The counting house

David Adam

Nature, 2002, vol. 415, issue 6873, 726-729

Abstract: Scientists' work is often evaluated using citation statistics compiled by a company called the ISI. But how useful and reliable are the data? David Adam gets the measure of citation analysis.

Date: 2002
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