Are some ways of measuring scientific quality better than others? Sune Lehmann, Andrew D. Jackson and Benny E. Lautrup analyse the reliability of commonly used methods for comparing citation records.
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Lehmann, S., Jackson, A. & Lautrup, B. Measures for measures. Nature 444, 1003–1004 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/4441003a
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