Are disruption index indicators convergently valid? The comparison of several indicator variants with assessments by peers

AbstractRecently, Wu, Wang, and Evans (2019) proposed a new family of indicators, which measure whether a scientific publication is disruptive to a field or tradition of research. Such disruptive influences are characterized by citations to a focal paper, but not its cited references...

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Main Authors: Lutz Bornmann, Sitaram Devarakonda, Alexander Tekles, George Chacko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The MIT Press 2020-01-01
Series:Quantitative Science Studies
Online Access:https://direct.mit.edu/qss/article/1/3/1242/96102/Are-disruption-index-indicators-convergently-valid