What makes some fisheries references highly cited?

Should we call them fishers or fishermen?

(2015) Trevor A Branch et al.   FISH AND FISHERIES

An overview of global research effort in fisheries science

(2015) Dag W. Aksnes et al.   ICES JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE

The focus on bibliometrics makes papers less useful

(2015) Reinhard Werner   NATURE

Bibliometrics: The Leiden Manifesto for research metrics

(2015) Diana Hicks et al.   NATURE

Temporal evolution of multi-author papers in basic sciences from 1960 to 2010

(2015) Ding-wei Huang   SCIENTOMETRICS

Where Should I Send It? Optimizing the Submission Decision Process

(2015) Santiago Salinas et al.   PLoS One

The top 100 papers

(2014) Richard Van Noorden et al.   NATURE

Collective credit allocation in science

(2014) H.-W. Shen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Causes for the Persistence of Impact Factor Mania

(2014) A. Casadevall et al.   mBio

Deep impact: unintended consequences of journal rank

(2013) Björn Brembs et al.   Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Analyzing the citation characteristics of books: edited books, book series and publisher types in the book citation index

(2013) Daniel Torres-Salinas et al.   SCIENTOMETRICS

The expansion of Google Scholar versus Web of Science: a longitudinal study

(2013) Joost C. F. de Winter et al.   SCIENTOMETRICS

COMPASS: Navigating the Rules of Scientific Engagement

(2013) Brooke Smith et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

The Assessment of Science: The Relative Merits of Post-Publication Review, the Impact Factor, and the Number of Citations

(2013) Adam Eyre-Walker et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

From Wires to Partners: How the Internet Has Fostered R&D Collaborations Within Firms

(2012) Chris Forman et al.   MANAGEMENT SCIENCE

The genomic basis of adaptive evolution in threespine sticklebacks

(2012) Felicity C. Jones et al.   NATURE

Authorship and Characteristics of Articles in Pharmacy Journals: Changes Over a 20-Year Interval

(2011) Bryan Dotson et al.   ANNALS OF PHARMACOTHERAPY

Collaboration and Productivity in Scientific Synthesis

(2011) Stephanie E. Hampton et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Leadership, social capital and incentives promote successful fisheries

(2011) Nicolás L. Gutiérrez et al.   NATURE

Authorship trends in the surgical literature

(2010) R. W. Glynn et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF SURGERY

Mapping the Changing Landscape of Fish-related Journals: Setting a Course for Successful Communication of Scientific Information

(2010) Martha E. Mather et al.   FISHERIES

The Impact of Information Technology on Academic Scientists' Productivity and Collaboration Patterns

(2010) Waverly W. Ding et al.   MANAGEMENT SCIENCE

Population diversity and the portfolio effect in an exploited species

(2010) Daniel E. Schindler et al.   NATURE

Weak evidence for determinants of citation frequency in ecological articles

(2010) André Andrian Padial et al.   SCIENTOMETRICS

A proposal for calculating weighted citations based on author rank

(2009) Chun-Ting Zhang   EMBO REPORTS

Projecting global marine biodiversity impacts under climate change scenarios

(2009) William W.L. Cheung et al.   FISH AND FISHERIES

Feeding aquaculture in an era of finite resources

(2009) R. L. Naylor et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Rebuilding Global Fisheries

(2009) B. Worm et al.   SCIENCE

Does it pay to have a “bigwig” as a co-author?

(2008) Roosa Leimu et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Quantifying Coauthor Contributions

(2008) C. H. Sekercioglu   SCIENCE

A Global Map of Human Impact on Marine Ecosystems

(2008) Benjamin S. Halpern et al.   SCIENCE