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Selecting the All-Time Citation Classics. Here are the fifty most-cited papers for 1961-1972.
http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v2p006y1974-76.pdf
The 100 Articles Most Cited By Social Sciences, 1969-1977
http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v3p563y1977-78.pdf

The 100 Books Most Cited by Social Scientists, 1969-1977
http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v3p621y1977-78.pdf

The 300 most-cited authors, 1961-1976, including co-authors at last. 1.
How  the names were selected.
http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v3p538y1977-78.pdf

The 300 most-cited authors, 1961-1976, including co-authors. Part 2.
The  relationship between citedness, awards, and academy memberships.
http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v3p587y1977-78.pdf

The 300 Most-Cited Authors, 1961-1976, Including Co-Authors. 3A. Their Most-Cited Papers
- Introduction and Journal Analysis
http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v3p689y1977-78.pdf

The 300 most-cited authors, 1961-1976, including co-authors.3B. Their most-cited papers and a correction note.
http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v3p701y1977-78.pdf

The 300 most-cited authors, 1961-1976, including co-authors. 3C. Their most-cited papers and affiliation data.
http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v3p711y1977-78.pdf

The 100 most-cited SSCI authors, 1969-1977. .1. How the names were selected.
 http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v3p633y1977-78.pdf

The 100 most-cited SSCI  authors. 2. A catalog of their awards  and academy memberships.
http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v3p675y1977-78.pdf

Most-cited authors in the Arts and Humanities, 1977-1978.
http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v4p238y1979-80.pdf

The 100 most-cited authors of 20th century literature.
Can citation data forecast the Nobel Prize in Literature?
http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v4p363y1979-80.pdf

Most-cited articles of the 1960s.
 http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v4p254y1979-80.pdf

Most-Cited Articles of the 1960s. 1. Physical Sciences
   http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v4p156y1979-80.pdf

Most-cited articles of the 1960s. 2. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
 http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v4p254y1979-80.pdf

Most-Cited Articles of the 1960s. 3. Preclinical Basic Research
   http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v4p370y1979-80.pdf

Most-Cited Articles of the 1960s. 4. Clinical Research
   http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v4p379y1979-80.pdf

The 1,000 Contemporary Scientists Most-Cited 1965-1978. Part 1.
The Basic List and Introduction.
http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v5p269y1981-82.pdf

The 1,000 Most-Cited Contemporary Authors. Part 2A. Details on Authors in the Physical
and Chemical Sciences and Some Comments about Nobels and Academy Memberships
http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v5p428y1981-82.pdf

The 1,000 Most-Cited contemporary  authors.  Part 2B.
Details on authors in Biochemistry, Biophysics, Cell  Biology, Enzymology,
Genetics,  Molecular Biology, and Plant Sciences.
http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v5p533y1981-82.pdf

The 1,000 Most-Cited Contemporary Authors.  Part 2C. Details on authors in Hematology,
Histology, Immunology, Microbiology, Physiology, and  Virology.
http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v5p542y1981-82.pdf

The 1,000 Most-Cited Contemporary Authors.  Part 2D. Details on authors in
Cardiology, Endocrinology,  Gastroenterology, Nephrology,  Neurobiology,
Neurology, Neuropharmacology, Nuclear Medicine, Oncology, Pathology,
Pharmacology,  Psychiatry, and Surgery.
http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v5p562y1981-82.pdf

1,000 Most-Cited contemporary scientists. Part 3. Details on their institutional affiliations.
http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v5p591y1981-82.pdf

The Awards of Science : Beyond the Nobel Prize. Part 1. The determinants of prestige.
http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v6p017y1983.pdf

The Awards of Science: Beyond the Nobel Prize. Part 2. The winners and their most-cited papers
http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v7p405y1984.pdf

100 Classics from the New England Journal of Medicine
http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v7p186y1984.pdf

101 Citaton Classics from Annals of Internal Medicine
http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v7p374y1984.pdf

100 Classics from The Lancet
http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v7p295y1984.pdf

The Multidisciplinary Impact of Math and Computer Science Is Reflected
in the 100 Most-Cited Articles in CompuMath Citation Index, 1976-1980
http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v7p232y1984.pdf

