A methodology for Institution-Field ranking based on a bidimensional analysis: the IFQ2A index

  • Authors:

  • Daniel Torres-Salinas;Jose G. Moreno-Torres;Emilio Delgado-López-Cózar;Francisco Herrera

  • Affiliations:

  • EC3: Evaluación de la Ciencia y la Comunicación Científica, Centro de Investigación Médica Aplicada, Universidad de Navarra, Navarra, Spain 31008;Department of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain 18071;EC3: Evaluación de la Ciencia y la Comunicación Científica, Departamento de Biblioteconomía y Documentación, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain 18071;Department of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain 18071

  • Venue:
  • Scientometrics
  • Year:
  • 2011

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Abstract

The problem of comparing academic institutions in terms of their research production is nowadays a priority issue. This paper proposes a relative bidimensional index that takes into account both the net production and the quality of it, as an attempt to provide a comprehensive and objective way to compare the research output of different institutions in a specific field, using journal contributions and citations. The proposed index is then applied, as a case study, to rank the top Spanish universities in the fields of Chemistry and Computer Science in the period ranging from 2000 until 2009. A comparison with the top 50 universities in the ARWU rankings is also made, showing the proposed ranking is better suited to distinguish among non-elite universities.