Examples for counterintuitive behavior of the new citation-rank indicator P100 for bibliometric evaluations

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Highlights:

• The new indicator P100 is investigated for 5 example datasets.

• Counterintuitive behavior is shown for small changes in the citation distribution.

• Comparison of researchers by P100 in different fields is difficult.

• A comparison is meaningful for researchers contributing to the same reference set.

• Evaluation performance results can be influenced by choosing different journals.

摘要

•The new indicator P100 is investigated for 5 example datasets.•Counterintuitive behavior is shown for small changes in the citation distribution.•Comparison of researchers by P100 in different fields is difficult.•A comparison is meaningful for researchers contributing to the same reference set.•Evaluation performance results can be influenced by choosing different journals.

论文关键词:Evaluation,Citation analysis,Highly cited publications,Bibliometric rankings,Percentiles

论文评审过程:Received 8 April 2014, Revised 26 June 2014, Accepted 27 June 2014, Available online 27 July 2014.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2014.06.007