New article-level metric measures the influence of scientific research

Wednesday, September 7, 2016 - 05:31 in Psychology & Sociology

Scientists have developed a new metric, known as the Relative Citation Ratio, which will allow researchers and funders to quantify and compare the influence of a scientific article. RCR measures a scientific publication's influence in a way that is article-level and field-independent.

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