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Vital signs for basic research in the behavioral and social sciences

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Notably missing fromScience Indicators are output measures of the status of basic research in the behavioral and social sciences. Two such measures are suggested. Citation indexes appear to yield estimates of quality as well as productivity that are comparable to peer judgments in various fields of science. A variety of measures of employment of scientific personnel may indicate the growth or decline of scientific activity in specific fields.

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Riecken, H.W. Vital signs for basic research in the behavioral and social sciences. Scientometrics 2, 435–437 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02095087

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