The articles most-cited in 1961-1982. 2. Another 100 Citation Classics highlight the technology of science
http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v7p218y1984.pdf

The articles most cited in 1961-1982. 3. Another 100 all-time Citation Classics
http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v7p270y1984.pdf

The articles most cited in 1961-1982. 4. 100 additional Citation Classics
http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v7p306y1984.pdf

The articles most cited in 1961-1982. 5.
Another 100 Citation Classics and a summary of the 500 papers identified to date
http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v7p326y1984.pdf

The Articles Most Cited in the SCI from 1961 to 1982. 6.
More Citation Classics to think about.
   http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v8p132y1985.pdf

The Articles most cited in the SCI from 1961 to 1982. 7.
Another 100  Citation Classics: The Watson-Crick Double Helix has its turn.
  http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v8p187y1985.pdf

The articles most cited in the SCI from 1961 to 1982. 8. Ninety-eight more  Classic papers
 from Unimolecular Reaction Velocities to Natural Opiates: The changing frontiers of science
   http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v8p311y1985.pdf

Another 100 Citation Classics and a summary of the 500 papers identified to date
http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v7p326y1984.pdf

The 100 most-cited books in the CompuMath Citation Index, 1976-1980
   http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v7p264y1984.pdf

Journal Citation Studies. 44. Citation patterns in nursing journals, and their most-cited articles
   http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v7p336y1984.pdf

The 1981 Most-Cited Chemistry Papers.  Part 1. Pure and Synthetic Chemistry.
Or, should I say, most-cited papers published in 1981 in the Journal of  the American Chemical Society.
http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v8p105y1985.pdf

The 1981 most-cited chemistry papers.  Part 2. Highlighting the arbitrary
boundaries between chemistry and  physics.
http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v8p327y1985.pdf

The 1983 articles most cited in 1983 and 1984. 1. Life Sciences
   http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v8p444y1985.pdf

The 1983 articles most cited in 1983 and 1984. 2. Physical Sciences
   http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v8p480y1985.pdf

The 250 Most-Cited Citation Classics from the Essential Decade 1955-64
   http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v8p037y1985.pdf

The 1,000 Articles Most Cited in 1961-1982. 10. Another 100 Citation Classics Cap the Millenary
   http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v9p118y1986.pdf

The 250 Most-Cited Primary Authors in the 1984 SCI. Part 1. Names, Ranks, and Citation Numbers
   http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v9p346y1986.pdf

The 250 Most-Cited Primary Authors in the 1984 SCI. Part 2. Most-Cited Works, 1955-1985.
 http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v9p355y1986.pdf

The Most-Cited 1984 Physical-Sciences  articles -- high-energy physics dominates.
http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v9p366y1986.pdf

The 250 Most-Cited Authors in the Arts & Humanities Citation Index,1976-1983.
http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v9p381y1986.pdf

The Most-Cited 1984 Life-Sciences articles highlight AIDS Research.
http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v9p389y1986.pdf

The Most-Cited 1983 Chemistry Articles
http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v9p413y1986.pdf

The most-cited 1985 physical-sciences articles:
Some knots in superstrings untied and quasicrystals not so quasi anymore.
http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v10p328y1987.pdf

The 101 most-cited papers from the British Medical Journal highlight the
important role of epidemiology in medicine
http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v10p040y1987.pdf

The 1983 Articles Most Cited in the SSCI, 1983-1985. Part 1.
Fifty-three papers highlight studies of Law, Nuclear Winter, and Eating Disorders
http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v10p310y1987.pdf

Ninety-one Citation Classics from the Journal of Experimental Medicine
http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v10p179y1987.pdf

Classic papers from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Part 1.
Each year's most-cited paper, 1955-84 -- and then some
http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v10p247y1987.pdf

Classic papers from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Part 2.
Absolutely, the 50 most-cited -- almost
http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v10p256y1987.pdf

Fifty Classics from the Journal of Clinical Investigation: Over 60 years of Nobel-class research
   http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v10p050y1987.pdf

Update on the most-cited papers in the SCI, 1955-1986. Part 1.
Highlighting another Citation Classic.
http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v11p085y1988.pd

Update on the most-cited papers in the SCI, 1955-1986. Part 2.
Sixty years of research, from insecticides to AIDS.
  http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v11p095y1988.pdf

