Assessing the scientific relevance of a single publication over time

Quantitatively assessing the scientific relevance of a research paper is challenging for two reasons. Firstly, scientific relevance may change over time, and secondly, it is unclear how to evaluate a recently published paper. The temporally averaged paper-specific impact factor is defined as the yea...

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Main Authors: Philipp A. Bloching, Harald Heinzl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academy of Science of South Africa 2013-09-01
Series:South African Journal of Science
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Online Access:https://www.sajs.co.za/article/view/3999