Aggregation properties of relative impact and other classical indicators: Convexity issues and the Yule-Simpson paradox

Proceedings of ISSI 2007 - 11th International Conference of the International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 643-654

  Ramanana Rahary, Suzy ^a   Zitt, Michel ^b   Rousseau, Ronald ^c  

^a Observatoire des Sciences et des Techniques OST   (France)

^b LERECO   (France)

^c KHBO Industrial Sciences and Technology   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Convexity; Impact measures; Research evaluation; Yule Simpson paradox

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SCIENCE;

AGGREGATION PROPERTY; BIBLIOMETRIC INDICATORS; CONVEXITY; IMPACT MEASURES; RELATIVE IMPACT; RESEARCH EVALUATION; STATISTICAL PROPERTIES; YULE-SIMPSON PARADOX;

AGGREGATES;

EID: 65549163373     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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