FWU Journal of Social Sciences, Spring 2021, Vol.15, No.1, 90-104 DOI: http://doi.org/10.51709/19951272/spring2021/15-8 What makes articles cited highly? An analysis of Top 100 Highly Cited Articles on Organizational Citizenship Behavior Muhammad Irfan Sheeraz, Ungku Norulkamar Ungku Ahmad and Khalil Md Nor Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) is amongst the main contributors to organizational performance and a significant outcome of various work-related behaviors. This study aims to evaluate the top 100 highly cited articles published on OCB in the Scopus database to assess the reasons why these articles are highly cited. A total of 3,096 articles on OCB, published from 1983-2018, were retrieved from the database, in which 100 highly cited articles were selected for further analysis. The findings revealed that a 40% contribution in the field of OCB research is due to these articles, and this contribution is expected to increase rapidly. Additionally, meta-analytical articles are frequently cited, followed by the review articles and then empirical research articles. Among various reasons, the highly cited articles are either pioneering studies in the field, proposing a new concept, or scale development studies. This study proposes important implications for practitioners and researchers . Keywords: organizational citizenship behavior, scopus database, highly cited Organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) is “the behavior that is not an enforceable requirement of the role, does not aim at earning rewards, is not an expressive behavior owning to emotional state, and that in the aggregate promotes the welfare of the individual and organization” (Hazzi, 2018, p.1). Recently OCB has emerged as one strategic behavior that enhances employees' productivity and efficiency (Organ, 2018; Carpini & Parker, 2017; Ocampo et al., 2018;). Besides, OCB is empirically proven in increasing efficiency and stimulates the effective functioning of an organization (Wagner & Rush, 2000). The advantages may include knowledge sharing, positive organizational functioning, organizational sustainability, organizational effectiveness and enriching employee productivity (Hsu & Lin, 2008; Ishaq et al., 2012; Murphy et al., 2002; Podsakoff et al., Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Muhammad Irfan Sheeraz, Ph. D. Scholar,Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, and Assistant Director, Higher Education Commission Islamabad. Email: muhammadirfansheeraz@gmail.com Contribution of Authors 1. Sheeraz and Ungku made contributions by conceiving article, collecting data, designing analysis, and writing paper. 2. Khalil Md Nor made contributions by designing methodology and guided to improve paper writeup.