68 citations · 151 across the 7 of their papers we have counts for
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National research impact indicators from Mendeley readers
R. Fairclough, M. Thelwall
National research impact indicators derived from citation counts are used by governments to help assess their national research performance and to identify the effect of funding or…
Geometric journal impact factors correcting for individual highly cited articles
Mike Thelwall, Ruth Fairclough
Journal impact factors (JIFs) are widely used and promoted but have important limitations. In particular, JIFs can be unduly influenced by individual highly cited articles and henc…
The influence of time and discipline on the magnitude of correlations between citation counts and quality scores
Mike Thelwall, Ruth Fairclough
Although various citation-based indicators are commonly used to help research evaluations, there are ongoing controversies about their value. In response, they are often correlated…
More Precise Methods for National Research Citation Impact Comparisons
Ruth Fairclough, Mike Thelwall
Governments sometimes need to analyse sets of research papers within a field in order to monitor progress, assess the effect of recent policy changes, or identify areas of excellen…