NIST - Relative citation impact of NIST-authored publications.

This indicator demonstrates that NIST consistently produces useful and relevant scientific and technical publications and is outcome-oriented. The "relative citation impact" indicator is the ratio of the average number of citations per publication (citation rata) for all NIST publications in a year to the average expected citation rate for similar publications in a large group of peer institutions in the world. Publications typically lag by a minimum of two years due to the time needed for research, writing, journal peer review, and publication processes. The average for U.S. institutions is about 1.3.

该指标表明，美国国家标准与技术研究院（National Institute of Standards and Technology，NIST）始终能够产出兼具实用价值与针对性的科学技术类出版物，且其工作以成果产出为导向。"相对引用影响力（relative citation impact）"指标，指某一年内NIST所有出版物的单篇平均引用率（原文疑似笔误将citation rate写为citation rata），与全球范围内同类同行学术机构的同类出版物平均预期引用率的比值。由于研究、撰写、期刊同行评议及出版流程均需耗费时间，相关出版物的统计数据通常存在至少两年的滞后性。美国学术机构的该项指标平均值约为1.3。