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Evaluating research and researchers by the journal impact factor: is it better than coin flipping?
Ricardo Brito, Alonso Rodríguez-Navarro
The journal impact factor (JIF) is the average of the number of citations of the papers published in a journal, calculated according to a specific formula; it is extensively used f…
Probability and expected frequency of breakthroughs - a robust method of research assessment based on the double rank property of citation distributions
Alonso Rodriguez-Navarro, Ricardo Brito
In research policy, effective measures that lead to improvements in the generation of knowledge must be based on reliable methods of research assessment, but for many countries and…
The USA is an indisputable world leader in medical and biotechnological research
Ricardo Brito, Alonso Rodríguez-Navarro
A country's research success can be assessed from the power law function that links country and world rank numbers when publications are ordered by their number of citations; a sim…
Technological research in the EU is less efficient than the world average. EU research policy risks Europeans' future
Alonso Rodriguez-Navarro, Ricardo Brito
We have studied the efficiency of research in the EU by a percentile-based citation approach that analyzes the distribution of country papers among the world papers. Going up in th…