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The Leiden Manifesto for research metrics (LM) is a list of "ten principles to guide research evaluation",[1] published as a comment in Volume 520, Issue 7548 of Nature, on 22 April 2015. It was formulated by public policy professor Diana Hicks, scientometrics professor Paul Wouters, and their colleagues at the 19th International Conference on Science and Technology Indicators, held between 3–5 September 2014 in Leiden, The Netherlands.[2]
The LM was proposed as a guide to combat misuse of bibliometrics when evaluating scientific research literature. Examples of commonly used bibliometrics for science, or scientometrics, are the h-index, impact factor, and websites displaying indicators such as Altmetrics. According to Hicks et al., these metrics often pervasively misguide evaluations of scientific material.[3]
| Authors | Diana Hicks, Paul Wouters, Ludo Waltman, Sarah de Rijcke, Ismael Rafols |
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| Publisher | Nature |
Publication date | 22 April 2015 |
| Website | leidenmanifesto.org |
- ^ Hicks, Diana; Wouters, Paul; Waltman, Ludo; de Rijcke, Sarah; Rafols, Ismael (2015-04-22). "Bibliometrics: The Leiden Manifesto for research metrics". Nature. 520 (7548): 429–431. Bibcode:2015Natur.520..429H. doi:10.1038/520429a. hdl:10261/132304. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 25903611.
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- ^ "Leiden manifesto for research Metrics". Leiden manifesto for research Metrics. Retrieved 2020-12-04.