The aim of this study is to identify and analyze the characteristics of the top – cited articles in the field of tribology based on the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI – EXPANDED). The parameters are: publication years, journals, Web of Science categories, authors, institutions, countries, and citation life cycle curve. Y – index is used to evaluate the publication characteristic of authors of top – cited articles. Three kinds of citations: citations in 2013, total citations, and citations in publication year were employed to characterize the top – cited articles in tribology. Top three journals are Surface & Coatings Technology, Wear, and Tribology International. IBM Corporation was the most active institution on tribology research. The G7 countries have dominated this research field in terms of number of publications. Some of the keywords such as “tribology”, “tribological”, “wear”, “friction”, “diamond – like carbon”, “carbon or DLC”, “coatings”, “materials”, and “composite” were ranked among the top keywords in all the three types of keywords analysis : Words in titles, author keywords, and KeyWords Plus.

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摩擦学领域的高被引文章：文献计量分析

本研究的目的是根据扩展的科学引文索引 (SCI – EXPANDED) 确定和分析摩擦学领域中引用最多的文章的特征。参数是：出版年份、期刊、Web of Science 类别、作者、机构、国家和引用生命周期曲线。Y – 指数用于评估高被引文章作者的发表特征。三种引文：2013 年的引文、总引文和出版年份的引文被用来表征摩擦学中被引用次数最多的文章。排名前三的期刊是 Surface & Coatings Technology、Wear 和 Tribology International。IBM 公司是摩擦学研究最活跃的机构。G7 国家在出版物数量方面占据了这一研究领域的主导地位。