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most citedCountries pushing the boundaries of knowledge: the US dominance, China rise, and the EU stagnation

2 citations · 3 across the 7 of their papers we have counts for

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cs.IR2026

Improving disruptive research in the EU: why strengthening European Research Council grants alone is not enough

Alonso Rodríguez-Navarro

Disruptive innovation in the EU is not sufficiently competitive; this weakness puts at risk the social benefits that its citizens take for granted. This report argues that, in addi…

cs.DL2026

A 'normal' research trap limits scientific breakthroughs and disruptive innovation in the European Union

Alonso Rodríguez-Navarro

Europe is experiencing prolonged slow growth, resulting in part from a shortage of disruptive innovations that has locked its industry into a middle technology trap. Although great…

cs.DL2026

Sum of rank ratios: an alternative to percentiles for research assessment, from groundbreaking to mainstream research

Alonso Rodriguez-Navarro

Assessing research that pushes the boundaries of knowledge is challenging because such work is extremely infrequent, accounting for only about 0.01 per cent of all research outputs…

cs.DL2024

The Rn-index: a more accurate variant of the Rk-index

Alonso Rodriguez-Navarro

The contribution to pushing the boundaries of knowledge is a critical metric for evaluating the research performance of countries and institutions, which in many cases is not revea…

cs.DL2024

Distinct citation distributions complicate research evaluations. A single indicator that universally reveals research efficiency cannot be formulated

Alonso Rodríguez-Navarro

Purpose: Analyze the diversity of citation distributions to publications in different research topics to investigate the accuracy of size-independent, rank-based indicators. Top pe…

cs.DL2024★ 2 cited

Countries pushing the boundaries of knowledge: the US dominance, China rise, and the EU stagnation

Alonso Rodriguez-Navarro

Knowing which countries contribute the most to pushing the boundaries of knowledge in science and technology has social and political importance. However, common citation metrics d…

cs.DL2023★ 1 cited

Uncertain research country rankings. Should we continue producing uncertain rankings?

Alonso Rodriguez-Navarro

Purpose: Citation-based assessments of countries' research capabilities often misrepresent their ability to achieve breakthrough advancements. These assessments commonly classify J…