One-Bit In, Two-Bit Out: Network-Based Metrics of Papers Can Be Largely Improved by Including Only the External Citation Counts without the Citation Relations
Many ranking algorithms and metrics have been proposed to identify high-impact papers. Both the direct citation counts and the network-based PageRank-like algorithms are commonly used. Ideally, the more complete the data on the citation network, the more informative the ranking. However, obtaining m...
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MDPI AG
2024-09-01
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| Series: | Systems |
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2079-8954/12/9/377 |