / 0.055 / 297010.929
p1+p2*Cos(2*Pi*p3*x)+p4*Sin(2*Pi*p3*x)) / 0.076 / 290349.223
p1+p2*cos(2*pi()*p3*x) / 0.066 / 293528.635

Parameters for selected model:

Parameter / Value / Standard deviation
p1 / 27,552 / 13,911
p2 / -0,131 / 0,072
p3 / -0,002 / 0,001
p4 / 0,000 / 0,001
p5 / 0,010 / 0,003
p6 / -0,003 / 0,006
p7 / 5,018 / 2,496
p8 / -2,835 / 2,512
p9 / -0,036 / 0,017
p10 / 0,024 / 0,047
p11 / -0,856 / 0,433
p12 / 0,045 / 0,010
p13 / 0,000 / 0,000
p14 / 0,000 / 0,000
p15 / 0,000 / 0,000
p16 / 0,000 / 0,000
p17 / 0,000 / 0,000
p18 / -0,023 / 0,020
p19 / 0,011 / 0,020
p20 / 0,000 / 0,000
p21 / 0,000 / 0,000
p22 / 0,003 / 0,002
p23 / 0,000 / 0,000
Variable / Name
X1 / Publications
X2 / Reads
X3 / Citations
X4 / Profile views
X5 / ImpactPoints
X6 / Total H-index
X7 / Selective Hindex
X8 / Following
X9 / Followers
X10 / Questions
X11 / Answers

Graphical analysis of residuals:

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APPENDIX II. EXCELLENCE AUTHORS

