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Xiao-jun Hu, Jian-hong Luo, Ronald Rousseau. A warning for Chinese academic evaluation systems: short-term bibliometric measures misjudge the value of pioneering contributions[J]. Journal of Zhejiang University Science B, 2018, 19(1): 1-5.
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Abstract: Publication citation-based research evaluation, even if only in support of peer review, is not everywhere, on every level, or for everyone suitable, because of differences in scientific research, patterns of research output, stages of scientific evolution, and merits—scientific or societal—of scientific results.
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