Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2004 13:27:02 +0100 (BST) From: "[iso-8859-1] Prof. N. Laxman Rao." <naglaxman@yahoo.com> hello I accept the statement of Mr Garg. But let me also state that , citation is not a criteria- as many authors have not even seen the journal / article- still they quote in their to give quality touch to their own article. this is world know fact. is it possible to assess and evaluate the use pattern- is a very difficult laxman rao Mailing List Manager <mailman@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in> wrote: Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2004 14:37:12 +0530 From: gargkc Dear Mr. Sadasivan Thanks for your e mail. In my opinion it is not proper that the Downloading should be treated as an Indicator of the quality of Papers. also it is not clear from the attached list which are the the second and third highest downloaded papers that have been authored by the scientists of your lab.however, a final decision about their quality can be taken only after a citation study of these papers. I may mention that of the 50 papers listed in the site you have refered 14 are review articles, which are cited more frequently than other articles. if you have any other query, pl. feel free to contact. regards K.C.Garg NISTADS