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Comment on Bornmann (2017): confidence intervals for journal impact factors

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Stern, David

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In this Letter to the Editor I comment on a recent Letter from Lutz Bornmann. I argue that the Poisson distribution is not an appropriate simplifying assumption to make when computing confidence intervals for journal impact factors.

dc.contributor.authorStern, David
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-25T04:53:03Z
dc.identifier.issn0138-9130
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/233783
dc.description.abstractIn this Letter to the Editor I comment on a recent Letter from Lutz Bornmann. I argue that the Poisson distribution is not an appropriate simplifying assumption to make when computing confidence intervals for journal impact factors.
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.language.isoen_AU
dc.publisherSpringer Verlag
dc.rights© Akade´miai Kiado´, Budapest, Hungary 2017
dc.sourceScientometrics
dc.titleComment on Bornmann (2017): confidence intervals for journal impact factors
dc.typeJournal article
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.citationvolume113
dc.date.issued2017
local.identifier.absfor149999 - Economics not elsewhere classified
local.identifier.ariespublicationu4351680xPUB58
local.publisher.urlhttps://link.springer.com/
local.type.statusPublished Version
local.contributor.affiliationStern, David, College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU
local.description.embargo2099-12-31
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage1811
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage1813
local.identifier.doi10.1007/s11192-017-2507-7
dc.date.updated2020-11-23T10:20:09Z
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-85028891696
CollectionsANU Research Publications

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