At this site a series of bibliometric maps based on papers in Scientometrics will appear. They are all based on 1062 papers published in vol 1:1978 to vol 44:1999 and the records were retrieved from SSCI using the Web of Science interface. Please note, that I have not corrected the file for spelling variants of author names or cited author names.

High impact papers
The Web of Science has a "times cited" field in each record. This is the number of citations a paper has received from the whole SSCI.
These are the ten most cited papers:
 

88	Schubert A; Glanzel W; Braun T	Scientometric Datafiles - A ComprehensiveSet of Indicators on 2649 Journals and 96 Countries in All Major ScienceFields and Subfields 1981-1985	Scientometrics	1989	V16	P3
60	Garfield E	Is Citation Analysis a Legitimate Evaluation Tool	Scientometrics	1979	V1	P359
56	Small H; Sweeney E; Greenlee E	Clustering The Science CitationIndex Using Co-Citations .2. Mapping Science	Scientometrics	1985	V8	P321
52	Small H; Sweeney E	Clustering The Science Citation Index UsingCo-Citations .1. A Comparison of Methods	Scientometrics	1985	V7	P391
47	Haitun SD	Stationary Scientometric Distributions .2. Non-GaussianNature of Scientific Activities	Scientometrics	1982	V4	P89
47	Haitun SD	Stationary Scientometric Distributions .1. DifferentApproximations	Scientometrics	1982	V4	P5
46	Small HG; Crane D	Specialties and Disciplines In Science and Social-Science- Examination of Their Structure Using Citation Indexes	Scientometrics	1979	V1	P445
44	Yablonsky AD	Fundamental Regularities of The Distribution of ScientificProductivity	Scientometrics	1980	V2	P3
42	Schubert A; Braun T	Relative Indicators and Relational Charts ForComparative- Assessment of Publication Output and Citation Impact	Scientometrics	1986	V9	P281
42	Pavitt K	Patent Statistics As Indicators of Innovative Activities- Possibilities and Problems	Scientometrics	1985	V7	P77

The paper and books most cited by Scientometrics
Looking at the documents that Scientometrics cite we find another list of high impact papers as well as their relations in the map below. The knowledgeable reader will locate some themes, for example reesearch on bibliometric distributions(top left), studies of research collaboration (bottom) etc.

Direct citation links among the authors
The papers in Scientomerics cite each other. Once we have identified such direct citation links we can go from paper citing to author citing, and also exclude author self citations. Note that circles are proportional to the number of citations the authors have received from the other authors of Scientometrics. The line thickness is proportional to the number of citations between a pair of authors.

The dominance of the ISSRU, a Hungarian group is quite obvious. We can also quite easily identify the CWTS-group at Leiden.

Similarity of citation behaviour
If authors cite each other they probably also cite the same literature. This map shows the closeness of authors in terms of shared cited references.

Direct citation links among countries
If we look at  countries citing each other, USA is at the center and Hungary is second. The country links includes all papers and authors, while the author map above is limited to the most cited authors. So, USA dominates by having many more cited authors than Hungary.

Where does Scientometrics place itself on the journal market?
The journal co-citation map shows which journals Scientometrics is related to via its own citation behaviour.