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Global impact measures

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  • Leo Egghe

    (Hasselt University)

  • Ronald Rousseau

    (KU Leuven, MSI
    University of Antwerp)

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We present a continuous theory of global impact measures. Such measures combine inequality (like the Lorenz theory) with productivity, leading to the notion of global impact and its measurement.

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  • Leo Egghe & Ronald Rousseau, 2023. "Global impact measures," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 128(1), pages 699-707, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:scient:v:128:y:2023:i:1:d:10.1007_s11192-022-04553-w
    DOI: 10.1007/s11192-022-04553-w
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    1. Leo Egghe & Ronald Rousseau, 2002. "A proposal to define a core of a scientific subject: A definition using concentration and fuzzy sets," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 54(1), pages 51-62, April.
    2. Egghe, Leo & Rousseau, Ronald, 2022. "Rank-frequency data and impact in a continuous model: Introducing impact bundles," Journal of Informetrics, Elsevier, vol. 16(3).
    3. Wagner, Caroline S. & Roessner, J. David & Bobb, Kamau & Klein, Julie Thompson & Boyack, Kevin W. & Keyton, Joann & Rafols, Ismael & Börner, Katy, 2011. "Approaches to understanding and measuring interdisciplinary scientific research (IDR): A review of the literature," Journal of Informetrics, Elsevier, vol. 5(1), pages 14-26.
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