The citation merit of scientific publications.
We propose a new method to assess the merit of any set of scientific papers in a given field based on the citations they receive. Given a field and a citation impact indicator, such as the mean citation or the [Formula: see text]-index, the merit of a given set of [Formula: see text] articles is ide...
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| author | Juan A Crespo Ignacio Ortuño-Ortín Javier Ruiz-Castillo |
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| description | We propose a new method to assess the merit of any set of scientific papers in a given field based on the citations they receive. Given a field and a citation impact indicator, such as the mean citation or the [Formula: see text]-index, the merit of a given set of [Formula: see text] articles is identified with the probability that a randomly drawn set of [Formula: see text] articles from a given pool of articles in that field has a lower citation impact according to the indicator in question. The method allows for comparisons between sets of articles of different sizes and fields. Using a dataset acquired from Thomson Scientific that contains the articles published in the periodical literature in the period 1998-2007, we show that the novel approach yields rankings of research units different from those obtained by a direct application of the mean citation or the [Formula: see text]-index. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-80e011c75f8e48ab9dc66251bfe3dbb52022-12-22T01:31:38ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032012-01-01711e4915610.1371/journal.pone.0049156The citation merit of scientific publications.Juan A CrespoIgnacio Ortuño-OrtínJavier Ruiz-CastilloWe propose a new method to assess the merit of any set of scientific papers in a given field based on the citations they receive. Given a field and a citation impact indicator, such as the mean citation or the [Formula: see text]-index, the merit of a given set of [Formula: see text] articles is identified with the probability that a randomly drawn set of [Formula: see text] articles from a given pool of articles in that field has a lower citation impact according to the indicator in question. The method allows for comparisons between sets of articles of different sizes and fields. Using a dataset acquired from Thomson Scientific that contains the articles published in the periodical literature in the period 1998-2007, we show that the novel approach yields rankings of research units different from those obtained by a direct application of the mean citation or the [Formula: see text]-index.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3496740?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Juan A Crespo Ignacio Ortuño-Ortín Javier Ruiz-Castillo The citation merit of scientific publications. PLoS ONE |
| title | The citation merit of scientific publications. |
| title_full | The citation merit of scientific publications. |
| title_fullStr | The citation merit of scientific publications. |
| title_full_unstemmed | The citation merit of scientific publications. |
| title_short | The citation merit of scientific publications. |
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| url | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3496740?pdf=render |
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