Comment: Citation Statistics
Sune Lehmann, Benny E. Lautrup, and Andrew D. Jackson
Source: Statist. Sci. Volume 24, Number 1
(2009), 17-20.
Abstract
We discuss the paper “Citation Statistics” by the Joint Committee on Quantitative Assessment of Research. In particular, we focus on a necessary feature of “good” measures for ranking scientific authors: that good measures must able to accurately distinguish between authors.
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Permanent link to this document: http://projecteuclid.org/euclid.ss/1255009004
Digital Object Identifier: doi:10.1214/09-STS285B
Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet): MR2561122
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