  As a follow-up to the highly-cited authors list published by Thomson Reuters
in June 2014, we analyze the top-1% most frequently cited papers published
between 2002 and 2012 included in the Web of Science (WoS) subject category
"Information Science & Library Science." 798 authors contributed to 305 top-1%
publications; these authors were employed at 275 institutions. The authors at
Harvard University contributed the largest number of papers, when the addresses
are whole-number counted. However, Leiden University leads the ranking, if
fractional counting is used.
  Twenty-three of the 798 authors were also listed as most highly-cited authors
by Thomson Reuters in June 2014 (http://highlycited.com/). Twelve of these 23
authors were involved in publishing four or more of the 305 papers under study.
Analysis of co-authorship relations among the 798 highly-cited scientists shows
that co-authorships are based on common interests in a specific topic. Three
topics were important between 2002 and 2012: (1) collection and exploitation of
information in clinical practices, (2) the use of internet in public
communication and commerce, and (3) scientometrics.
