The Role of Positive and Negative Citations in Scientific Evaluation

Quantifying the impact of scientific papers objectively is crucial for research output assessment, which subsequently affects institution and country rankings, research funding allocations, academic recruitment, and national/international scientific priorities. While most of the assessment schemes b...

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Main Authors: Xiaomei Bai, Ivan Lee, Zhaolong Ning, Amr Tolba, Feng Xia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IEEE 2017-01-01
Series:IEEE Access
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Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8010802/