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<p>The number of reads of and citations to publications of 30 scientists working in scientometrics, bibliometrics, informetrics, and altmetrics was studied. A new indicator: <i>Information Impact Rate</i> (IIR) is introduced that relates the number of reads (R) to the number of citations (C). Theoretically, depending on the measure of R and C, the IIR index may be higher or lower than or equal to unity. For most publications (73.24%) IIR = R/C &gt; 1 was found. <i>Readerships</i> may express <i>interest</i> towards information in the corresponding publication whereas <i>citations</i> may be regarded as proof of <i>impact</i>. Although the Spearman correlation coefficient between reads and citations (rho = 0.82) was found significant, the number of reads does not seem appropriate to apply as an independent index for detecting <i>long term impact</i> of published information. The IIR = R/C index strongly depends also on the <i>type of publication</i> (article, preprint, technical report, book, book chapter, or conference paper) and <i>publication and citation period</i> selected. K-means (K = 8) clustering of articles (482) of a selected group of scientometricians was performed according to the IIR = R/C index. The data reveal that most articles (332; 68.89%) belong to cluster of R/C = 2.34. The studied scientometricians were separated into two groups: Price medallists (mean <i>h</i>-index = 53.47) and scientometricians nominated for the medal in 2025 (mean<i> h</i>-index = 37.00). For scientists with high <i>h</i>-index the mean IIR = R/C indicator was calculated as 6.74, whilst for those with lower <i>h</i>-index significantly higher mean R/C index (10.50) was found. One of the reasons for the difference is that scientometricians with higher <i>h</i>-index show relatively higher mean number of citations (55.91) compared to that with lower index (47.27), whereas the mean number of reads: 407.01 vs 517.69.</p>

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Interest or impact? Distribution of the reads to citations ratio over publications of Price medallists and candidates

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    2026年5月25日

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  • Péter Vinkler

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The number of reads of and citations to publications of 30 scientists working in scientometrics, bibliometrics, informetrics, and altmetrics was studied. A new indicator: Information Impact Rate (IIR) is introduced that relates the number of reads (R) to the number of citations (C). Theoretically, depending on the measure of R and C, the IIR index may be higher or lower than or equal to unity. For most publications (73.24%) IIR = R/C > 1 was found. Readerships may express interest towards information in the corresponding publication whereas citations may be regarded as proof of impact. Although the Spearman correlation coefficient between reads and citations (rho = 0.82) was found significant, the number of reads does not seem appropriate to apply as an independent index for detecting long term impact of published information. The IIR = R/C index strongly depends also on the type of publication (article, preprint, technical report, book, book chapter, or conference paper) and publication and citation period selected. K-means (K = 8) clustering of articles (482) of a selected group of scientometricians was performed according to the IIR = R/C index. The data reveal that most articles (332; 68.89%) belong to cluster of R/C = 2.34. The studied scientometricians were separated into two groups: Price medallists (mean h-index = 53.47) and scientometricians nominated for the medal in 2025 (mean h-index = 37.00). For scientists with high h-index the mean IIR = R/C indicator was calculated as 6.74, whilst for those with lower h-index significantly higher mean R/C index (10.50) was found. One of the reasons for the difference is that scientometricians with higher h-index show relatively higher mean number of citations (55.91) compared to that with lower index (47.27), whereas the mean number of reads: 407.01 vs 517.69.