Letter to the Editor: About the quality and impact of scientific articles
Por:
Ricker, Martin
Publicada:
1 jun 2017
Resumen:
It is argued that counting the total number of times a scientific
article is cited by others, does neither result in a proxy for its
cognitive impact nor for its quality. One would have to distinguish at
least substitutable and fundamental references. A supposed correlation
between peer review assessments and citation counts is conceptually
problematic, because peer review includes objective as well as
subjective considerations (convictions). With refined methods, however,
a differential citation analysis might be able in the future to answer
if a given article did or did not have positive cognitive impact on
subsequent research.
Filiaciones:
Ricker, Martin:
Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Circuito Zona Deportiva, Ciudad Universitaria, Ciudad de México, Mexico
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Biol, Ciudad Univ, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
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