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Citations per paper normalises impact for output volume: 1250 citations across 34 papers is 36.8 each, well above the field average for most disciplines. Dividing by career length gives 104 citations a year and 2.8 papers a year. Citation practices vary enormously by field, so comparisons are only meaningful within a discipline.
Citations per paper
average = total citations / publications
Annual rates
divide totals by years since the first publication
Because reference list lengths and publication rates differ hugely. Biomedical papers cite far more than mathematics papers, inflating counts.
Substantially. One paper with 500 citations can double a mean, which is why the h-index and median are often preferred.