Table 2.

Example of the calculation of the ordinary non-recursive MNCS indicator

Publication	No. cit.	Field	Expected no. cit.	Normalized cit. score
A	3	X	4.32	0.69
B	8	X	4.32	1.85
C	10	Y	12.17	0.82
MNCS = (0.69 + 1.85 + 0.82)/3 = 1.12

There are three publications. For each publication, the table lists the number of citations, the field, the expected number of citations, and the normalized citation score. The normalized citation score of a publication is obtained by dividing the number of citations by the expected number of citations. The MNCS indicator equals the average of the normalized citation scores of the three publications