Comparison of two article-level, field-independent citation metrics: Field-Weighted Citation Impact (FWCI) and Relative Citation Ratio (RCR)

•We reproduce the Relative Citation Ratio (RCR) using the Scopus database, to extend the metric beyond the biomedical subject area.•We compare the RCR to another article-level, field-normalised metric, the Field-Weighted Citation Impact (FWCI).•The FWCI and RCR of articles correlate strongly across...

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Published in:Journal of informetrics 2019-05, Vol.13 (2), p.635-642
Main Authors: Purkayastha, Amrita, Palmaro, Eleonora, Falk-Krzesinski, Holly J., Baas, Jeroen
Format: Article
Language:English
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Article-level
Bibliometrics
Citation impact
Field-normalisation
Field-normalization
FWCI
RCR
Research metrics
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