N / Name / URL / AR / P / R / C / Pv / IP / Th / PH / FI / FE / Q / A / RG / P (%) / A (%) / Q (%) / FE (%) / B
1 / Paul Greengard / / Physiology or Medicine / 955 / 16090 / 90728 / 714 / 8004.67 / 160 / 156 / 0 / 235 / 0 / 0 / 54.18 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / No
2 / Martin L. Perl / / Physics / 997 / 13830 / 13577 / 581 / 3840.16 / 55 / 54 / 111 / 140 / 0 / 0 / 52.12 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / No
3 / Robert H. Grubbs / / Chemistry / 720 / 10698 / 53146 / 2536 / 4591.97 / 110 / 105 / 51 / 529 / 0 / 0 / 52.09 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / Yes
4 / Kurt Wuethrich / / Chemistry / 767 / 13156 / 81136 / 1178 / 3835.25 / 131 / 124 / 0 / 283 / 0 / 0 / 51.81 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / No
5 / Theodor Hänsch / / Physics / 791 / 15179 / 37038 / 2367 / 2637.76 / 90 / 87 / 58 / 523 / 0 / 0 / 49.55 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / Yes
6 / Bruce Beutler / / Physiology or Medicine / 411 / 10565 / 55627 / 1397 / 3659.81 / 101 / 101 / 11 / 384 / 0 / 0 / 49.44 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / Yes
7 / John B Gurdon / / Physiology or Medicine / 324 / 8772 / 18697 / 2067 / 3002.44 / 78 / 74 / 16 / 362 / 0 / 2 / 48.28 / 99 / 1 / 0 / 0 / No
8 / Jack Szostak / / Physiology or Medicine / 288 / 9837 / 31944 / 1019 / 3456.94 / 82 / 80 / 27 / 249 / 0 / 0 / 48 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / No
9 / Harold Kroto / / Chemistry / 508 / 8648 / 23298 / 600 / 2015.22 / 73 / 71 / 0 / 133 / 0 / 0 / 47.89 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / No
10 / Richard Schrock / / Chemistry / 312 / 4560 / 15104 / 619 / 2238.76 / 63 / 57 / 0 / 149 / 0 / 0 / 47.82 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / No
11 / John E. Walker / / Chemistry / 346 / 5946 / 30706 / 997 / 1971.4 / 85 / 81 / 26 / 167 / 0 / 0 / 47.73 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / No
12 / Hiroshi Amano / / Physics / 740 / 10918 / 17868 / 2539 / 984.11 / 60 / 57 / 19 / 287 / 0 / 1 / 47.71 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / Yes
13 / William E. Moerner / / Chemistry / 488 / 8604 / 20970 / 2025 / 2192.5 / 72 / 66 / 9 / 398 / 0 / 1 / 47.61 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / Yes
14 / Erwin Neher / / Physiology or Medicine / 291 / 6680 / 59011 / 1636 / 2570.95 / 109 / 106 / 26 / 464 / 0 / 0 / 47.46 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / Yes
15 / Roger Guillemin / / Physiology or Medicine / 390 / 1754 / 29260 / 209 / 2373.4 / 86 / 84 / 7 / 40 / 0 / 0 / 47.32 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / Yes
16 / Paul Crutzen / / Chemistry / 489 / 18813 / 44878 / 1029 / 2274.41 / 110 / 107 / 21 / 384 / 0 / 0 / 47.02 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / No
17 / Gerard T. Hooft / / Physics / 136 / 2535 / 17861 / 1492 / 323.05 / 41 / 41 / 7 / 242 / 1 / 94 / 46.67 / 77 / 20 / 3 / 0 / No
18 / George Smoot / / Physics / 598 / 12316 / 26588 / 807 / 1390.18 / 68 / 60 / 56 / 320 / 0 / 0 / 46.63 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / Yes
19 / Rudolph Marcus / / Chemistry / 381 / 1702 / 28566 / 165 / 1049.65 / 78 / 76 / 0 / 5 / 0 / 0 / 45.62 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / No
20 / Tim Hunt / / Physiology or Medicine / 197 / 4265 / 19091 / 1622 / 2035.7 / 72 / 71 / 39 / 319 / 0 / 0 / 45.53 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / Yes
21 / Michael Levitt / / Chemistry / 238 / 8767 / 27282 / 803 / 1601.19 / 81 / 80 / 43 / 300 / 0 / 0 / 45.25 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / Yes
22 / Paul Modrich / / Chemistry / 201 / 2546 / 21089 / 2646 / 1460.54 / 79 / 77 / 17 / 192 / 0 / 0 / 45.22 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / Yes
23 / Tomas Lindahl / / Chemistry / 166 / 4456 / 25575 / 1498 / 1717.9 / 81 / 81 / 18 / 105 / 0 / 0 / 44.69 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / Yes
