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A multivariate stochastic model to assess research performance.
- Source :
- Scientometrics; Feb2015, Vol. 102 Issue 2, p1755-1772, 18p
- Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- There is a worldwide trend towards application of bibliometric research evaluation, in support of the needs of policy makers and research administrators. However the assumptions and limitations of bibliometric measurements suggest a probabilistic rather than the traditional deterministic approach to the assessment of research performance. The aim of this work is to propose a multivariate stochastic model for measuring the performance of individual scientists and to compare the results of its application with those arising from a deterministic approach. The dataset of the analysis covers the scientific production indexed in Web of Science for the 2006-2010 period, of over 900 Italian academic scientists working in two distinct fields of the life sciences. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01389130
- Volume :
- 102
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Scientometrics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 100550268
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-014-1474-5