National research impact indicators from Mendeley readers

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Highlights：

• Mendeley readership data can be used to compare the research impact of countries.

• Citation-corrected Mendeley readership counts give more stable national research impact indicators for recent years than do citation counts.

• Comparisons of national impact based on citations or readers both contain sources of bias that are not possible to measure.

摘要

•Mendeley readership data can be used to compare the research impact of countries.•Citation-corrected Mendeley readership counts give more stable national research impact indicators for recent years than do citation counts.•Comparisons of national impact based on citations or readers both contain sources of bias that are not possible to measure.

论文关键词：Scientometrics,Citation analysis,Research evaluation

论文评审过程：Received 27 May 2015, Revised 4 August 2015, Accepted 14 August 2015, Available online 8 September 2015, Version of Record 8 September 2015.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2015.08.003