24 / Brian K. Kobilka / / Chemistry / 158 / 8726 / 19515 / 2894 / 1921.95 / 55 / 54 / 58 / 478 / 0 / 0 / 44.62 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / Yes
25 / Arieh Warshel / / Chemistry / 205 / 6063 / 14837 / 4665 / 1084.34 / 64 / 59 / 40 / 285 / 0 / 0 / 44.58 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / Yes
26 / Kenneth Arrow / / Economics / 417 / 19241 / 48480 / 1957 / 1046.5 / 84 / 83 / 67 / 838 / 0 / 0 / 43.72 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / Yes
27 / Aaron Ciechanover / / Chemistry / 169 / 3353 / 20291 / 410 / 1368.55 / 56 / 55 / 42 / 131 / 0 / 0 / 43.66 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / No
28 / May-Britt Moser / / Physiology or Medicine / 115 / 11211 / 14483 / 4495 / 1620.95 / 54 / 53 / 18 / 565 / 0 / 0 / 43.1 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / Yes
29 / Burton Richter / / Physics / 220 / 1184 / 3415 / 79 / 1089.83 / 34 / 34 / 17 / 71 / 0 / 0 / 42.85 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / Yes
30 / Carol Greider / / Physiology or Medicine / 121 / 3457 / 30614 / 595 / 1482.94 / 68 / 67 / 3 / 167 / 0 / 0 / 42.33 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / No
31 / Roger Kornberg / / Chemistry / 113 / 3024 / 8239 / 1041 / 1329.68 / 49 / 48 / 53 / 162 / 0 / 0 / 42.23 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / No
32 / Mario J. Molina / / Chemistry / 221 / 6771 / 14746 / 1952 / 804.37 / 60 / 57 / 5 / 319 / 0 / 0 / 42.21 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / Yes
33 / John L. Hall / / Physics / 325 / 4702 / 13376 / 1116 / 588.67 / 63 / 60 / 177 / 274 / 0 / 0 / 41.85 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / Yes
34 / Craig Mello / / Physiology or Medicine / 82 / 2824 / 10350 / 249 / 1326.44 / 44 / 44 / 20 / 81 / 0 / 0 / 40.84 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / No
35 / Oliver Smithies / / Physiology or Medicine / 102 / 2259 / 5468 / 468 / 744.05 / 39 / 38 / 57 / 200 / 0 / 0 / 40.66 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / Yes
36 / Randy Schekman / / Physiology or Medicine / 90 / 2369 / 5564 / 4259 / 925.42 / 40 / 39 / 10 / 289 / 0 / 0 / 40.31 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / Yes
37 / John C. Mather / / Physics / 323 / 4293 / 12211 / 467 / 588.79 / 41 / 40 / 97 / 113 / 0 / 0 / 40.02 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / Yes
38 / Dudley R. Herschbach / / Chemistry / 145 / 2087 / 5428 / 459 / 472.99 / 37 / 35 / 7 / 119 / 0 / 0 / 39.79 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / Yes
39 / Eric Wieschaus / / Physiology or Medicine / 73 / 2013 / 4839 / 1515 / 764.86 / 33 / 33 / 4 / 114 / 0 / 0 / 38.63 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / No
40 / Robert J. Shiller / / Economics / 259 / 5776 / 24972 / 1383 / 294.65 / 64 / 63 / 16 / 480 / 0 / 0 / 37.84 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / Yes
41 / Leon Cooper / / Physics / 166 / 4203 / 5929 / 339 / 422.85 / 33 / 31 / 27 / 96 / 0 / 0 / 37.82 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / Yes
42 / Thomas J. Sargent / / Economics / 205 / 3154 / 16324 / 474 / 233.17 / 62 / 61 / 3 / 263 / 0 / 0 / 37.56 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / Yes
43 / Gerd Binnig / / Physics / 155 / 3070 / 26192 / 594 / 395.03 / 56 / 56 / 2 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 37.33 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / No
44 / Ivar Giaever / / Physics / 126 / 1470 / 6680 / 342 / 482.76 / 39 / 37 / 10 / 48 / 0 / 0 / 37.16 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / Yes
45 / Günter Blobel / / Physiology or Medicine / 50 / 873 / 3156 / 364 / 781.28 / 30 / 30 / 6 / 74 / 0 / 0 / 37.16 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / Yes
