Citation analysis of research performer quality

摘要

Background: Citation analysis for evaluative purposes typically requires normalization against some control group of similar papers. Selection of this control group is an open question. Objectives: Gain a better understanding of control group requirements for credible Normalization. Approach: Performed citation analysis on prior publications of two proposing research units, To help estimate team research quality. Compared citations of each unit's publications to citations Received by thematically and temporally similar papers.