Field-normalized citation impact indicators and the choice of an appropriate counting method
作者：
Highlights：
• We study the connection between field normalization and counting methods.
• Our focus is on the choice between full and fractional counting.
• We argue that full counting results are not properly field normalized.
• Fractional counting does yield properly field-normalized results.
• We present a large-scale empirical comparison between full and fractional counting.
摘要
•We study the connection between field normalization and counting methods.•Our focus is on the choice between full and fractional counting.•We argue that full counting results are not properly field normalized.•Fractional counting does yield properly field-normalized results.•We present a large-scale empirical comparison between full and fractional counting.
论文关键词：Citation analysis,Counting method,Field normalization,Fractional counting,Full counting
论文评审过程：Received 14 May 2015, Revised 30 July 2015, Accepted 3 August 2015, Available online 18 September 2015, Version of Record 18 September 2015.
论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2015.08.001
