The rich get richer or success breeds success effect, also called Matthew’s principle from the parable of the Talents in Matthiew 25:14-30), has been invoked many times in the sociology of science to ...

Your Opinion article “Errors in Citation Statistics” (Nature 415, 101; 2002) identified how journal impact factors compiled by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) are sometimes included as ...

In recent years the methods, criteria, and processes through which the quality, impact and value of academic work are evaluated and measured have come under increasing scrutiny. Academic assessment ...