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Evaluation of research output is essential for ranking institutions, and for assessing individual researchers. It is also essential to know whether the pattern of our nation’s funding is on the right path. Metrics like the number of publications, and impact factor (IF) of journals where the publications appear, are commonly used as benchmarks. We consider these as unsatisfactory.
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