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Measuring Research Output with Science & Technology Indicators, Scirus.com
 









Excerpts: The measurement of research output and the ranking of universities has
become an industry in itself. Ranking, however, is based on reducing the
complexity to a single number. The weighting of different dimensions remains a
problem. Research output measurements are based on indicators such as impact
factors. These indicators have been clearly defined, but for other purposes
(Garfield, 1979). For example, impact factors can vary by an order of magnitude
between mathematics and the life-sciences. Would a university be well advised to
close its mathematics department in order to improve its ranking?
Source: Measuring Research Output with Science & Technology Indicators[
http://topics.scirus.com/Measuring_Research_Output_with_Science_Technology_Indicators.html
], Loet Leydesdorff, Scirus.com, 08/06/04

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