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the strong concentration of citations and productivity in a small share of papers and authors, which undermines mean-based indicators.

In scientometrics, skewness of science refers to the strong concentration of citations and productivity in a small share of papers and authors, which undermines mean-based indicators. This meaning comes from Seglen (1992) in Journal of the American Society for Information Science.[1]

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References

Seglen, P. O. (1992). The skewness of science. Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 43(9), 628-638. https://doi.org/10.1002/(sici)1097-4571(199210)43:9<628::aid-asi5>3.0.co;2-0

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