Three novel indirect indicators for the assessment of papers and authors based on generations of citations

Eleni Fragkiadaki () and Georgios Evangelidis ()
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Eleni Fragkiadaki: University of Macedonia
Georgios Evangelidis: University of Macedonia

Scientometrics, 2016, vol. 106, issue 2, No 10, 657-694

Abstract: Abstract A new indirect indicator is introduced for the assessment of scientific publications. The proposed indicator ( $$fp^{k}$$ f p k -index) takes into account both the direct and indirect impact of scientific publications and their age. The indicator builds on the concept of generations of citations and acts as a measure of the accumulated impact of each scientific publication. A number of cases are examined that demonstrate the way the indicator behaves under well defined conditions in a Paper-Citation graph, like when a paper is cited by a highly cited paper, when cycles exist and when self-citations and chords are examined. Two new indicators for the assessment of authors are also proposed (fa-index and fas-index) that utilize the $$fp^{k}$$ f p k -index values of the scientific publications included in the Publication Record of an author. Finally, a comparative study of the $$fp^{k}$$ f p k and $$fa^{k}$$ f a k indices and a list of well known direct (Number of Citations, Mean number of citations, Contemporary h-index) and indirect (PageRank, SCEAS) indicators is presented.

Keywords: Indirect indicators; Paper assessment; Author assessment; fp k -index; fa k -index; fas k -index (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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