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Energy indicators and percentile ranking normalization

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  • Gangan Prathap

    (CSIR National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources)

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Scalar measures of research performance (Energy, Exergy, and Entropy or EEE) are based on what can be called the bibliometrics-thermodynamics consilience. Here, their application to the percentile ranking normalization scheme is demonstrated.

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  • Gangan Prathap, 2012. "Energy indicators and percentile ranking normalization," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 91(3), pages 997-1003, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:scient:v:91:y:2012:i:3:d:10.1007_s11192-012-0620-1
    DOI: 10.1007/s11192-012-0620-1
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    Keywords

    Bibliometrics; Normalization; Performance; Indicators; Quality; Quantity; Quasity; Energy; Exergy; Citation; Scalar; Integrated impact indicator; EEE; I3;
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    • I3 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty

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