Relative Citation Ratio (RCR): An empirical attempt to study a new field-normalized bibliometric indicator
arXiv:1511.08088 · doi:10.1002/asi.23729
Abstract
Hutchins, Yuan, M., and Santangelo (2015) proposed the Relative Citation Ratio (RCR) as a new field-normalized impact indicator. This study investigates the RCR by correlating it on the level of single publications with established field-normalized indicators and assessments of the publications by peers. We find that the RCR correlates highly with established field-normalized indicators, but the correlation between RCR and peer assessments is only low to medium.
Accepted for publication in the Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology