Highlighting Impact and the Impact of Highlighting: PRB Editors' Suggestions

TL;DR

This paper examines how the process of highlighting certain papers as Editors' Suggestions correlates with increased and sustained citation impact, emphasizing the importance of editorial selection in scientific publishing.

Contribution

It provides an analysis of the impact of highlighting papers as Editors' Suggestions on their citation metrics and influence in their fields.

Findings

Highlighted papers have significantly higher citation impact.

The elevated impact persists over time.

Editorial selection influences paper visibility and recognition.

Abstract

Associate Editor Manolis Antonoyiannakis discusses the highlighting, as Editors' Suggestions, of a small percentage of the papers published each week. We highlight papers primarily for their importance and impact in their respective fields, or because we find them particularly interesting or elegant. It turns out that the additional layer of scrutiny involved in the selection of papers as Editors' Suggestions is associated with a significantly elevated and sustained citation impact.