I sent a query to Lee Giles, the guru at Penn State behind CiteSeer (with Steve Lawrence, who is now at Google) asking him which search-related papers are the most cited. I was struck by the near parity between Page and Brin’s original paper on Google and Jon Kleinberg’s paper on Hubs and Authorities. Giles did a bit of fiddling with Google Scholar and responded:
For web related work these are well cited in the Google Scholar using the query “web”:
PDF] The Semantic Web
T Berners-Lee, J Hendler, O Lassila – View as HTML – Cited by 1347
… May 17, 2001. The Semantic Web. A new form of Web content that is meaningful to
computers will unleash a revolution of new possibilities. … Web: A Research Agenda. …
Scientific American, 2001 – www-personal.si.umich.edu
[PDF] The anatomy of a large-scale hypertextual Web search engine
S Brin, L Page – View as HTML – Cited by 1087
Abstract In this paper, we present Google, a prototype of a large-scale search
engine which makes heavy use of the structure present in hypertext. Google …
Computer Networks and ISDN Systems, 1998 – kulturinformatik.uni-lueneburg.de – firstrate.co.nz – net.cs.pku.edu.cn – scalab.uc3m.es – all 69 versions
However, this one can’t be ignored:
[PDF] Authoritative sources in a hyperlinked environment
J Kleinberg… – Cited by 1059
Abstract. The network structure of a hyperlinked environment can be a rich
source of information about the content of the environment, provided we …
Journal of the ACM, 1999 – portal.acm.org – nan.dhs.org – cs.cmu.edu – mathe.tu-freiberg.de – all 73 versions
This book is the first to discuss the web in any detail:
[PS] Modern Information Retrieval
R Baeza-Yates, B Ribeiro-Neto, R Baeza-Yates – View as HTML – Cited by 1198
Page 1. Modern Information Retrieval. Ricardo Baeza-Yates. Berthier Ribeiro-Neto.
ACM Press New York. … 1.1.2 Information Retrieval at the Center of the Stage . . …
Addision Wesley, 1999 – dcc.ufmg.br – sunsite.dcc.uchile.cl – sims.berkeley.edu – portal.acm.org – all 7 versions »
All worthy reads!
Jeeesus.. It’s a lot of informations… I dunno where i can start.