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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Language: | English |
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Academy of Science of South Africa
2013-09-01
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Series: | South African Journal of Science |
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Online Access: | https://www.sajs.co.za/article/view/3999 |