%0 Journal Article
%T A Rejoinder on Energy versus Impact Indicators
%A Loet Leydesdorff
%A Tobias Opthof
%J Computer Science
%D 2011
%I arXiv
%X Citation distributions are so skewed that using the mean or any other central tendency measure is ill-advised. Unlike G. Prathap's scalar measures (Energy, Exergy, and Entropy or EEE), the Integrated Impact Indicator (I3) is based on non-parametric statistics using the (100) percentiles of the distribution. Observed values can be tested against expected ones; impact can be qualified at the article level and then aggregated.
%U http://arxiv.org/abs/1108.5845v1