A standardized citation metrics author database annotated for scientific field

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Summary:

Citation metrics are widely used and misused. We have created a publicly available database of 100,000 top scientists that provides standardized information on citations, h-index, coauthorship-adjusted hm-index, citations to papers in different authorship positions, and a composite indicator. Separate data are shown for career-long and single-year impact. Metrics with and without self-citations and ratio of citations to citing papers are given. Scientists are classified into 22 scientific fields and 176 subfields. Field- and subfield-specific percentiles are also provided for all scientists who have published at least five papers. Career-long data are updated to end of 2017 and to end of 2018 for comparison.

Link:

https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3000384

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oa.new oa.switzerland oa.citations oa.metrics oa.assessment oa.impact oa.standards oa.disciplines

Date tagged:

09/20/2019, 09:34

Date published:

09/20/2019, 05:34