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Predicting authors’ citation counts and h-indices with a neural network

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  • Tobias Mistele

    (Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies)

  • Tom Price

    (Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies)

  • Sabine Hossenfelder

    (Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies)

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We here describe and present results of a simple neural network that predicts individual researchers’ future citation counts based on a variety of data from the researchers’ past. For publications available on the open access-server arXiv.org we find a higher predictability than previous studies.

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  • Tobias Mistele & Tom Price & Sabine Hossenfelder, 2019. "Predicting authors’ citation counts and h-indices with a neural network," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 120(1), pages 87-104, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:scient:v:120:y:2019:i:1:d:10.1007_s11192-019-03110-2
    DOI: 10.1007/s11192-019-03110-2
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