Over the Summer of 2019, two studies were published investigating commonalities in highly cited papers. If you've ever wondered how to give your article a boost and attract more readers - read on - this post will summarise the findings. Of course, there is no magic formula or quick-and-easy route to guarantee a highly cited paper. Ultimately, a paper is cited as a result of its content contributing something new or significant to a field of research. However, as the rate of publishing scientists and academic publications rises each year, the struggle is real for the early career researcher seeking to simply get their work read! The insights from Mohamed Elgendi (The University of British Colombia) and Nicholas Fraser (ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics) et al make for interesting reading. Picture from Pixabay.com under Pixabay License 5 features of a highly cited article Elgendi analysed 100 highly cited and 100 lowly cited articles from 202 open-acc
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