Author Database of Standardized Citation Indicators Derived from Scopus Lacks Transparency and Suggests a False Precision
A critical discussion is presented for the Author Metrics Database (AMD) created by Ioannides et al. (2016, 2020) containing citation-based indicators for 165,000 authors publishing in journals indexed in Scopus. It is concluded that the AMD is a rich intermediary dataset open for further analysis t...
Main Author: | Henk F. Moed |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Levy Library Press
2021-04-01
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Series: | Scholarly Assessment Reports |
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Online Access: | https://www.scholarlyassessmentreports.org/articles/30 |
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