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Gender bias in academic recruitment
Giovanni Abramo, Ciriaco Andrea D'Angelo, Francesco Rosati
It is well known that women are underrepresented in the academic systems of many countries. Gender discrimination is one of the factors that could contribute to this phenomenon. Th…
Specialization vs diversification in research activities: the extent, intensity and relatedness of field diversification by individual scientists
Giovanni Abramo, Ciriaco Andrea D'Angelo, Flavia Di Costa
We investigate whether and in what measure scientists tend to diversify their research activity, and if this tendency varies according to their belonging to different disciplinary…
Identifying interdisciplinarity through the disciplinary classification of co-authors of scientific publications
Giovanni Abramo, Ciriaco Andrea D'Angelo, Flavia Di Costa
The growing complexity of challenges involved in scientific progress demands ever more frequent application of competencies and knowledge from different scientific fields. The pres…
The alignment of public research supply and industry demand for effective technology transfer: the case of Italy
Giovanni Abramo, Ciriaco Andrea D'Angelo
Italy lags quite behind vis-a'-vis other industrialized countries, in public to private technology transfer. One of the possible causes might be the mismatch between new knowledge…
Measuring science: irresistible temptations, easy shortcuts and dangerous consequences
Giovanni Abramo, Ciriaco Andrea D'Angelo
In benchmarking international research, although publication and citation analyses should not be used to compare different disciplines, scientometrists frequently fail to resist th…
Assessing the accuracy of the h and g indexes for measuring researchers' productivity
Giovanni Abramo, Ciriaco Andrea D'Angelo, Fulvio Viel
Bibliometric indicators are increasingly used in support of decisions for recruitment, career advancement, rewarding and selective funding for scientists. Given the importance of t…