Mike Thelwall

Do large language models know which published articles have been retracted?

Purpose Large Language Models (LLMs) can be helpful for literature search and summarization but retracted articles can confuse them. It is therefore important to know how aware LLMs are of retractions. Design/methodology/approach Three open-weight (offline) LLMs were asked whether 161 high-profile retracted articles ha...

Large Language Models for Research Quality Prediction: Theoretical Issues

Large Language Models for Research Quality Prediction: Applications and Empirical Evidence

Quantitative Methods in Research Evaluation

Quantitative Methods in Research Evaluation: Citation Indicators, Altmetrics, and Artificial Intelligence provides a rigorous and timely examination of how quantitative indicators can be used to evaluate research quality in contemporary academia. Combining theoretical insight with extensive empirical evidence, this boo...