I think NO, but at the same time we as a researchers have to sign up in a trusted academic platforms to increase our academic visibility and sharing our achievement.

Good luck my friend.

Emad

It is true, that citations are not solely represented whether it's criticized or praised. The 'citation context' is thus very potential research that has been explored and still being explored.

The citation gives roughly an idea that the paper or publication has somewhat merit to be discussed at least. It ensures that the papers are being read and re-used. Now, from where a paper got a citation. This is also very important.

In a short note, the importance of citation can't be denied in any case and also it should not be the sole assessment of the research material.

I agree with Sumit that importance of citations can not be refuted. RG score and Reads is another measure of researcher's status.

In terms of measuring 'quality' then the answer is probably not. I think of citation counts as measuring the relevance of a person's work. People will cite your work if it is relevant to the work they are publishing. You can be an excellent researcher in a field with very researchers which will mean that your papers get a relatively small number of citations.

Citation count is one the way to measure the influence of the researchers.

Yes