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Characterizing and modeling citation dynamics
Citation distributions are crucial for the analysis and modeling of the activity of scientists. We investigated bibliometric data of papers published in journals of the American... -
The Measurement of the Effect on Citation Inequality of Differences in Citati...
This paper has two aims: (i) to introduce a novel method for measuring which part of overall citation inequality can be attributed to differences in citation practices across... -
Fair ranking of researchers and research teams
The main drawback of ranking of researchers by the number of papers, citations or by the Hirsch index is ignoring the problem of distributing authorship among authors in... -
An absolute index (Ab-index) to measure a researcher's useful contributions a...
Bibliographic analysis has been a very powerful tool in evaluating the effective contributions of a researcher and determining his/her future research potential. The lack of an... -
Can editors save peer review from peer reviewers?
Peer review is the gold standard for scientific communication, but its ability to guarantee the quality of published research remains difficult to verify. Recent modeling... -
Bibliometric Evidence for a Hierarchy of the Sciences
The hypothesis of a Hierarchy of the Sciences, first formulated in the 19(th) century, predicts that, moving from simple and general phenomena (e.g. particle dynamics) to... -
The validation of peer review through research impact measures and the implic...
There is a paucity of data in the literature concerning the validation of the grant application peer review process, which is used to help direct billions of dollars in research... -
Open-Access Mega-Journals: A Bibliometric Profile
In this paper we present the first comprehensive bibliometric analysis of eleven open-access mega-journals (OAMJs). OAMJs are a relatively recent phenomenon, and have been...
