Evaluating Journal Impact Factor: a systematic survey of the pros and cons, and overview of alternative measures [PDF]
Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2020 Background: Journal Impact Factor (JIF) has several intrinsic flaws, which highlight its inability to adequately measure citation distributions or indicate journal quality.
Eugene Mech +5 more
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Warped product Einstein metrics on homogeneous spaces and homogeneous Ricci solitons [PDF]
, 2013 In this paper we consider connections between Ricci solitons and Einstein metrics on homogeneous spaces. We show that a semi-algebraic Ricci soliton admits an Einstein one-dimensional extension if the soliton derivation can be chosen to be normal.
He, Chenxu +2 more
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Geometric thermodynamics: black holes and the meaning of the scalar curvature [PDF]
, 2014 In this paper we show that the vanishing of the scalar curvature of Ruppeiner-like metrics does not characterize the ideal gas. Furthermore, we claim through an example that flatness is not a sufficient condition to establish the absence of interactions ...
del Castillo, Gerardo F. Torres +2 more
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Using Analog Ensembles with Alternative Metrics for Hindcasting with Multistations
ParadigmPlus, 2020 This study concerns the problem of making weather predictions for a location where no data is available, using meteorological datasets from nearby stations. The hindcast with multiple stations is performed with different variants of the Analog Ensemble (
Carlos Balsa +3 more
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New Opportunities for Repositories in the Age of Altmetrics [PDF]
, 2013 For institutional repositories, alternative metrics reflecting online activity present valuable indicators of interest in their holdings that can supplement traditional usage statistics.
Konkiel, Stacy, Scherer, Dave
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, 2006 We present the fundamentals of geometrothermodynamics, an approach to study the properties of thermodynamic systems in terms of differential geometric concepts.
Arnold V. I. +10 more
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Alternative publication metrics in the time of COVID-19
Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings, 2021 Alternative metrics are unique bibliometrics comprising social, news, and other sources of media outside of traditional academic citations. Some have suggested that these metrics can complement traditional metrics of research impact, including public engagement with research.
Christopher J. Peterson +2 more
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Prioritising the best use of biomass resources: conceptualising trade-offs [PDF]
, 2010 02.09.13 KB. Ok to add report to Spiral. Authors hold copyrightUsing biomass to provide energy services is one of the most versatile options for increasing the proportion of renewable energy in the existing system.
Bauen, A, Gross, R, Slade, R
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Surface metrics: an alternative to patch metrics for the quantification of landscape structure
Landscape Ecology, 2009 Modern landscape ecology is based on the patch mosaic paradigm, in which landscapes are conceptualized and analyzed as mosaics of discrete patches. While this model has been widely success- ful, there are many situations where it is more meaningful to model landscape structure based on continuous rather than discrete spatial heterogeneity.
Tağıl, Şermin +2 more
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Tracking citations and altmetrics for research data: Challenges and opportunities [PDF]
, 2013 Methods for determining research quality have long been debated but with little lasting agreement on standards, leading to the emergence of alternative metrics.
Konkiel, Stacy
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