An article written by Chair of the School of Economics, David Laband, has been published online at www.VoxEU.org.  The article entitled “Citations: Caution, Context, Common Sense” argues that although citation counts are easy to quantify and broadly indicative, they ultimately provide limited information and should only be used with a healthy dose of caution and common sense. 

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