High-impact and transformative science (HITS) metrics: Definition, exemplification, and comparison.

Countries, research institutions, and scholars are interested in identifying and promoting high-impact and transformative scientific research. This paper presents a novel set of text- and citation-based metrics that can be used to identify high-impact and transformative works. The 11 metrics can be...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Joseph Staudt, Huifeng Yu, Robert P Light, Gerald Marschke, Katy Börner, Bruce A Weinberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6053144?pdf=render