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Stop the numbers game

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Counting papers slows the rate of scientific progress.

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  1. Ren, J. and Taylor, R. Automatic and versatile publications ranking for research institutions and scholars. Commun. ACM 50, 6 (June 2007), 81--85. Google ScholarGoogle ScholarDigital LibraryDigital Library

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            cover image Communications of the ACM
            Communications of the ACM  Volume 50, Issue 11
            November 2007
            90 pages
            ISSN:0001-0782
            EISSN:1557-7317
            DOI:10.1145/1297797
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