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dc.contributor.authorFrey, Bruno S.en
dc.contributor.authorRost, Katjaen
dc.date.accessioned2008-12-03-
dc.date.accessioned2009-07-28T08:47:26Z-
dc.date.available2009-07-28T08:47:26Z-
dc.date.issued2008-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/26488-
dc.description.abstractPublication and citation rankings have become major indicators of the scientific worth of universities and countries, and determine to a large extent the career of individual scholars. We argue that such rankings do not effectively measure research quality, which should be the essence of evaluation. For that reason, an alternative ranking is developed as a quality indicator, based on membership on academic editorial boards of professional journals. It turns out that especially the ranking of individual scholars is far from objective. The results differ markedly, depending on whether research quantity or research quality is considered. Even quantity rankings are not objective; two citation rankings, based on different samples, produce entirely different results. It follows that any career decisions based on rankings are dominated by chance and do not reflect research quality. Instead of propagating a ranking based on board membership as the gold standard, we suggest that committees make use of this quality indicator to find members who, in turn, evaluate the research quality of individual scholars.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aCenter for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo) |cMunichen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aCESifo Working Paper |x2443en
dc.subject.jelH43en
dc.subject.jelL15en
dc.subject.jelO38en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordRankingsen
dc.subject.keyworduniversitiesen
dc.subject.keywordscholarsen
dc.subject.keywordpublicationsen
dc.subject.keywordcitationsen
dc.subject.stwPublikationsanalyseen
dc.subject.stwWirtschaftswissenschaftleren
dc.subject.stwWirtschaftsforschungen
dc.subject.stwKritiken
dc.subject.stwWelten
dc.titleDo rankings reflect research quality?-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn587095695en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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