Reference classes: a tool for benchmarking universities’ research

Nicolas Carayol, Ghislaine Filliatreau () and Agenor Lahatte ()
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Ghislaine Filliatreau: Observatoire des Sciences et Techniques (OST)
Agenor Lahatte: Observatoire des Sciences et Techniques (OST)

Scientometrics, 2012, vol. 93, issue 2, No 8, 371 pages

Abstract: Abstract Based on new comparison principles that take into account both the volume of scientific production and its impact, this paper proposes a method for defining reference classes of universities. Several tools are developed in order to enable university managers to define the value system according to which their university shall be compared to others. We apply this methodology to French universities and illustrate it using the reference classes of the best ranked universities according to several value systems.

Keywords: Dominance relations; Citations; Impact; Reference classes (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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