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Citation Metrics: A Primer on How (Not) to Normalize

Citation metrics are increasingly used to appraise published research. One challenge is whether and how to normalize these metrics to account for differences across scientific fields, age (year of publication), type of document, database coverage, and other factors. We discuss the pros and cons for...

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Autores principales: Ioannidis, John P. A., Boyack, Kevin, Wouters, Paul F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5012555/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27599158
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002542