
doi: 10.1108/eb025354
I log into Acorn, Vanderbilt's electron library catalog and index system and identify a half‐dozen items that I wish to review for a current research project. They comprise two articles from the Social Science Index (which are in journals in the Central Library), an article in a journal in the Education Library, a book in the Management Library, and a pair of articles in journals not held by Vanderbilt.
| selected citations These citations are derived from selected sources. This is an alternative to the "Influence" indicator, which also reflects the overall/total impact of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network (diachronically). | 4 | |
| popularity This indicator reflects the "current" impact/attention (the "hype") of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network. | Average | |
| influence This indicator reflects the overall/total impact of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network (diachronically). | Top 10% | |
| impulse This indicator reflects the initial momentum of an article directly after its publication, based on the underlying citation network. | Average |
