Citation analysis has been routinely used for several decades to help assess patent quality and determine how patents impact the competition and affect the world at large. A greater number of forward ...

Assessing the importance and quality of research is a complex and challenging task that is traditionally performed by a panel of experts familiar with the research field. Although the expert-based ...

True impact: a new study finds that “foundational” ideas in science are often not properly cited, which can skew rankings. (Courtesy: iStock/ilbusca) Papers introducing concepts that have since become ...