InCites平台使用-更改版本1.0分析.ppt

* * First, because the different disciplines or fields vary immensely in their citation rates, and second because citations grow over time and so cannot be compared across different time periods. Field: Certain fields are more highly cited than others, for example Mathematics and Molecular Biology. That would make it difficult to compare departments or individuals that might have different subject mixes. It has been proposed that in natural and life sciences the average peak in the number of citations is the 3rd or 4th year cycle, while in the social sciences the time window is much longer,