Title :
Citation indexing for research and development management
Author_Institution :
Holloman Air Force Base, NM, USA
Abstract :
This paper reviews a number of studies of the correlation between the number of citations and the article quality and concludes that citation patterns do reflect the intellectual links between publications and that number of citations does correlate with quality of work.
Keywords :
indexing; research and development management; citation indexing; publications; quality of work; research and development management; Computers; Contracts; Correlation; Indexing; Laboratories; Organizations;
Journal_Title :
Engineering Management, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TEM.1971.6448353
