A year after its publication, our study ("The Caspian Sea and Its Values in Azerbaijan") has not been cited even once. This article contains interesting information about the Caspian Sea and its disappearing ecosystem values. Is it fair to value an article based on citation count?
The fair evaluation of an article can depend on various factors, and citation count is just one of them. While citation count can be a useful indicator of the impact and influence of an article within a particular field of study, it should not be the sole criterion for evaluating an article's value. Other factors that can influence the value of an article include the quality of research, the relevance of the article to the research question, the novelty or originality of the ideas presented in the article, and the impact on the broader research community.
See also these related discussions:
https://www.researchgate.net/post/How_important_are_citations_Are_they_overrated
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Are_citations_true_benchmark_of_a_quality_work
https://www.researchgate.net/post/A_quick_question-Do_citations_really_matter
https://www.researchgate.net/post/What_could_be_a_next_scientific_quality_evaluation_approach
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Better_criteria_of_scoring_index
https://www.researchgate.net/post/How-can-you-judge-on-an-article-whether-it-is-good-or-not
https://www.researchgate.net/post/How_to_quantitatively_assess_the_quality_of_a_peer-reviewed_publication
Recent studies confirm that scholars from "third world" countries spend more time on peer review and receive fewer citations.
Lack of visibility is very common for scientific studies (even for high-quality studies). When I check the credibility of articles, I assess the journal's impact factor, the author's affiliation, and the originality of their work. If we value articles based on their citation count, then review papers tend to receive more citations than research papers on average. Does this indicate that research articles are less valuable? I don't think so.
I totally agree with you. In general, the citaiton market has been expanding in recent years, which raises many questions.
Hello Dr Rovshan K Abbasov
I agree it is unfair in its current way. But this - citations - is a measurable quantity and humans and universities seem to love those ones. If we look at the points raised by Farhad Zeynalli , his good points like affiliation and originality cannot be quantified.
Citation count, as we all recognise is an important part - but exactly that, just a PART. And, the fact that it can be quantified, makes it easy to give a measure of its worth.
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2022/may/26/measurement-why-we-cant-stop-quantifying-our-lives
Thank you Joseph for your excellent explanation. I think, as suggested by Farhad Zeynalli, visibility is an essential to all works, which would provide proper attention from the "side".
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