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Combining the weighted and unweighted Euclidean indices: a graphical approach

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  • M. Ryan Haley

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This paper proposes a simple graphical mechanism for facilitating the comparison between an author’s citation count, as measured by the Euclidean Index (Perry and Perry in Am Econ Rev 106:2722–2741, 2016), and the visibility of the journals within which an author’s articles were published, as measured by the Weighted Euclidean Index (Haley in PLoS ONE, 2019a. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0212760). The goal is to help research review bodies easily grasp the distinction between these two forms of scholarly accomplishment and to also provide them a transparent way to articulate to scholars how the evaluation committee intends to balance these two modes of scholarly accomplishment. The robustness of the proposed composite index is also assessed.

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  • M. Ryan Haley, 2020. "Combining the weighted and unweighted Euclidean indices: a graphical approach," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 123(1), pages 103-111, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:scient:v:123:y:2020:i:1:d:10.1007_s11192-020-03368-x
    DOI: 10.1007/s11192-020-03368-x
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    • A1 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics
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