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Scientific impact assessment cannot be fair

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In this paper we deal with the problem of aggregating numeric sequences of arbitrary length that represent e.g. citation records of scientists. Impact functions are the aggregation operators that express as a single number not only the quality of individual publications, but also their author's productivity.

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  • Gagolewski, Marek, 2013. "Scientific impact assessment cannot be fair," Journal of Informetrics, Elsevier, vol. 7(4), pages 792-802.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:infome:v:7:y:2013:i:4:p:792-802
    DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2013.07.001
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