Within- and between-department variability in individual productivity. The case of Economics

Perianes-Rodríguez, Antonio and Ruiz-Castillo, Javier Within- and between-department variability in individual productivity. The case of Economics., 2014 . In STI 2014 : Science and Technology Indicators Conference, Leiden (the Netherlands), 3 - 5 September 2014. [Conference paper]

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There are two types of research units whose performance is usually investigated in one or several scientific fields: individuals (or publications), or larger units such as universities or entire countries. In contrast, the information about the university departments (or research institutes) is not easy to come by. This is important because, in the social sciences, university departments are the governance units where the demand for and the supply of researchers determine an equilibrium allocation of scholars to institutions. This paper uses a unique dataset consisting of all individuals working in 2007 in the top 81 Economics departments in the world according to the Econphd university ranking.

Item type: Conference paper
Keywords: Citation, Economics
Subjects: B. Information use and sociology of information > BA. Use and impact of information.
B. Information use and sociology of information > BB. Bibliometric methods
Depositing user: Antonio Perianes-Rodríguez
Date deposited: 25 Nov 2014 13:30
Last modified: 25 Nov 2014 13:30
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10760/24180

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