Assessment of subject-normalized comprehensiveness of research-intensive universities

• Published in: Scientometrics Vol. 130; no. 1; pp. 109 - 131
• Main Author: Mendes, Saulo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.01.2025; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Colleges & universities; Computer Science; Education; Human performance; Information Storage and Retrieval; Library Science; Medical research; Physical sciences; Research facilities; Research programs; Zero sum games; Specialization; Ranking; Research; University; Comprehensiveness

Evaluation of university league tables is a controversial topic in higher education studies and metrics of scientific evaluation. Since its appearance on an international scale two decades ago, significant criticism of their methodologies has been accumulating without being addressed. One important...