Ranking authors using fractional counting of citations : an axiomatic approach
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- Denis Bouyssou and Thierry Marchant (UGent)
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- This paper analyzes from an axiomatic point of view a recent proposal for counting citations: the value of a citation given by a paper is inversely proportional to the total number of papers it cites. This way of fractionally counting citations was suggested as a possible way to normalize citation counts between fields of research having different citation cultures. It belongs to the “citing-side” approach to normalization. We focus on the properties characterizing this way of counting citations when it comes to ranking authors. Our analysis is conducted within a formal framework that is more complex but also more realistic than the one usually adopted in most axiomatic analyses of this kind.
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- Bibliometric ranking of authors, Field normalization, Axiomatization, Fractional counting of citations
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-7262453
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- Bouyssou, Denis, and Thierry Marchant. “Ranking Authors Using Fractional Counting of Citations : An Axiomatic Approach.” JOURNAL OF INFORMETRICS, vol. 10, no. 1, 2016, pp. 183–99, doi:10.1016/j.joi.2015.12.006.
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- Bouyssou, D., & Marchant, T. (2016). Ranking authors using fractional counting of citations : an axiomatic approach. JOURNAL OF INFORMETRICS, 10(1), 183–199. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2015.12.006
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- Bouyssou, Denis, and Thierry Marchant. 2016. “Ranking Authors Using Fractional Counting of Citations : An Axiomatic Approach.” JOURNAL OF INFORMETRICS 10 (1): 183–99. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2015.12.006.
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- Bouyssou, Denis, and Thierry Marchant. 2016. “Ranking Authors Using Fractional Counting of Citations : An Axiomatic Approach.” JOURNAL OF INFORMETRICS 10 (1): 183–199. doi:10.1016/j.joi.2015.12.006.
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- 1.Bouyssou D, Marchant T. Ranking authors using fractional counting of citations : an axiomatic approach. JOURNAL OF INFORMETRICS. 2016;10(1):183–99.
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- [1]D. Bouyssou and T. Marchant, “Ranking authors using fractional counting of citations : an axiomatic approach,” JOURNAL OF INFORMETRICS, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 183–199, 2016.
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abstract = {{This paper analyzes from an axiomatic point of view a recent proposal for counting citations: the value of a citation given by a paper is inversely proportional to the total number of papers it cites. This way of fractionally counting citations was suggested as a possible way to normalize citation counts between fields of research having different citation cultures. It belongs to the “citing-side” approach to normalization. We focus on the properties characterizing this way of counting citations when it comes to ranking authors. Our analysis is conducted within a formal framework that is more complex but also more realistic than the one usually adopted in most axiomatic analyses of this kind.}},
author = {{Bouyssou, Denis and Marchant, Thierry}},
issn = {{1751-1577}},
journal = {{JOURNAL OF INFORMETRICS}},
keywords = {{Bibliometric ranking of authors,Field normalization,Axiomatization,Fractional counting of citations}},
language = {{eng}},
number = {{1}},
pages = {{183--199}},
title = {{Ranking authors using fractional counting of citations : an axiomatic approach}},
url = {{http://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2015.12.006}},
volume = {{10}},
year = {{2016}},
}
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