On Measuring Scientific Influence

On Measuring Scientific Influence

Bibliometric measures based on citations are widely used in assessing the scientific publication records of authors, institutions and journals. Yet currently favored measures lack a clear conceptual foundation and are known to have counter-intuitiv...

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Main Authors: Ravallion, Martin, Wagstaff, Adam
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
ARTICLE
ARTICLES
BELIEFS
BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATA
BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASES
CITATION
CITATION INDEX
CITATIONS
COLLABORATION
DISCUSSION
ECONOMETRICS
ECONOMIC THEORY
ECONOMICS LITERATURE
ENTRY
IDEA
IDEAS
INDICES
INFORMATION SCIENCE
OBJECTS
ORDERING
ORDERINGS
PAPERS
PUBLISHING
RESEARCH OUTPUT
RESEARCHER
RESEARCHERS
SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES
SCIENTIFIC FIELDS
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
SCIENTIST
SCIENTISTS
SOCIAL SCIENCE
SOCIAL SCIENCES
STANDARDIZATION
UNIVERSITIES
UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENTS
UTILITY FUNCTION
VALUATION
WEB
Online Access:http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20100722103254
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3858
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Summary:Bibliometric measures based on citations are widely used in assessing the scientific publication records of authors, institutions and journals. Yet currently favored measures lack a clear conceptual foundation and are known to have counter-intuitive properties. The authors propose a new approach that is grounded on a theoretical "influence function," representing explicit prior beliefs about how citations reflect influence. They provide conditions for robust qualitative comparisons of influence -- conditions that can be implemented using readily-available data. An example is provided using the economics publication records of selected universities and the World Bank.

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