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Hutchins, Yuan, Anderson, and Santangelo (2015) proposed the Relative Citation Ratio (RCR) as a new field‐normalized impact indicator. This study investigates the RCR by correlating it on the level of single publications with established field‐normalized indicators and assessments of the publications by peers. We find that the RCR correlates highly with established field‐normalized indicators, but the correlation between RCR and peer assessments is only low to medium.
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