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Individual research performance: a proposal for comparing apples to oranges
Giovanni Abramo, Tindaro Cicero, Ciriaco Andrea D'Angelo
The evaluation of performance at the individual level is of fundamental importance in informing management decisions. The literature provides various indicators and types of measur…
The dangers of performance-based research funding in non-competitive higher education systems
Giovanni Abramo, Tindaro Cicero, Ciriaco Andrea D'Angelo
An increasing number of nations allocate public funds to research institutions on the basis of rankings obtained from national evaluation exercises. Therefore, in non-competitive h…
A field-standardized application of DEA to national-scale research assessment of universities
Giovanni Abramo, Tindaro Cicero, Ciriaco Andrea D'Angelo
The current work proposes an application of DEA methodology for measurement of technical and allocative efficiency of university research activity. The analysis is based on bibliom…
Assessing the varying level of impact measurement accuracy as a function of the citation window length
Giovanni Abramo, Tindaro Cicero, Ciriaco Andrea D'Angelo
With the passage of more time from the original date of publication, the measure of the impact of scientific works using subsequent citation counts becomes more accurate. However t…
A sensitivity analysis of research institutions' productivity rankings to the time of citation observation
Giovanni Abramo, Tindaro Cicero, Ciriaco Andrea D'Angelo
One of the critical issues in bibliometric research assessments is the time required to achieve maturity in citations. Citation counts can be considered a reliable proxy of the rea…
The dispersion of research performance within and between universities as a potential indicator of the competitive intensity in higher education systems
Giovanni Abramo, Tindaro Cicero, Ciriaco Andrea D'Angelo
Higher education systems in competitive environments generally present top universities, that are able to attract top scientists, top students and public and private financing, wit…