Abstract
This article deals with the role of internationally co-authored papers (co-publications). Specifically, we compare, within a data-set of German research units, citation and co-publication indicators as a proxy for the unobserved quality dimension of scientific research. In that course we will also deal with the question whether both citations and co-publications are considerably related. Our results suggest that, although there is a strong partial correlation between citations and co-publications within a multivariate setting, we cannot use reasonably normalised co-publication indicators as an alternative proxy for quality. Thus, concerning quality assessment, there remains a primer on citation analysis.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 361-377 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| Journal | Scientometrics |
| Volume | 74 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2008 Mar |
| Externally published | Yes |
Subject classification (UKÄ)
- Information Studies
Free keywords
- indicator
- scientific research
- co-publication
- quality control