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Nature 451, 244 (17 January 2008) | doi:10.1038/451244b; Published online 16 January 2008
Citations: poor practices by authors reduce their value
Peter A. Todd1 & Richard J. Ladle2
- Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, 14 Science Drive 4, 117543, Singapore
- Oxford University Centre for the Environment, Dyson Perrins Building, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QY, UK
On 22 November, the Higher Education Funding Council for England announced that the assessment and funding of science-based disciplines will in future be "based on citation rates per paper, aggregated for each subject group at each institution" (http://www.hefce.ac.uk/Pubs/HEFCE/2007/07_34/
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