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| Interpreting bibliometric data M Szomszor, J Adams, R Fry, C Gebert, DA Pendlebury, RWK Potter, ... Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics 5, 628703, 2021 | 133 | 2021 |
| Benchmarking international research J Adams Nature 396 (6712), 615-618, 1998 | 133 | 1998 |
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| How much is too much? The difference between research influence and self-citation excess M Szomszor, DA Pendlebury, J Adams Scientometrics 123 (2), 1119-1147, 2020 | 107 | 2020 |
| Patterns of international collaboration for the UK and leading partners J Adams, K Gurney, S Marshall Science Focus 2 (6), 1-19, 2007 | 96 | 2007 |
| Bibliometric analysis of interdisciplinary research J Adams, L Jackson, S Marshall Report to the Higher Education Funding Council for England, 2007 | 88 | 2007 |
| The habitat and feeding ecology of woodland harvestmen (Opiliones) in England J Adams Oikos, 361-370, 1984 | 87 | 1984 |
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