The Power-weakness Ratios (PWR) as a Journal Indicator: Testing the “Tournaments” Metaphor in Citation Impact Studies

Journal of Data and Information Science

de Nooy Wouter¹  Leydesdorff Loet¹  Bornmann Lutz² 

[1] Amsterdam School of Communication Research, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam 1001 NG, The Netherlands;Division for Science and Innovation Studies, Administrative Headquarters of the Max Planck Society, Munich80539, Germany;

关键词: citation;    impact;    ranking;    power;    matrix;    homogeneity;   

DOI  :  10.20309/jdis.201617

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Ramanujacharyulu developed the Power-weakness Ratio (PWR) for scoring tournaments. The PWR algorithm has been advocated (and used) for measuring the impact of journals. We show how such a newly proposed indicator can empirically be tested.

【 授权许可】

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