Determinants of the international influence of a R&D Organisation: A bibliometric approach

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2011

Authors

Teixeira, AAC (Author) FEP; Sequeira, J (Author) Other

Journal

Title: European Journal of Scientific Research

Vol. 53 No. 3

Pages: 400-430

ISSN: 1450-202X

Publisher: European Journals Inc.

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Scientific classification

CORDIS: Social sciences > Economics

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Authenticus ID: P-007-YJG

Abstract (EN): Traditionally, studies on the influence and impact of knowledge-producing organisations have been addressed by means of strict economic analysis, stressing their economic impact to a local, regional or national extent. In the present study an alternative methodology is put forward in order to evaluate the international scientific impact and influence of a knowledge-producing and -diffusing institution. We introduce a new methodology, based on scientometric and bibliometric tools which complement traditional assessments by considering the influence of a R&D institution when looking at the scientific production undertaken and the recognition of its releVance by its international peer community. Focusing on the most prolific scientific areas of the R&D institution (INESC Porto), and resorting to published scientific work recorded in the Science Citation Index (SCI) we show that the R&D institution has enlarged its international scientific network. The logit estimations demonstrate that the wide geographical influence of INESC Porto scientific research is a result not of its international positioning in terms of coauthorships, but rather a result of the quality of its scientific output. © EuroJournals Publishing, Inc. 2011.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 31