Citations: Indicators of Quality? The Impact Fallacy
We argue that citation is a composed indicator: short-term citations can be considered as currency at the research front, whereas long-term citations can contribute to the codification of knowledge claims into concept symbols. Knowledge claims at the research front are more likely to be transitory a...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2016-08-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics |
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| Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/frma.2016.00001/full |