Report on citation statistics: Numbers with a number of problems
Wednesday, June 11, 2008 - 09:42
in Mathematics & Economics
The International Mathematical Union today released the Citation Statistics report. Citation-based statistics, such as the impact factor, are often used to assess scientific research, but are they the best measures of research quality? Three international mathematics organizations have today released a report, Citation Statistics, on the use of citations in assessing research quality - a topic that is of increasing interest throughout the world's scientific community.