Methods for the generation of normalized citation impact scores in bibliometrics: Which method best reflects the judgements of experts?

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Highlights:

• Different methods have been proposed for producing normalized citation impact scores.

• Using a data set of over 50,000 records, the study tests which of the methods correlate better with the assessment of papers by peers.

• The study involves not only cited-side indicators, but also citing-side indicators.

• The correlations of the indicators with the peer assessments all turn out to be very similar.

• It is important that the results of this study are validated by other studies based on multi-disciplinary datasets.

摘要

•Different methods have been proposed for producing normalized citation impact scores.•Using a data set of over 50,000 records, the study tests which of the methods correlate better with the assessment of papers by peers.•The study involves not only cited-side indicators, but also citing-side indicators.•The correlations of the indicators with the peer assessments all turn out to be very similar.•It is important that the results of this study are validated by other studies based on multi-disciplinary datasets.

论文关键词:F1000,Bibliometrics,Citing-side indicator,Cited-side indicator,Normalized citation impact

论文评审过程:Received 20 October 2014, Revised 4 December 2014, Accepted 18 January 2015, Available online 7 February 2015.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2015.01.006