Make a Splash: Notions of Scientific Impact Are Evolving
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...Considering citations to all articles, Anurag Acharya and colleagues report, the percentage of citations to articles...to 1975 and is based on the average number of citations for recent articles. Of course, a publication ...measure scientific impact.
Even if we stick to citation counts for a moment, it’s clear that articles ...articles in non-elite journals went from 27% of all citations in 1995 to 47% in 2013 – yes, almost half.
The...Accessibility is surely also behind the increase in citations for older publications. (As an interesting aside...the amount of protein in a solution.)
But are citations and journal publications really the best way to...