The impact of unproductive and top researchers on overall university research performance

Journal of Informetrics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 166-175

  Abramo, Giovanni ^a,b   Cicero, Tindaro ^b   D'Angelo, Ciriaco Andrea ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bibliometrics; Productivity; Rankings; Research evaluation; Top researchers; Universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870531423     PISSN: 17511577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2012.10.006     Document Type: Article

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