Can Scientific Impact Be Predicted
Abstract
A widely used measure of scientific impact is citations. However, due to their heavy-tailed distribution, citations are fundamentally difficult to predict. Instead, to characterize scientific impact, we address two analogous questions asked by many scientific researchers: “How will my null h -index evolve over time, and which of my previously or newly published papers will contribute to it?” To answer these questions, we perform two related...
Paper Details
Title
Can Scientific Impact Be Predicted
Published Date
Mar 1, 2016
Volume
2
Issue
1
Pages
18 - 30
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