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Ranking scholars: A measure representation

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  • Lasso de la Vega, Casilda
  • Volij, Oscar

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A scholar can be identified with his citation list and a scholar ranking is a complete order on the set of scholars. We characterize those scholar rankings that admit a measure representation.

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  • Lasso de la Vega, Casilda & Volij, Oscar, 2018. "Ranking scholars: A measure representation," Journal of Informetrics, Elsevier, vol. 12(2), pages 510-517.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:infome:v:12:y:2018:i:2:p:510-517
    DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2018.04.003
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