HOW SHOULD CITATIONS TO ARTICLES IN HIGH-IMPACT AND LOW-IMPACT JOURNALS BE EVALUATED, OR WHAT IS A CITATION WORTH

Authors
BALABAN AT
Citation
At. Balaban, HOW SHOULD CITATIONS TO ARTICLES IN HIGH-IMPACT AND LOW-IMPACT JOURNALS BE EVALUATED, OR WHAT IS A CITATION WORTH, Scientometrics, 37(3), 1996, pp. 495-498
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Information Science & Library Science","Information Science & Library Science","Computer Science Interdisciplinary Applications
Journal title
Scientometrics → ACNP
ISSN journal
01389130
Volume
37
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
495 - 498
Database
ISI
SICI code
0138-9130(1996)37:3<495:HSCTAI>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
After a brief discussion on the normalization factors allowing the qua ntitative comparison between various disciplines, a formula is propose d for taking into account the value of citations to papers published i n journals with different impact factors.