Expected number of citations and the crown indicator

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Highlights：

• The uniqueness theorem for MNCS doesn’t narrow the indicator to the present MNCS.

• Many methods can be applied to compute expected number of citations in the MNCS.

• Three methods of computation are compared for including mixed field papers.

• The MNCS – if applied to mixed field papers – theoretically skews evaluation.

摘要

•The uniqueness theorem for MNCS doesn’t narrow the indicator to the present MNCS.•Many methods can be applied to compute expected number of citations in the MNCS.•Three methods of computation are compared for including mixed field papers.•The MNCS – if applied to mixed field papers – theoretically skews evaluation.

论文关键词：Bibliometric indicator,Crown indicator,Field normalization,Research performance assessment

论文评审过程：Received 30 July 2015, Accepted 28 October 2015, Available online 17 December 2015, Version of Record 17 December 2015.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2015.10.007