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Bibliometrics: The Leiden Manifesto for research metrics

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Use these ten principles to guide research evaluation, urge Diana Hicks, Paul Wouters and colleagues.

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  1. Diana Hicks is professor of public policy at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.,

    Diana Hicks

  2. Paul Wouters is professor of scientometrics and director, Ludo Waltman is a researcher, and Sarah de Rijcke is assistant professor, at the Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University, the Netherlands.,

    Paul Wouters, Ludo Waltman & Sarah de Rijcke

  3. Ismael Rafols is a science-policy researcher at the Spanish National Research Council and the Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain.,

    Ismael Rafols

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Hicks, D., Wouters, P., Waltman, L. et al. Bibliometrics: The Leiden Manifesto for research metrics. Nature 520, 429–431 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/520429a

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