Equivalent paper number:A new indicator for the research paper assessment

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Science Research Management ›› 2011, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (7) : 150-156.

Xu Fang¹, Liu Wenbin¹, Li Xiaoxuan²

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Nowadays, the most widely used bibliometric indicators for the quality of academic publications are all citation-based, like total citations, or average citations. However, it is well known that citations are affected by many factors other than the quality of the publications. Thus it is useful to measure the quality of publications from different point of views.

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research output assessment / journal acceptance rate / EPN / x indicator.

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Xu Fang, Liu Wenbin, Li Xiaoxuan. Equivalent paper number:A new indicator for the research paper assessment[J]. Science Research Management. 2011, 32(7): 150-156

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