The most-cited 1984 chemistry articles, 1984-1986:
Organic superconductors and a potpourri of chirality, fractals, and smog.
http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v11p299y1988.pdf

The 1985 chemistry articles most cited in 1985-1987:
Quantum   Mechanics, Superconductivity, and ...Buckminster Fuller?
http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v11p383y1988.pdf

The Most-Cited 1986 Life Sciences articles highlight cell-surface
receptors, tumor necrosis factor, and AIDS research.
http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v11p401y1988.pdf

Most-Cited Economics Papers and Current Research Fronts. Arthur M. Diamond, Jr.
 http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v12p010y1989.pdf

The Most-Cited 1986 Physical- Sciences Articles: Ozone, Comet Halley,
and Continued Interest in Superstrings and Superconductivity.
 http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v12p036y1989.pdf

The 102 Most-Cited Life- Sciences Publications in the New 1945-1954
Science Citation Index. Part 1.
 http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v12p101y1989.pdf

The 102 Most-Cited Life-Sciences Publications in the New 1945-1954
Science Citation Index. Part 2.
 http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v12p109y1989.pdf

A Tribute to Eli & Lee Robins - Citation Superstars.
A Citationist Perspective on Biological Psychiatry
   http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v12p321y1989.pdf

The New 1956-1965 Social Sciences Citation Index. Part 1.
Analysis of 1988 Research Fronts and the Citation Classics That Made Them Possible
   http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v12p281y1989.pdf

The Most-Cited 1986 Physical-Sciences Articles: Ozone, Comet Halley,
and Continued Interest in Superstrings and Superconductivity
   http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v12p036y1989.pdf

The 102 Most-Cited Life-Sciences Publications in the New 1945-1954
Science Citation Index. Part 1. Titles, Journals, and Research Fronts
   http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v12p102y1989.pdf

The Most-Cited Papers of All Time, SCI 1945-1988. Part 1A.
The SCI Top 100 - Will the Lowry Method Ever Be Obliterated?
   http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v13p045y1990.pdf

The Most-Cited Papers of All Time, SCI 1945-1988. Part 2.
The Second 100 Citation Classics
   http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v13p227y1990.pdf

The Most-Cited Physical-Sciences Publications in the 1945-1954 Science Citation Index. Part 1.
Fifty-two Citation Classics in Physics and Chemistry
   http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v13p166y1990.pdf

The most-cited physical sciences publications in the 1945-1954
Science Citation Index.Part 2. Twenty Citation Classics in mathematics.
http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v13p376y1990.pdf

The Most-Cited Physical-Sciences Publications in the 1945-1954
Science Citation Index. Part 3.
Forty-Two Citation Classics in Astronomy and the Earth Sciences
   http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v13p387y1990.pdf

The 1987 Life-Sciences Articles Most Cited in 1987 and 1988
   http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v13p133y1990.pdf

 The 1987 Life-Sciences Articles Most Cited in 1987 and 1988
   http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v13p134y1990.pdf

In Honor of 150 Years: Classic Papers from the British Medical Journal,
Highly Cited from 1945 to 1989
   http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v13p399y1990.pdf

The most-cited 1988 life-sciences papers highlight the polymerase
chain reaction, cell signaling, AIDS and HIV infection, and oncogenes and
 the molecular basis of cancer. Reviews were very strongly represented.  Bernard Dixon.
  http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v13p426y1990.pdf

The 1986 Most-Cited Chemistry Articles: Enzymes in Organic Synthesis
and Odd-Cluster Soot Up, While Superconduvtivity Disappears (For Now)
   http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v14p106y1991.pdf

Citation Classics in Clinical Chemistry Highlight the Cumulative Impact of Useful Methods
- A Tribute to Editor John Stanton King
   http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v14p147y1991.pdf

The Most-Cited Papers of All Time, SCI 1945-1988. Part 4. The Papers Ranked 301-400
   http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v14p079y1991.pdf

A Citationist Perspective on Science in Taiwan: Most-Cited Papers, Institutions, and Authors, 1981-1992
   http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v15p283y1992-93.pdf

Of  Nobel Class': Part 2. An overview of ISI studies on highly cited authors and Nobel Laureates
   http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v15p116y1992-93.pdf