A simple, generalizable method for measuring individual research productivity and its use in the long-term analysis of departmental performance, including between-country comparisons

Health Research Policy and Systems

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Wootton, Richard ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Capacity building; Research output; Research productivity

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INCOME; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL STAFF; PHD STUDENT; PRODUCTIVITY; PUBLICATION; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EFFICIENCY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FINANCING, ORGANIZED; HUMANS; PUBLICATIONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH; RESEARCH SUPPORT AS TOPIC; STUDENTS;

EID: 84872131365     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4505-11-2     Document Type: Article

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