Severe language effect in university rankings: particularly Germany and France are wronged in citation-based rankings

Anthony F. J. Raan (), Thed N. Leeuwen and Martijn S. Visser
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Anthony F. J. Raan: Leiden University
Thed N. Leeuwen: Leiden University
Martijn S. Visser: Leiden University

Scientometrics, 2011, vol. 88, issue 2, No 10, 495-498

Abstract: Abstract We applied a set of standard bibliometric indicators to monitor the scientific state-of-arte of 500 universities worldwide and constructed a ranking on the basis of these indicators (Leiden Ranking 2010). We find a dramatic and hitherto largely underestimated language effect in the bibliometric, citation-based measurements of research performance when comparing the ranking based on all Web of Science (WoS) covered publications and on only English WoS covered publications, particularly for Germany and France.

Keywords: Bibliometric analysis; University rankings; Language of publication (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1007/s11192-011-0382-1

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