Should we use the mean citations per paper to summarise a journal’s impact or to rank journals in the same field? Export

@article{citeulike:5659917, abstract = {Abstract\ \ The mean citations per paper is used increasingly as a simple metric for indicating the impact of a journal or comparing journal rankings. While convenient, we suggest that it has limitations given the highly skewed distributions of citations per paper in a wide range of journals.}, author = {Calver, Michael and Bradley, J.}, citeulike-article-id = {5659917}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11192-008-2229-y}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.springerlink.com/content/l7743035ru5x28w0}, doi = {10.1007/s11192-008-2229-y}, journal = {Scientometrics}, keywords = {if, journal, rank}, posted-at = {2009-08-27 21:46:42}, priority = {2}, title = {Should we use the mean citations per paper to summarise a journal's impact or to rank journals in the same field?}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11192-008-2229-y} }

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