Calculating the excellence shift: How efficiently do institutions produce highly cited papers?

Lutz Bornmann (), Klaus Wohlrabe and Felix Moya Anegon ()
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Felix Moya Anegon: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas C/Albasanz

Scientometrics, 2017, vol. 112, issue 3, No 35, 1859-1864

Abstract: Abstract The excellence shift is proposed, which shows universities’ ability to produce highly cited papers as measured against their basic academic research efficiency. To demonstrate our approach, we use data from 50 US universities.

Keywords: Efficiency; High-impact papers; Excellence shift (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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