Sense and nonsense of bibliometrics

Pedro J. Aphalo

doi:10.19232/uv4pb.2018.1.10

Sense and nonsense of bibliometrics

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Abstract

What is the meaning of record-breaking read statistics in ResearchGate? Do only articles in Nature and Science achieve "top-listings"? Or is there something else behind the statistics? Can such statistics be trusted for assessment of performance? This questions are considered in relation to a real example case of a top-ranked paper written by the author.

Original language	English
Journal	UV4Plants Bulletin
Volume	2018
Issue number	1
Pages (from-to)	11-14
Number of pages	3
ISSN	2343-323X
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.19232/uv4pb.2018.1.10
Publication status	Published - Apr 2018
MoE publication type	B1 Journal article

Fields of Science

1183 Plant biology, microbiology, virology

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