Methods to account for citation inflation in research evaluation

Quantitative research evaluation requires measures that are transparent, relatively simple, and free of disciplinary and temporal bias. We document and provide a solution to a hitherto unaddressed temporal bias – citation inflation – which arises from the basic fact that scientific publication is st...

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Main Authors: Fortunato, S. (Author), Pammolli, F. (Author), Pan, R.K (Author), Petersen, A.M (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier B.V. 2019
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