The Use and Abuse of Citations as Indicators of Research Quality
Citation counts have been widely applied as indicators of performance in the evaluation of research. The supposition underlying such applications is that number of citations can be regarded as a measure of scientific quality or impact (Aksnes, 2005); that is, highly cited research can be considered...
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The Evaluation Center at Western Michigan University
2006-06-01
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| Series: | Journal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.sfu.ca/jmde/index.php/jmde_1/article/view/82 |