Jonkers, Koen and Derrick, Gemma Elizabeth and Lopez-Illescas, Camen and Van den Besselaar, Peter (2013) Are citations a complete measure for the impact of e-research infrastructures. In: Proceedings of ISSI 2013 Vienna. AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Vienna, pp. 136-151. ISBN 9783200031357
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This micro-level study explores the extent citation analysis provides an accurate and representative assessment of the use and impact of bioinformatics databases. The case study suggest that there is a relation between number of visits and number of citations. The second finding is that citation analysis underestimates acknowledged use by between 5 and 30% for most of the databases and applications studied. The paper discusses the implications of the findings for various aspects of impact measurement.