Scientific impact assessment cannot be fair

Marek Gagolewski

Journal of Informetrics, 2013, vol. 7, issue 4, 792-802

Abstract: In this paper we deal with the problem of aggregating numeric sequences of arbitrary length that represent e.g. citation records of scientists. Impact functions are the aggregation operators that express as a single number not only the quality of individual publications, but also their author's productivity.

Keywords: Impact functions; Aggregation; Decision making; Preference modeling; Hirsch's h-index; Scientometrics; Bibliometrics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2013.07.001

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