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Identification of milestone papers through time-balanced network centrality

Mariani, Manuel Sebastian ; Medo, , Matúš ; Zhang, Yi-Cheng

In: Journal of Informetrics, 2016, vol. 10, no. 4, p. 1207–1223

Citations between scientific papers and related bibliometric indices, such as the h- index for authors and the impact factor for journals, are being increasingly used – often in controversial ways – as quantitative tools for research evaluation. Yet, a fundamental research question remains still open: to which extent do quantitative metrics capture the significance of scientific works? We...