46 / Barry J. Marshall / / Physiology or Medicine / 74 / 1738 / 3045 / 732 / 472.47 / 25 / 24 / 13 / 116 / 0 / 0 / 37.06 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / Yes
47 / Roy J. Glauber / / Physics / 137 / 1674 / 14588 / 970 / 348.43 / 42 / 42 / 40 / 214 / 0 / 0 / 36.32 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / No
48 / Óliver Williamson / / Economics / 150 / 7325 / 40383 / 360 / 204.28 / 61 / 61 / 41 / 376 / 0 / 0 / 36.01 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / No
49 / Peter Diamond / / Economics / 149 / 3040 / 12269 / 256 / 177.68 / 52 / 51 / 4 / 121 / 0 / 0 / 34.83 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / No
50 / George Akerlof / / Economics / 82 / 3446 / 22021 / 603 / 194.73 / 39 / 39 / 43 / 473 / 0 / 0 / 34.2 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / No
51 / Frank Wilczek / / Physics / 44 / 849 / 5770 / 778 / 247.34 / 25 / 25 / 5 / 184 / 0 / 0 / 32.68 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / Yes
52 / Roger Myerson / / Economics / 101 / 1483 / 11939 / 105 / 139.72 / 36 / 36 / 0 / 81 / 0 / 0 / 32.23 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / No
53 / Daniel L. McFadden / / Economics / 127 / 5973 / 12992 / 823 / 126 / 44 / 42 / 47 / 423 / 0 / 0 / 32.13 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / No
54 / Edmund S. Phelps / / Economics / 113 / 3864 / 5310 / 280 / 123.33 / 26 / 24 / 2 / 50 / 0 / 0 / 31.97 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / Yes
55 / Robert C. Merton / / Economics / 141 / 16418 / 39225 / 956 / 116.95 / 54 / 53 / 5 / 481 / 0 / 0 / 31.91 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / Yes
56 / James J. Heckman / / Economics / 107 / 6087 / 14834 / 282 / 97.16 / 43 / 43 / 20 / 310 / 0 / 0 / 30.23 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / Yes
57 / James A. Mirrless / / Economics / 77 / 2394 / 8264 / 324 / 69.76 / 28 / 28 / 3 / 80 / 0 / 0 / 27.38 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / Yes
58 / Dale T. Mortensen / / Economics / 69 / 1634 / 7009 / 291 / 60.67 / 28 / 28 / 52 / 183 / 0 / 0 / 26.33 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / Yes
59 / Arthur B. Mcdonald / / Physics / 23 / 344 / 2524 / 1055 / 84.48 / 12 / 11 / 19 / 57 / 0 / 0 / 25.13 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / Yes
60 / Lars Peter Hansen / / Economics / 65 / 1209 / 2391 / 575 / 49.58 / 23 / 23 / 4 / 125 / 0 / 0 / 24.19 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / Yes
61 / Makoto Kobayashi / / Physics / 89 / 50.38 / 9 / 8 / 5 / 19 / 0 / 0 / 23.94 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / Yes
62 / Brian D. Josephson / / Physics / 27 / 873 / 2159 / 22 / 98.98 / 8 / 7 / 1 / 9 / 0 / 0 / 19.63 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / No
63 / Myron Scholes / / Economics / 25 / 1034 / 14598 / 269 / 30.17 / 14 / 14 / 0 / 211 / 0 / 0 / 18.01 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / Yes
64 / Daniel Kahneman / / Economics / 7 / 128 / 171 / 962 / 43.23 / 2 / 2 / 0 / 256 / 0 / 0 / 15.82 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / Yes
65 / Steven Chu / / Physics / 10 / 245 / 533 / 230 / 23.29 / 4 / 4 / 1 / 27 / 0 / 0 / 12.45 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / Yes
66 / Joseph Stiglitz / / Economics / 39 / 525 / 189 / 777 / 1.08 / 7 / 7 / 4 / 186 / 0 / 0 / 8.44 / 99 / 0 / 0 / 1 / No
67 / James Rothman / / Physiology or Medicine / 1 / 90 / 0 / 2770 / 31.43 / 1 / 52 / 0 / 0 / 7.16 / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / Yes
68 / Elias J. Corey / / Chemistry / 0 / 136 / 6 / 33 / 0 / 0 / No
69 / Kary Mullis / / Chemistry / 396 / 22 / Yes
70 / Robert Lefkowitz / / Chemistry / 958 / 73 / Yes
71 / Jack Steinberger / / Physics / 0 / 11 / 2 / 8 / 0 / 0 / Yes
72 / Sheldon Lee Glashow / / Physics / 0 / 83 / 1 / 1 / 0 / 0 / Yes
73 / Harald Zur Hausen / / Physiology or Medicine / 0 / 427 / 0 / 61 / 0 / 0 / Yes

