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Nature 451, 244 (17 January 2008) | doi:10.1038/451244a; Published online 16 January 2008

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Citations: rankings weigh against developing nations

D. C. Mishra1

  1. National Geophysical Research Institute, Uppal Road, Hyderabad 500 007, Andhra Pradesh, India

Scientists and whole institutes are frequently judged by the number of citations of their papers in scientific journals, and project funding depends on it. But, as Clint Kelly and Michael Jennions note in Correspondence ('H-index: age and sex make it unreliable' Nature 449, 403; doi:10.1038/449403c 2007

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