Comprehensive indicator comparisons intelligible to non-experts: the case of two SNIP versions
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Bibliometric indicators; Indicator development; Journal impact factor; SNIP; Source normalization; Relative indicators; Subject field bias; Statistical validity;All these keywords.
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