Differences in citation frequency of clinical and basic science papers in cardiovascular research
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- 作者：Tobias Opthof (12) t.opthof@inter.nl.net
- 关键词：Citation – ; Citation indicators – ; Basic science – ; Clinical science – ; Cardiovascular – ; CWTS – ; Hirsch index – ; Peer review – ; Peer esteem – ; Historical citation data – ; Citation profiles
- 刊名：Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing
- 出版时间：June 2011
- 出版年：2011
- 期刊代码：pc542_0140-0118
- 类别：et
- 卷：49
- 期：6
- 页码：613-621
- 数据来源：sp
摘要
In this article, a critical analysis is performed on differences in citation frequency of basic and clinical cardiovascular papers. It appears that the latter papers are cited at about 40%higher frequency. The differences between the largest number of citations of the most cited papers are even larger. It is also demonstrated that the groups of clinical and basic cardiovascular papers are also heterogeneous concerning citation frequency. It is concluded that none of the existing citation indicators appreciates these differences. At this moment these indicators should not be used for quality assessment of individual scientists and scientific niches with small numbers of scientists.