AR: Area in which the author received the award; P: Publications; R: Reads; C: Citations; PV: Profile views; IP: Impact Points; TH: Total h-index; PH: Pure h-index; FI: Following; FE: Followers; Q: Questions; A: Answers; RG: RG Score; P (%): Publication dimension; A (%): Answer dimension; Q (%): Question dimension; FE (%): Followers dimension; BA: Author officially badged as Nobel winner by RG.

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Non-linear regression models tested for Nobel winner authors:

MODEL / R² / SSR
p1*x/(p2+x) / 0,772 / 1453,913
p1*Exp(p2*x) / 0,426 / 3618,059
p1*Exp(p2*x)+p3 / 0,473 / 3315,341
p1*(1-Exp(-p2*x)) / 0,732 / 1847,748
p3/(1+Exp(-p1-p2*x)) / 0,747 / 1597,543
p1+(p4-p1)/(1+Exp(p2*(Ln(x)-p3))) / 0,767 / 1469,738
p1+(p4-p1)/(1+(x/p3)p2) / 0,782 / 1373,152
Exp(p1+x*p2)/(x + 1)p3+Exp(p4+x*p5)/(x + 1)p6 / 0,784 / 1358,842
p1*Ln(x)+p2 / 0,765 / 1479,895
p1*Log10(x)+p2 / 0,765 / 1479,895
p1+p2*Cos(2*π*p3*x)+p4*Sin(2*Pi*p3*x)) / 0,473 / 3314,675
p1+p2*cos(2*π *p3*x) / 0,017 / 6189,860

x = Publications

Parameters for selected model:

Parameter / Value / Standard
deviation
p1 / 1,667 / 1,267
p2 / 0,000 / 0,001
p3 / -0,358 / 0,186
p4 / -1,575 / 8,811
p5 / -0,007 / 0,013
p6 / -0,961 / 1,833

Graphical analysis of residuals:

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APPENDIX III: TOP TEN RG AUTHORS PER METRIC

Top 10 pure academic authors per RG metric: the scientific space (publications, citations, Impact Points, h-index, reads)

AUTHOR / PUBLICATIONS / RG SCORE / TYPE
*Colditz, Graham A. / 1,599 / 56.57 / Outlier
*Pastan, I. / 1,444 / 55.58 / Outlier
*Willett, W. / 1,300 / 56.33 / Outlier
*Sandborn, W. / 1,167 / 55.82 / Outlier
Ordovas, Jose M / 1,102 / 53.30 / Outlier
*Rotter, Jerome I / 1,012 / 53.77 / Outlier
Martin L. P. / 997 / 52.12 / Nobel
*Schwartz, J. / 977 / 53.73 / Outlier
Camargo, Carlos A. / 964 / 53.09 / Outlier
*Greengard, P. / 955 / 54.18 / Nobel
AUTHOR / CITATIONS / RG SCORE / TYPE
*Willett, W. / 196,855 / 56.33 / Outlier
*Colditz, Graham A. / 170,904 / 56.57 / Outlier
*Daly, M. / 143,207 / 53.49 / Outlier
*Levy, D. / 102,519 / 53.79 / Outlier
*Pastan, I. / 92,999 / 55.58 / Outlier
*Greengard, P / 90,728 / 54.18 / Nobel
*Speizer, F. / 89,966 / 52.50 / Outlier
*Lieber, Charles M / 87,385 / 50.38 / Outlier
*Wuethrich, K. / 81,136 / 51.81 / Nobel
*Jaffe, Elaine S / 76,939 / 53.75 / Outlier
AUTHOR / IMPACTPOINTS / RG SCORE / TYPE
Waldrop, M. / 16,719.31 / 54 / Outlier
*Colditz, Graham A. / 14,784.05 / 56.57 / Outlier
*Willett, W. / 13,955.96 / 56.33 / Outlier
*Sandborn, W. / 11,840.42 / 55.82 / Outlier
*Pastan, I. / 9,981.52 / 55.58 / Outlier
*Daly, M. / 9,024.25 / 53.49 / Outlier
*Levy, D. / 8,823.58 / 53.79 / Outlier
Kirkpatrick, P. / 8,250.9 / 49.4 / Outlier
*Greengard, P. / 8,004.67 / 54.18 / Nobel
*Rotter, Jerome I / 7,686.10 / 53.77 / Outlier
AUTHOR / H INDEX / RG SCORE / TYPE
*Willett, W. / 236 / 56.33 / Outlier
*Colditz, Graham A. / 216 / 56.57 / Outlier
*Levy, D. / 161 / 53.79 / Outlier
*Greengard, P. / 160 / 54.18 / Nobel
*Daly, M. / 158 / 53.49 / Outlier
*Speizer, F. / 156 / 52.50 / Outlier
*Pastan, I. / 139 / 55.58 / Outlier
*Lieber, Charles M / 133 / 50.38 / Outlier
*Jaffe, Elaine S / 132 / 53.75 / Outlier
*Wuethrich, K. / 131 / 51.81 / Nobel
AUTHOR / READS / RG SCORE / TYPE
Caballo, Vicente E. / 107,839 / 31.52 / Outlier
Thase, Michael E. / 55,522 / 52.68 / Outlier
*Colditz, Graham A. / 48,033 / 56.57 / Outlier
*Willett, W. / 41,938 / 56.33 / Outlier
Greenhalgh, T. / 41,074 / 51.60 / Outlier
Fava, M. / 38,796 / 52.85 / Outlier
*Schwartz, J. / 37,030 / 53.73 / Outlier
*Daly, M. / 35,768 / 53.49 / Outlier
Rush, Augustus J. / 33,451 / 52.66 / Outlier
*Rotter, Jerome I / 31,769 / 53.77 / Outlier

