Metrics: A profusion of measures

Richard Van Noorden

Nature, 2010, vol. 465, issue 7300, 864-866

Abstract: Scientific performance indicators are proliferating — leading researchers to ask afresh what they are measuring and why. Richard Van Noorden surveys the rapidly evolving ecosystem.

Date: 2010
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