The Use and Abuse of Citations as Indicators of Research Quality

Citation counts have been widely applied as indicators of performance in the evaluation of research. The supposition underlying such applications is that number of citations can be regarded as a measure of scientific quality or impact (Aksnes, 2005); that is, highly cited research can be considered...

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Published in:	Journal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation
Main Author:	Chris L. S. Coryn
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	The Evaluation Center at Western Michigan University 2006-06-01
Subjects:	citaiton analysis research evaluation bibliometrics Science Citation Index (SCI) research quality indicators
Online Access:	https://journals.sfu.ca/jmde/index.php/jmde_1/article/view/82

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