Scientometrics
Volume/Issue:
Volume 25: Issue 2
Apples and oranges: The aggregation problem in publications analysis
Authors:
Geraint Johnes Lancaster University Department of Economics, The Management School LA1 4YX Lancaster UK LA1 4YX Lancaster UK

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Jill Johnes Lancaster University Department of Economics, The Management School LA1 4YX Lancaster UK LA1 4YX Lancaster UK

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Pages:
353–365
Online Publication Date:
13 Aug 2005
Publication Date:
26 Oct 1992
Article Category:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02028091
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Abstract  

A major difficulty with bibliometric measures of departmental research contributions based upon publications counts has concerned the summing of publications of different types. An attempt is made in this paper to bypass this aggregation problem by appeal to the methods of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). In this way we investigate the technical efficiency of UK university departments of economics as producers of research. The data set used is an extended version of the one which informed the recent Universities Funding Council peer review, and the results obtained here are compared with those obtained by the Council. We conclude that, although due caution is needed in the interpretation of results, DEA has a positive contribution to make in the development of meaningful indicators of university performance.

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0138-9130
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1588-2861

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