A rejoinder on energy versus impact indicators

Authors
Publication date 2012
Journal Scientometrics
Volume | Issue number 90 | 2
Pages (from-to) 745-748
Organisations
  • Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FMG) - Amsterdam School of Communication Research (ASCoR)
  • Faculty of Medicine (AMC-UvA)
Abstract Citation distributions are so skewed that using the mean or any other central tendency measure is ill-advised. Unlike G. Prathap’s scalar measures (Energy, Exergy, and Entropy or EEE), the Integrated Impact Indicator (I3) is based on non-parametric statistics using the (100) percentiles of the distribution. Observed values can be tested against expected ones; impact can be qualified at the article level and then aggregated.
Document type Article
Language English
Published at https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-011-0502-y
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