Quantifying the impact and relevance of scientific research.

Qualitative and quantitative methods are being developed to measure the impacts of research on society, but they suffer from serious drawbacks associated with linking a piece of research to its subsequent impacts. We have developed a method to derive impact scores for individual research publication...

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Main Authors: William J Sutherland, David Goulson, Simon G Potts, Lynn V Dicks
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3217965?pdf=render