Evaluation of Moroccan research using a bibliometric-based approach: investigation of the validity of the h-index

Hamid Bouabid; Ben Martin

doi:10.1007/s11192-007-2005-4

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Volume/Issue:: Volume 78: Issue 2

Evaluation of Moroccan research using a bibliometric-based approach: investigation of the validity of the h-index

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Hamid Bouabid

Hamid Bouabid Ibn Tofaïl University B.P 133 Kenitra 14 000 Morocco

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Ben Martin University of Sussex SPRU — Science and Technology Policy Research Brighton BN1 9QE UK

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Pages:: 203–217

Online Publication Date:: 04 Oct 2008

Publication Date:: 01 Feb 2009

Article Category:: Research Article

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-007-2005-4

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Abstract

This paper presents the results of an evaluation of the national research system in Morocco. The exercise focuses on the period 1997–2006 and includes a comparison with South Africa, Egypt, Nigeria, Tunisia, Algeria, Portugal and Greece. Ratings of highly ranked researchers are developed on the basis of their number of publications, number of citations and also their ‘h-index’ (or Hirsch index). Finally, we examine the empirical model set by Glänzel that related the h-index to the number of publications and the mean citation rate per paper for these ‘upper-class’ researchers. The use of this model confirms that the h-index is likely to reflect the importance and the quality of the scientific output of a given researcher.

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