* Authors included at least in two Top 10 rankings of the considered bibliometric scores

Top 10 authors per RG metric: the alternative space (profile views, questions, answers, followers, following)

Name / Profile views / RG Score / Publications (%) / Type
*Eidiani, M. / 35,504 / 110.69 / 14 / Outlier
Tripathi, Yogesh C. / 33,483 / 59.75 / 42 / Outlier
*Jacić, L. / 29,823 / 115.02 / 16 / Outlier
*Mitra, A. / 17,434 / 61.51 / 80 / Outlier
*Kotsemir, M. / 16,868 / 41.56 / 48 / Outlier
*Shapiro, Adam B. / 16,589 / 439.82 / 8 / Outlier
*Peter, J. / 16,577 / 132.95 / 28 / Outlier
Ebrahim, Nader A. / 16,235 / 33.60 / 57 / Outlier
*Willett, W. / 15,989 / 56.33 / 100 / Outlier
*Umachandran, K. / 15,135 / 170.69 / 3 / Outlier
Name / Questions / RG Score / Publications (%) / Type
*Sukla, L. / 275 / 54.01 / 68 / Outlier
*Mitra, A. / 253 / 61.51 / 80 / Outlier
*Eidiani, M. / 85 / 110.69 / 14 / Outlier
*Babchin, Alexander J. / 76 / 63.14 / 61 / Outlier
Palomar Tarancón, J-E / 65 / 23.20 / 25 / Outlier
Turner, B. / 55 / 28.62 / 17 / Outlier
Zekry, A. / 53 / 99.63 / 30 / Outlier
*Bozsik, A. / 53 / 64.33 / 22 / Outlier
*Jacić, L. / 50 / 115.02 / 16 / Outlier
Repiso, R. / 44 / 8.45 / 97 / Outlier
Name / Answers / RG Score / Publications (%) / Type
*Jacić, L. / 9,853 / 115.02 / 16 / Outlier
*Umachandran, K. / 7,682 / 170.69 / 3 / Outlier
Brassard, L. / 6,475 / 137.22 / 2 / Outlier
*Bozsik, A. / 4,795 / 64.33 / 22 / Outlier
Krieger, H. / 4,763 / 136.91 / 17 / Outlier
Tsambani, A. / 4,470 / 109.80 / 0 / Outlier
Ewalds-Kvist, Béatrice M. / 3,976 / 289.82 / 9 / Outlier
Karaman, R. / 3,324 / 254.11 / 16 / Outlier
*Shapiro, Adam B. / 2,889 / 439.82 / 8 / Outlier
Singh, H. / 2,772 / 75.38 / 6 / Outlier
Name / Followers / RG Score / Publications (%) / Type
*Kotsemir, M. / 4,737 / 41.56 / 48 / Outlier
*Pimiskern, J. / 2,682 / 215.03 / 0 / Outlier
*Peter, J. / 2,412 / 132.95 / 28 / Outlier
*Jacić, L. / 2,381 / 115.02 / 16 / Outlier
*Umachandran, K. / 2,371 / 170.69 / 3 / Outlier
*Sukla, L. / 1,957 / 54.01 / 68 / Outlier
Sharma, Ravi K. / 1,533 / 37.99 / 17 / Outlier
Chartrand, Max S. / 1,525 / 112.83 / 20 / Outlier
Shamshirband, S. / 1,465 / 50.41 / 89 / Outlier
Firoz Khan, M. / 1,377 / 89.48 / 2 / Outlier
Name / Following / RG Score / Publications (%) / Type
*Kotsemir, M. / 9,739 / 41.56 / 48 / Outlier
*Peter, J. / 4,737 / 132.95 / 28 / Outlier
*Umachandran, K. / 4,100 / 170.69 / 3 / Outlier
*Pimiskern, J. / 3,661 / 215.03 / 0 / Outlier
*Sukla, L. / 3,007 / 54.01 / 68 / Outlier
*Jacić, L. / 3,006 / 115.02 / 16 / Outlier
*Eidiani, M. / 2,839 / 110.69 / 14 / Outlier
*Babchin, Alexander J. / 2,285 / 63.14 / 61 / Outlier
Ananth, R. / 2,228 / 55.87 / 4 / Outlier
*Mitra, A. / 2,227 / 61.51 / 80 / Outlier

