Scientometrics
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Volume 88: Issue 3
Research productivity: Are higher academic ranks more productive than lower ones?
Authors:
Giovanni AbramoInstitute for System Analysis and Computer Science, National Research Council of Italy, Viale Manzoni 30, 00185 Rome, RM, Italy
Laboratory for Studies of Research and Technology Transfer, Department of Management, School of Engineering, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Via del Politecnico 1, 00133 Rome, RM, Italy dangelo@dii.uniroma2.itdi.costa@dii.uniroma2.it

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Ciriaco Andrea D’AngeloLaboratory for Studies of Research and Technology Transfer, Department of Management, School of Engineering, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Via del Politecnico 1, 00133 Rome, RM, Italy dangelo@dii.uniroma2.itdi.costa@dii.uniroma2.it

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Flavia Di CostaLaboratory for Studies of Research and Technology Transfer, Department of Management, School of Engineering, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Via del Politecnico 1, 00133 Rome, RM, Italy dangelo@dii.uniroma2.itdi.costa@dii.uniroma2.it

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Pages:
915–928
Online Publication Date:
18 Jun 2011
Publication Date:
01 Sep 2011
Article Category:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-011-0426-6
Keywords:
Research productivity; Academic rank; Universities; Bibliometrics; Italy
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Abstract

This work analyses the links between individual research performance and academic rank. A typical bibliometric methodology is used to study the performance of all Italian university researchers active in the hard sciences, for the period 2004–2008. The objective is to characterize the performance of the ranks of full (FPs), associate and assistant professors (APs), along various dimensions, in order to verify the existence of performance differences among the ranks in general and for single disciplines.

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