Book reviews were searched and evaluative comments classed. Negative citations were minimal in number. All four measures result in the same rankings, except for a second third place switch in peer rankings and a forth third place switch in adjusted citation count. Citation, citation content and peer review have a significant rank order correlation. Not so for reviews.
All measures give similar results for top and bottom ranked scholars.
The publication record of each author was then searched for the dissertation year, and three years before and one year after that date in appropriate disciplinary indexes. Chemists generally publish more as doctoral students than do psychologists, whose output exceeds literature scholars. Rates are lower than published rates for the professions, but the publication rate of chemists is increasing over time. The appearance of single author papers declines over time. The Influence of Publication Delays on the Observed Aging Distribution of Scientific Literature Leo Egghe and Ronald Rousseau Egghe and Rousseau find that the variation in delay in publication of papers citing a given paper will affect evaluation of aging, defined as declining use as indicated by citations.