What are scientific leaders? The introduction of a normalized impact factor
| dc.creator | Matsas, George E. A. | |
| dc.date | 2008-09-01 | |
| dc.date | 2009-02-25 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T12:46:03Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T12:46:03Z | |
| dc.description | We define a normalized impact factor suitable to assess in a simple way both the strength of scientific communities and the research influence of individuals. We define those ones with $NIF \geq 1$ as being scientific leaders since they would influence their peers at least as much as they are influenced by them. The NIF is distinguished because (a) this has a clear and universal meaning being applicable with equal efficiency to individuals belonging to scientific communities with quite different publication and citation traditions and (b) this is robust against self-citation expedient. This is eventually applied to a community derived from the list of outstanding referees recognized by the American Physical Society in 2008. | |
| dc.description | 2 pages and 2 figures | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/0809.0290 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/0809.0290 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/221252 | |
| dc.subject | Physics and Society | |
| dc.subject | Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability | |
| dc.title | What are scientific leaders? The introduction of a normalized impact factor | |
| dc.type | text |