An evaluation of impacts in “Nanoscience & nanotechnology”: steps towards standards for citation analysis

• Published in: Scientometrics Vol. 94; no. 1; pp. 35 - 55
• Main Author: Leydesdorff, Loet
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.01.2013; Springer
• Subjects: Bibliometrics. Scientometrics; Bibliometrics. Scientometrics. Evaluation; Citation analysis; Computer Science; Exact sciences and technology; Google, Inc; Impact factors; Indexes; Information and communication sciences; Information science. Documentation; Information Storage and Retrieval; Internet; Library and information science. General aspects; Library Science; Nanotechnology; Sciences and techniques of general use; Social sciences; Statistics; Impact; Evaluation; Citation; Statistics; Nanotechnology; Standards; Filing; Citation analysis; Impact factor; Periodical; Scientific research; Indicator

One is inclined to conceptualize impact in terms of citations per publication, and thus as an average. However, citation distributions are skewed, and the average has the disadvantage that the number of publications is used in the denominator. Using hundred percentiles, one can integrate the normali...