Category: Article Level
Definition: A metric that represents a citation-based measure that is calculated as the cites/year of each paper, normalized to the citations per year received by NIH-funded papers in the same field and year.
Use Case: The RCR helps to understand the relative scholarly influence that a scientific article has had, as compared to other NIH-funded research.
Location: iCite
Field Normalized? Yes
Caveats:
Sample Statement: This 2020 article by Dr. Gawande has a relative citation ratio of 19.53, indicating that it has been cited 19x more than expected compared to other NIH-funded work (iCite).
What that means: The actual number of citations that Dr. Gawande’s article received is significantly higher than the average expected for a document published by NIH researchers at the same time.