A COMPARISON OF AUSTRALIAN UNIVERSITY OUTPUT USING JOURNAL IMPACT FACTORS

Authors
DAVIS G ROYLE P
Citation
G. Davis et P. Royle, A COMPARISON OF AUSTRALIAN UNIVERSITY OUTPUT USING JOURNAL IMPACT FACTORS, Scientometrics, 35(1), 1996, pp. 45-58
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Information Science & Library Science","Information Science & Library Science
Journal title
Scientometrics → ACNP
ISSN journal
01389130
Volume
35
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
45 - 58
Database
ISI
SICI code
0138-9130(1996)35:1<45:ACOAUO>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
We weighted the output of SCI items from Australian universities using journal impact factors. This provides us with an accessible quality i ndicator of science journal publishing, and allow us to scale for inst itutional size in terms of output and research staff. Use of this indi cator for the 20 pre-1987 Australian universities demonstrates that al though some universities rank highly on output, when scaled for instit utional size they are overtaken by some of the smaller, more recently established universities.