The aim of this brief communication is to reply to a letter by Kosmulski (Journal of Informetrics 6(3):368–369, 2012), which criticizes a recent indicator called “success-index”. The most interesting features of this indicator, presented in Franceschini et al. (Scientometrics, in press), are: (i) allowing the selection of an “elite” subset from a set of publications and (ii) implementing the field-normalization at the level of an individual publication. We show that the Kosmulski’s criticism is unfair and inappropriate, as it is the result of a misinterpretation of the indicator.

Further clarifications about the success-index / Franceschini, Fiorenzo; Galetto, Maurizio; Maisano, DOMENICO AUGUSTO FRANCESCO; Mastrogiacomo, Luca. - In: JOURNAL OF INFORMETRICS. - ISSN 1751-1577. - STAMPA. - 6, n.4:(2012), pp. 669-673. [10.1016/j.joi.2012.07.005]

Further clarifications about the success-index

FRANCESCHINI, FIORENZO;GALETTO, Maurizio;MAISANO, DOMENICO AUGUSTO FRANCESCO;MASTROGIACOMO, LUCA
2012

Abstract

The aim of this brief communication is to reply to a letter by Kosmulski (Journal of Informetrics 6(3):368–369, 2012), which criticizes a recent indicator called “success-index”. The most interesting features of this indicator, presented in Franceschini et al. (Scientometrics, in press), are: (i) allowing the selection of an “elite” subset from a set of publications and (ii) implementing the field-normalization at the level of an individual publication. We show that the Kosmulski’s criticism is unfair and inappropriate, as it is the result of a misinterpretation of the indicator.
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