Rivals for the crown: Reply to Opthof and Leydesdorff
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We reply to the criticism of Opthof and Leydesdorff on the way in which our institute applies journal and field normalizations to citation counts. We point out why we believe most of the criticism is unjustified, but we also indicate where we think Opthof and Leydesdorff raise a valid point.
论文关键词：Bibliometric indicator,Crown indicator,Field normalization,Research performance assessment
论文评审过程：Received 12 March 2010, Revised 26 March 2010, Accepted 29 March 2010, Available online 24 April 2010.
论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2010.03.008
