In the literature and on the Web we can readily find research excellence rankings for organizations and countries by either total number of highly-cited articles (HCAs) or by ratio of HCAs to total publications. Neither are indicators of efficiency. In the current work we propose an indicator of efficiency, the number of HCAs per scientist, which can complement the productivity indicators based on impact of total output. We apply this indicator to measure excellence in the research of Italian universities as a whole, and in each field and discipline of the hard sciences.

Abramo, G., D'Angelo, C.a. (2015). Ranking research institutions by the number of highly-cited articles per scientist. JOURNAL OF INFORMETRICS, 9(4), 915-923 [10.1016/j.joi.2015.09.001].

Ranking research institutions by the number of highly-cited articles per scientist

D'ANGELO, CIRIACO ANDREA
2015-01-01

Abstract

In the literature and on the Web we can readily find research excellence rankings for organizations and countries by either total number of highly-cited articles (HCAs) or by ratio of HCAs to total publications. Neither are indicators of efficiency. In the current work we propose an indicator of efficiency, the number of HCAs per scientist, which can complement the productivity indicators based on impact of total output. We apply this indicator to measure excellence in the research of Italian universities as a whole, and in each field and discipline of the hard sciences.
2015
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Rilevanza internazionale
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Esperti anonimi
Settore ING-IND/35 - INGEGNERIA ECONOMICO-GESTIONALE
English
Bibliometrics; Italy; Research evaluation; University
http://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-informetrics/
Abramo, G., D'Angelo, C.a. (2015). Ranking research institutions by the number of highly-cited articles per scientist. JOURNAL OF INFORMETRICS, 9(4), 915-923 [10.1016/j.joi.2015.09.001].
Abramo, G; D'Angelo, Ca
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