* Authors included at least in two Top 10 rankings of the considered altmetric scores

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APPENDIX IV: EVOLUTION DATA

DATE / RG / IMPACT
POINTS / READS / CITATIONS / PUBLICATIONS / PROFILE
VIEWS
AUTHOR 1 / 01/05/2016 / 32.54 / 196.6 / 20,928 / 1,116 / 241 / 3,923
08/05/2016 / 32.58 / 196.6 / 21,157 / 1,178 / 244 / 3,998
15/05/2016 / 32.62 / 196.6 / 21,593 / 1,297 / 248 / 4,185
22/05/2016 / 32.62 / 196.6 / 21,945 / 1,336 / 248 / 4,259
29/05/2016 / 32.63 / 196.6 / 22,161 / 1,397 / 248 / 4,299
05/06/2016 / 32.63 / 196.6 / 22,432 / 1,417 / 248 / 4,338
AUTHOR 2 / 01/05/2016 / 24.44 / 38.11 / 10,290 / 125 / 78 / 1,598
08/05/2016 / 24.44 / 38.11 / 10,380 / 129 / 78 / 1,619
15/05/2016 / 24.45 / 38.11 / 10,800 / 135 / 82 / 1,936
22/05/2016 / 24.53 / 37.25 / 11,091 / 136 / 80 / 1,972
29/05/2016 / 24.28 / 37.25 / 11,268 / 139 / 80 / 2,031
05/06/2016 / 24.27 / 37.25 / 11,296 / 146 / 80 / 2,054
AUTHOR 3 / 01/05/2016 / 12.11 / 8.99 / 7,980 / 38 / 24 / 608
08/05/2016 / 12.09 / 8.99 / 8,060 / 37 / 24 / 629
15/05/2016 / 12.09 / 8.99 / 8,160 / 40 / 25 / 653
22/05/2016 / 12.34 / 8.99 / 8,290 / 43 / 26 / 664
29/05/2016 / 12.35 / 8.99 / 8,410 / 44 / 26 / 669
05/06/2016 / 12.35 / 8.99 / 8,594 / 48 / 27 / 679
AUTHOR 4 / 01/05/2016 / 10.15 / 7.51 / 7,489 / 43 / 20 / 286
08/05/2016 / 10.14 / 7.51 / 7,528 / 47 / 20 / 302
15/05/2016 / 10.15 / 7.51 / 7,600 / 47 / 20 / 318
22/05/2016 / 10.17 / 7.51 / 7,694 / 51 / 20 / 334
29/05/2016 / 10.20 / 7.51 / 7,700 / 50 / 20 / 347
05/06/2016 / 10.20 / 7.51 / 7,798 / 53 / 20 / 350

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