Scientometrics
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Volume 88: Issue 1
On measuring scholarly influence by citations
Authors:
Martin Ravallion Development Research Group, World Bank, 1818 H Street NW, Washington, DC, 20433, USA, awagstaff@worldbank.org

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Adam Wagstaff Development Research Group, World Bank, 1818 H Street NW, Washington, DC, 20433, USA, awagstaff@worldbank.org

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Pages:
321–337
Online Publication Date:
05 Apr 2011
Publication Date:
01 Jul 2011
Article Category:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-011-0375-0
Keywords:
Citations; h-Index; Scientific influence; Economics departments; Economics journals
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Abstract

Bibliometric measures based on citations are widely used in assessing the scientific publication records of authors, institutions and journals. Yet currently favored measures lack a clear theoretical foundation and are known to have counter-intuitive properties. The paper proposes a new approach that is grounded on a theoretical “influence function,” representing explicit prior beliefs about how citations reflect influence. Conditions are derived for robust qualitative comparisons of influence—conditions that can be implemented using readily-available data. Two examples are provided, one using the world's top-10 economics department, the other using the top-10 economics journals.

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