Opinion paper: thoughts and facts on bibliometric indicators

Wolfgang Glänzel () and Henk F. Moed ()
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Wolfgang Glänzel: KU Leuven
Henk F. Moed: Elsevier

Scientometrics, 2013, vol. 96, issue 1, No 25, 394 pages

Abstract: Abstract This paper aims at contributing to the on-going discussion about building and applying bibliometric indicators. It sheds light on their properties and requirements concerning six different aspects: deterministic versus probabilistic approach, application-related properties, the time dependence, normalization issues, size dependence and network indicators.

Keywords: Indicators; Mathematical statistics; Normalization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1007/s11192-012-0898-z

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