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Evaluative and descriptive bibliometrics provide a quantitative focus on citations and/or publications. At the simplest level of aggregation, we study the performance of an individual scholar. At this micro-level, a controversial usage of indicators is to perform ranking and hard impact assessment to inform critical decisions about funding, promotion and tenure and the allocation of billions of dollars of research funding.


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