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Volume 54, Issue 5
1 December 1998
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Conceptual Paper| December 01 1998

Ranking of scientists – a new approach

B.K. Sen;
B.K. Sen
Visiting Professor, Faculty of Computer Science & Information Technology, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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T.A. Pandalai;
T.A. Pandalai
National Centre on Bibliometrics, INSDOC, New Delhi – 110067, India
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Aruna Karanjai
Aruna Karanjai
National Centre on Bibliometrics, INSDOC, New Delhi – 110067, India
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-7379
Print ISSN: 0022-0418
© MCB UP Limited
1998
Journal of Documentation (1998) 54 (5): 622–628.
https://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000007184

A formula for the ranking of scientists based on diachronous citation counts is proposed. The paper generalises the fact that the citation generation potential (CGP) is not the same for all papers, it differs from paper to paper, and also to a certain extent depends on the subject domain of the papers. The method of ranking proposed in no way replaces peer review. It merely acts as an aid for peers to help them arrive at a better judgement.

Keywords: Scientists, Judgement sampling, Information retrieval
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