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A standardized citation metrics author database annotated for scientific field

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  • John P A Ioannidis
  • Jeroen Baas
  • Richard Klavans
  • Kevin W Boyack

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Citation metrics are widely used and misused. We have created a publicly available database of 100,000 top scientists that provides standardized information on citations, h-index, coauthorship-adjusted hm-index, citations to papers in different authorship positions, and a composite indicator. Separate data are shown for career-long and single-year impact. Metrics with and without self-citations and ratio of citations to citing papers are given. Scientists are classified into 22 scientific fields and 176 subfields. Field- and subfield-specific percentiles are also provided for all scientists who have published at least five papers. Career-long data are updated to end of 2017 and to end of 2018 for comparison.Citation metrics are widely used and misused. This Community Page article presents a publicly available database that provides standardized information on multiple citation indicators and a composite thereof, annotating each author according to his/her main scientific field(s).

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  • John P A Ioannidis & Jeroen Baas & Richard Klavans & Kevin W Boyack, 2019. "A standardized citation metrics author database annotated for scientific field," PLOS Biology, Public Library of Science, vol. 17(8), pages 1-6, August.
  • Handle: RePEc:plo:pbio00:3000384
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3000384
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