Scientometrics

, Volume 102, Issue 2, pp 1829–1830 | Cite as

Discussion about the new Nature Index

Article

Abstract

Very recently, the Nature Index has been proposed and published. It offers the possibility to rank institutions and countries according to the absolute numbers of papers published in a selection of 68 journals. We discuss the main elements of the Nature Index, and we wish to start a discussion about the Nature Index by stating four main points of criticism. The main problem of this Index seems to be the use of absolute numbers without normalization. Furthermore, measures of quality are reintroduced on the basis of reputation of journals rather than quality (impact) of single publications.

Keywords

Absolute Number Journal Impact Factor Publication Output Large Poll Global Factor 
These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.

References

  1. Bornmann, L., et al. (2012). Diversity, value and limitations of the journal impact factor and alternative metrics. Rheumatology International (Clinical and Experimental Investigations), 32(7), 1861–1867.Google Scholar
  2. Campbell, N., & Grayson, M. (2014a). Index 2014 Global. Nature, 515(7526), S49.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
  3. Campbell, N., & Grayson, M. (2014b). Introducing the index. Nature, 515(7526), S52–S53.CrossRefGoogle Scholar

Copyright information

© Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, Hungary 2014

Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Max Planck Institute for Solid State ResearchStuttgartGermany
  2. 2.Division for Science and Innovation StudiesAdministrative Headquarters of the Max Planck SocietyMunichGermany

Personalised recommendations
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11192-014-1505-2
link.springer.com
crawl=CC-MAIN-2018-13
73595
application/http; msgtype=response
sha1:DIV2SHIOGSAVGSGCNMCNABWP255N7DMW
<urn:uuid:73340183-cff9-44fc-93d4-9f1c4c03358d>
2018-03-21T13:18:22Z
151.101.200.95
text/html
sha1:EG4OMK5JQCABKCN67XD4U5D4Q5EXANJJ
<urn:uuid:eed13111-b60e-4bcf-9a1e-70ad2d6898c5>
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11192-014-1505-2
length
response
<urn:uuid:17d3ba85-585c-484a-ab61-9a471e85b4db>
robots: classic
hostname: ip-10-47-232-177.ec2.internal
software: Nutch 1.6 (CC)
isPartOf: CC-MAIN-2018-13
operator: Common Crawl Admin
description: Wide crawl of the web for March 2018
publisher: Common Crawl
format: WARC File Format 1.0
conformsTo: http://bibnum.bnf.fr/WARC/WARC_ISO_28500_version1_latestdraft.pdf