Can F1000 Recommendations Predict Future Citations?

[Philip Davis]

Can experts accurately predict the future citation performance of articles just months after they are published?
A new study of F1000 recommendations by Ludo Waltman and Rodrigo Costas suggests that article ratings do have some predictive power, but they are far less accurate than relying on the citation profile of the journal.

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http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2013/03/25/can-f1000-recommendations-predict-future-citations/

-phil davis