Comments on: Google Ranking for Scientific Papers http://biohacker.wordpress.com/2006/04/25/google-ranking-for-scientific-papers/ adventures of a physicist learning biochemistry Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:39:16 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: PageRank in academic publishing « Peter Rohde’s Blog http://biohacker.wordpress.com/2006/04/25/google-ranking-for-scientific-papers/#comment-3340 PageRank in academic publishing « Peter Rohde’s Blog Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:39:16 +0000 https://biohacker.wordpress.com/2006/04/25/google-ranking-for-scientific-papers/#comment-3340 [...] have advocated using a PageRank-like index for quantifying the importance of papers or journals (here, here, here and here). In this article I’d like to throw my support behind this suggestion. [...] [...] have advocated using a PageRank-like index for quantifying the importance of papers or journals (here, here, here and here). In this article I’d like to throw my support behind this suggestion. [...]

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]]> By: biohacker » Search Options for Research Papers http://biohacker.wordpress.com/2006/04/25/google-ranking-for-scientific-papers/#comment-4 biohacker » Search Options for Research Papers Thu, 27 Apr 2006 21:49:01 +0000 https://biohacker.wordpress.com/2006/04/25/google-ranking-for-scientific-papers/#comment-4 Just posted a brief discussion of a few other options for scientific literature searches, as a follow-up to this post. Use the link in the heading of this comment, or go to the front page of this blog to find it. Just posted a brief discussion of a few other options for scientific literature searches, as a follow-up to this post. Use the link in the heading of this comment, or go to the front page of this blog to find it.

]]> By: Dmitri http://biohacker.wordpress.com/2006/04/25/google-ranking-for-scientific-papers/#comment-3 Dmitri Thu, 27 Apr 2006 19:34:36 +0000 https://biohacker.wordpress.com/2006/04/25/google-ranking-for-scientific-papers/#comment-3 I imagine that, much like for the Page Rank calculation, Google is not going to release the details of the formula that they use to rank the papers. But it would indeed be interesting to see their rankings of "journal's prominence" in different fields. Perhaps they are using some of the measures of journal quality suggested by information and library scientists: http://rmimr.wordpress.com/2006/01/21/measures-of-value-of-a-journal-beyond-the-impact-factor/ I imagine that, much like for the Page Rank calculation, Google is not going to release the details of the formula that they use to rank the papers. But it would indeed be interesting to see their rankings of “journal’s prominence” in different fields.

Perhaps they are using some of the measures of journal quality suggested by information and library scientists:
http://rmimr.wordpress.com/2006/01/21/measures-of-value-of-a-journal-beyond-the-impact-factor/

]]> By: Dr Babu http://biohacker.wordpress.com/2006/04/25/google-ranking-for-scientific-papers/#comment-2 Dr Babu Thu, 27 Apr 2006 08:14:28 +0000 https://biohacker.wordpress.com/2006/04/25/google-ranking-for-scientific-papers/#comment-2 Good attempt, Is it like Impact Factor of ISI? Good attempt, Is it like Impact Factor of ISI?

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