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  1. A suggested method for the measurement of world leading research
    (illustrated with data on economics)
    Author: Oswald, Andrew J.
    Published: 2009
    Publisher:  Forschungsinst. zur Zukunft der Arbeit, Bonn

    Countries often spend billions on university research. There is growing interest in how to assess whether that money is well spent. Is there an objective way to assess the quality of a nation's world-leading science? I attempt to suggest a method,... more

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    ZBW - Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft, Standort Kiel
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    Countries often spend billions on university research. There is growing interest in how to assess whether that money is well spent. Is there an objective way to assess the quality of a nation's world-leading science? I attempt to suggest a method, and illustrate it with modern data on economics. Of 450 genuinely world-leading journal articles, the UK produced 10%, and the rest of Europe slightly more. Interestingly, more than a quarter of these elite UK articles came from outside the best-known university departments. The proposed methodology could be applied to almost any academic discipline or nation. -- Science ; evaluation ; European economics ; United Kingdom ; peer-review ; Research Excellence Framework (REF) ; citations ; Research Assessment Exercise (RAE)

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Online
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    hdl: 10419/36248
    Series: Discussion paper series / Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit ; 4313
    Subjects: Bibliometrie; Wirtschaftswissenschaft; Wissenschaftliche Methode; Welt; Großbritannien
    Scope: Online-Ressource (20 S.)
  2. The elite brain drain
    Author: Hunter, Rosalind S.; Oswald, Andrew J.; Charlton, Bruce G.
    Published: 2009
    Publisher:  IZA, Bonn

    We collect data on the movement and productivity of elite scientists. Their mobility is remarkable: nearly half of the world's most-cited physicists work outside their country of birth. We show they migrate systematically towards nations with large... more

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    We collect data on the movement and productivity of elite scientists. Their mobility is remarkable: nearly half of the world's most-cited physicists work outside their country of birth. We show they migrate systematically towards nations with large R&D spending. Our study cannot adjudicate on whether migration improves scientists' productivity, but we find that movers and stayers have identical h-index citations scores. Immigrants in the UK and US now win Nobel Prizes proportionately less often than earlier. US residents' h-indexes are relatively high. We describe a framework where a key role is played by low mobility costs in the modern world. -- Mobility ; science ; brain drain ; citations

     
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    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Online
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    hdl: 10419/35595
    Series: IZA discussion papers ; 4005
    Subjects: Brain Drain; Wissenschaftler; Standortwettbewerb; Bibliometrie; Hochschule
    Scope: Online-Ressource (PDF-Datei: 38 S.), graph. Darst.
  3. How should peer-review panels behave?
    Author: Sgroi, Daniel; Oswald, Andrew J.
    Published: 2012
    Publisher:  IZA, Bonn

    Many governments wish to assess the quality of their universities. A prominent example is the UK's new Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014. In the REF, peer-review panels will be provided with information on publications and citations. This... more

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    Many governments wish to assess the quality of their universities. A prominent example is the UK's new Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014. In the REF, peer-review panels will be provided with information on publications and citations. This paper suggests a way in which panels could choose the weights to attach to these two indicators. The analysis draws in an intuitive way on the concept of Bayesian updating (where citations gradually reveal information about the initially imperfectly-observed importance of the research). Our study should not be interpreted as the argument that only mechanistic measures ought to be used in a REF. -- university evaluation ; RAE Research Assessment Exercise 2008 ; citations ; bibliometrics ; REF 2014 (Research Excellence Framework) ; Bayesian methods

     
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    Language: English
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    hdl: 10419/69324
    Series: Discussion paper series / Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit ; 7024
    Subjects: Hochschule; Bewertung; Experten; Bibliometrie; Bayes-Statistik; Großbritannien
    Scope: Online-Ressource (PDF-Datei: 36 S., 406,99 KB)
  4. How should peer-review panels behave?
    Author: Sgroi, Daniel; Oswald, Andrew J.
    Published: 2012
    Publisher:  Univ. of Warwick, Dep. of Economics, Coventry

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Online
    Series: Warwick economic research papers ; 999
    Subjects: Hochschule; Bewertung; Experten; Bibliometrie; Bayes-Statistik; Großbritannien
    Scope: Online-Ressource (PDF-Datei: 35 S.)