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Eleni FragkiadakiDepartment of Applied Informatics, University of Macedonia Economic and Social Sciences, 54006, Thessaloniki, Greece gevan@uom.grsamaras@uom.gr

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Georgios EvangelidisDepartment of Applied Informatics, University of Macedonia Economic and Social Sciences, 54006, Thessaloniki, Greece gevan@uom.grsamaras@uom.gr

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Nikolaos SamarasDepartment of Applied Informatics, University of Macedonia Economic and Social Sciences, 54006, Thessaloniki, Greece gevan@uom.grsamaras@uom.gr

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Dimitris A. DervosDepartment of Information Technology, Alexander Technology Educational Institute (ATEI) of Thessaloniki, 57400, Sindos, Greece dad@it.teithe.gr

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Abstract

The f-value is a new indicator that measures the importance of a research article by taking into account all citations received, directly and indirectly, up to depth n. The f-value considers all information present in a Citation Graph in order to produce a ranking of the articles. Apart from the mathematical equation that calculates the f-value, we also present the corresponding algorithm with its implementation, plus an experimental comparison of f-value with two known indicators of an article's scientific importance, namely, the number of citations and the Page Rank for citation analysis. Finally, we discuss the similarities and differences among the indicators.

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ISSN 0138-9130 (Print)
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