Scientometrics
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Volume 90: Issue 2
A comment to the papers by Opthof and Leydesdorff, Scientometrics, 88, 1011–1016, 2011 and Waltman et al., Scientometrics, 88, 1017–1022, 2011
Author:
Gangan Prathap CSIR National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources, New Delhi 110 012, India

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Pages:
737–743
Online Publication Date:
11 Sep 2011
Publication Date:
01 Feb 2012
Article Category:
Letter
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-011-0500-0
Keywords:
Bibliometrics; Normalization; Performance; Indicators; Quality; Quantity; Quasity; Energy; Exergy
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Abstract

In this comment, we re-evaluate an example using a “thermodynamic” paradigm to show how bibliometrics can incorporate normalization into the evaluative process. The motivation for this is the recent exchange in the pages of this journal from two groups that have taken different positions on how normalization should be done.

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