How do I find the most cited articles on Google Scholar?
To see which articles in a publication were cited the most and who cited them, click on its h-index number to view the articles as well as the citations underlying the metrics. You can also explore publications in research areas of your interest.
Can we use Google Scholar to identify highly cited documents?
Highly-cited documents reflect the most influential authors and topics of all time. Citations received by documents greatly determine Google Scholar results rank. The interface language and the web domain influence the final results rank. Google Scholar is able to identify the highly-cited documents efficiently.
What is a classic research paper?
If you, in your professional opinion, believe that the paper has had a major influence on an area of research, for a considerable period of time, then you could call it “classic”. If you don’t believe that, or you’re not sure, or you don’t think you have enough experience to judge, then don’t use the word.
How does Google Scholar handle peer reviewed materials?
Unfortunately Google Scholar doesn’t have a setting that will allow you to restrict results only to peer-reviewed articles. If you find articles in Google Scholar, you would have to look up the journal the article is published in to find out whether they use peer review or not.
How do I know if a paper is peer-reviewed?
If the article is from a printed journal, look at the publication information in the front of the journal. If the article is from an electronic journal, go to the journal home page and look for a link to ‘About this journal’ or ‘Notes for Authors’. Here it should tell you if the articles are peer-reviewed.
Who is considered a scholar?
A scholar is a child or student who has obtained a scholarship, by which they obtain money for their studies from their school or university, or from some other organization. a Rhodes scholar. A person who studies an academic subject and knows a lot about it is sometimes referred to as a scholar.
How long is a scholarly paper?
A paper of about 10 double-spaced pages (5 single-spaced) would be appropriate, but so would a paper that is 15 pages, so long as the pages are full of meat, not hot air. See the section on style below. Your paper should have a thesis (a proposition, an argument), which is the answer to your research question.
How long is a scholarly article?
Scholarly articles tend to be relatively long; generally they are five or more pages.