Are disruption index indicators convergently valid? The comparison of several indicator variants with assessments by peers

Volume: 1, Issue: 3, Pages: 1242 - 1259
Published: Aug 1, 2020
Abstract
Recently, Wu, Wang, and Evans (2019) proposed a new family of indicators, which measure whether a scientific publication is disruptive to a field or tradition of research. Such disruptive influences are characterized by citations to a focal paper, but not its cited references. In this study, we are interested in the question of convergent validity. We used external criteria of newness to examine convergent validity: In the postpublication peer...
Paper Details
Title
Are disruption index indicators convergently valid? The comparison of several indicator variants with assessments by peers
Published Date
Aug 1, 2020
Volume
1
Issue
3
Pages
1242 - 1259
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