The reliability of total citation rankings

被引：16

作者：

Braun, T

机构：

[1] ISSRU, H-1443 Budapest, Hungary

[2] Eotvos Lorand Univ, Inst Inorgan & Analyt Chem, H-1443 Budapest, Hungary

来源：

JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL INFORMATION AND COMPUTER SCIENCES | 2003年 / 43卷 / 01期

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D O I：

10.1021/ci020018o

中图分类号：

O6 [化学];

学科分类号：

0703 ;

摘要：

In short, citation analysis has become a small cottage industry today. The legitimacy of its use for a variety of purposes has been established. In fact, that legitimacy has extended to the point where many suspect uses of citations are accepted without significant skepticism. Rarely, if ever. are these counts. which compare one individual with another, accompanied by a set of caveats, about the limits of such individual comparisons or the bases on which the comparisons are being made (Jonathan R. Cole). (Cole, J. R. A Short History of the Use of Citations as a Measure of the Impact of Scientific and Scholarly Work, Chapter 14. In The Web of Knowledge; Cronin, B., Atkins, H. B., Eds. ASIS Monograph Series. 2000 p 281.)

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