TY - CONF

T1 - Scaling Analysis of Author-Level Bibliometric Indicators

AU - Wildgaard, Lorna Elizabeth

AU - Larsen, Birger

N1 - Proceedings of the science and technology indicators conference 2014 Leiden “Context Counts: Pathways to Master Big and Little Data”. 3 - 5 September 2014 in Leiden, the Netherlands - CWTS 2014

PY - 2014/9

Y1 - 2014/9

N2 - Despite of the concerns from the bibliometric community, evaluation of the individual through bibliometric indices is already performed as a form of ‘pseudo peer review’ in selection of candidates for tenure, in background checks of potential employees’ publicationand citation impact, and in appraisal of funding applications. We investigate the role of central and isolated indicators in the fields of Astronomy, Environmental Science, Philosophy and Public Health and the effect these have on author-rankings.

AB - Despite of the concerns from the bibliometric community, evaluation of the individual through bibliometric indices is already performed as a form of ‘pseudo peer review’ in selection of candidates for tenure, in background checks of potential employees’ publicationand citation impact, and in appraisal of funding applications. We investigate the role of central and isolated indicators in the fields of Astronomy, Environmental Science, Philosophy and Public Health and the effect these have on author-rankings.

M3 - Paper

ER -