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Sociedade Brasileira de Física
2012
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- What are Scientific Leaders? The Introduction of a Normalized Impact Factor George E. A. Matsas Física, Astronomía y Matemáticas Statistics Philosophy of science Social and economical studies We define a normalized impact factor (NIF) suitable for assessing in a simple way both the strength of scientific communities and the research influence of individuals. We define those with NIF ≥ 1 as scientific leaders because they influence their peers at least as much as they are influenced by them. The NIF has two outstanding characteristics: (a) it has a clear and universal meaning and (b) it is robust against selfcitation misuse. We show how a single lognormal function obtained from a simplified version of the NIF leads to a clear "radiography" of the corresponding scientific community. An illustrative application analyzes a community derived from the list of outstanding referees recognized by the American Physical Society in 2008. 2012 artículo científico 0103-9733 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=46424644001 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=464 Brazilian Journal of Physics application/pdf Sociedade Brasileira de Física Brazilian Journal of Physics (Brasil) Num.5-6 Vol.42