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Conceptual difficulties in the use of statistical inference in citation analysis
Ludo Waltman
In this comment, I discuss the use of statistical inference in citation analysis. In a recent paper, Williams and Bornmann argue in favor of the use of statistical inference in cit…
Constructing bibliometric networks: A comparison between full and fractional counting
Antonio Perianes-Rodriguez, Ludo Waltman, Nees Jan van Eck
The analysis of bibliometric networks, such as co-authorship, bibliographic coupling, and co-citation networks, has received a considerable amount of attention. Much less attention…
The elephant in the room: The problem of quantifying productivity in evaluative scientometrics
Ludo Waltman, Nees Jan van Eck, Martijn Visser +1
In a critical and provocative paper, Abramo and D'Angelo claim that commonly used scientometric indicators such as the mean normalized citation score (MNCS) are completely inapprop…