caa a22 4500 445348755 CHVBK 20180317142837.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11192-011-0425-7 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11192-011-0425-7 On the correlation between bibliometric indicators and peer review: reply to Opthof and Leydesdorff [Elektronische Daten] [Ludo Waltman, Nees van Eck, Thed van Leeuwen, Martijn Visser, Anthony van Raan] Opthof and Leydesdorff (Scientometrics, 2011) reanalyze data reported by Van Raan (Scientometrics 67(3):491-502, 2006) and conclude that there is no significant correlation between on the one hand average citation scores measured using the CPP/FCSm indicator and on the other hand the quality judgment of peers. We point out that Opthof and Leydesdorff draw their conclusions based on a very limited amount of data. We also criticize the statistical methodology used by Opthof and Leydesdorff. Using a larger amount of data and a more appropriate statistical methodology, we do find a significant correlation between the CPP/FCSm indicator and peer judgment. The Author(s), 2011 Bibliometric indicator nationallicence Citation analysis nationallicence Correlation nationallicence Peer review nationallicence Waltman Ludo Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands aut van Eck Nees Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands aut van Leeuwen Thed Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands aut Visser Martijn Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands aut van Raan Anthony Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands aut Scientometrics Springer Netherlands 88/3(2011-09-01), 1017-1022 0138-9130 88:3<1017 2011 88 11192 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-011-0425-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 brief-communication jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-011-0425-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Waltman Ludo Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- van Eck Nees Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- van Leeuwen Thed Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Visser Martijn Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- van Raan Anthony Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Scientometrics Springer Netherlands 88/3(2011-09-01), 1017-1022 0138-9130 88:3<1017 2011 88 11192 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer