Citation ranking versus expert judgment in evaluating communication scholars: Effects of research specialty size and individual prominence
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AbstractNumerous attempts have been made to validate the use of citation as an evaluation method by comparing it with peer review. Unlike past studies using journals, research articles or universities as the subject matter, the present study extends the comparison to the ranking of individual scholars. Results show that citation ranking and expert judgment of communication scholars are highly correlated. The citation method and the expert judgment method are found to work batter in smaller research areas and yield more valid evaluation results for more prominent scholars.
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Journal nameScientometrics
Year1998
Month3
Day1
Volume Number41
Issue Number3
PublisherELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
Pages325 - 333
ISSN0138-9130
eISSN1588-2861
LanguagesEnglish-United Kingdom
Web of Science Subject CategoriesComputer Science; Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications; COMPUTER SCIENCE, INTERDISCIPLINARY APPLICATIONS; Information Science & Library Science; INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE
