The application of citation-based performance classes to the disciplinary and multidisciplinary assessment in national comparison and institutional research assessment

• Published in: Scientometrics Vol. 101; no. 2; pp. 939 - 952
• Main Authors: Glänzel, Wolfgang, Thijs, Bart, Debackere, Koenraad
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.11.2014; Springer
• Subjects: Bibliometrics. Scientometrics; Bibliometrics. Scientometrics. Evaluation; Citation analysis; Computer Science; Distributions; Evaluation; Exact sciences and technology; Information and communication sciences; Information science. Documentation; Information Storage and Retrieval; Library and information science. General aspects; Library Science; Sciences and techniques of general use; Subject fields; Characteristic scores and scales; Performance classes; Crossnational; Comparison; Institutional assessment; Citation distributions; Scientometrics; Scientific research; Citation; Comparative study

The analysis of the high end of citation distributions represented by its tail provides important supplementary information on the citation profile of the unit under study. In a previous study by Glänzel (Scientometrics 97:13–23, 2013a ), a parameter-free solution providing four performance classes...