Scientists' work is often evaluated using citation statistics compiled by a company called the ISI. But how useful and reliable are the data? David Adam gets the measure of citation analysis.
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Adam, D. The counting house. Nature 415, 726–729 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/415726a
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