Where do Italian universities stand? An in-depth statistical analysis of national and international rankings

Scientometrics

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 667-681

  Geraci, Marco ^a   Degli Esposti, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Correlation; h index; Higher education; Principal component analysis; Ranking; Reform law

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955470539     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-011-0350-9     Document Type: Article

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