Comments on: UK research in physics now second in the world http://blogs.scienceforums.net/ajb/?p=1385 Random thoughts on mathematics, physics and more... Fri, 24 May 2013 06:42:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: ajb http://blogs.scienceforums.net/ajb/?p=1385&cpage=1#comment-14470 ajb Fri, 24 Feb 2012 22:45:03 +0000 http://blogs.scienceforums.net/ajb/?p=1385#comment-14470 @DrRocket: you can find the report at http://www.iop.org/publications/iop/2012/page_53959.html I hope that helps. @DrRocket: you can find the report at http://www.iop.org/publications/iop/2012/page_53959.html

I hope that helps.

]]> By: DrRocket http://blogs.scienceforums.net/ajb/?p=1385&cpage=1#comment-14446 DrRocket Fri, 24 Feb 2012 18:04:29 +0000 http://blogs.scienceforums.net/ajb/?p=1385#comment-14446 What in the hell is "normalized citation impact" ? Lots of countries and lots of scientists do excellent work. British physicists have always been at the forefront. But this strikes me as a silly attempt to measure the imponderable. This is nearly as dumb as the "which scientist is the smartest" debates. What in the hell is “normalized citation impact” ? Lots of countries and lots of scientists do excellent work. British physicists have always been at the forefront. But this strikes me as a silly attempt to measure the imponderable.

This is nearly as dumb as the “which scientist is the smartest” debates.

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