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
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spelling okr-10986-38582021-04-23T14:02:13Z On Measuring Scientific Influence Ravallion, Martin Wagstaff, Adam 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 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. 2012-03-19T18:41:05Z 2012-03-19T18:41:05Z 2010-07-01 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 English Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5375 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper The World Region The World Region
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topic 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
spellingShingle 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
Ravallion, Martin
Wagstaff, Adam
On Measuring Scientific Influence
geographic_facet The World Region
The World Region
relation Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5375
description 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.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Ravallion, Martin
Wagstaff, Adam
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Wagstaff, Adam
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title On Measuring Scientific Influence
title_short On Measuring Scientific Influence
title_full On Measuring Scientific Influence
title_fullStr On Measuring Scientific Influence
title_full_unstemmed On Measuring Scientific Influence
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publishDate 2012
url 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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