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Citations number
28
Categorie Soggetti
Library & Information Science
Journal title
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE
The general aim of the article is to demonstrate how the results both of a
structural analysis, and of a research performance assessment of a research
field, can be enriched by combining elements of both into one integrated a
nalysis. In addition, a procedure is discussed to select and analyse candid
ate benchmark institutes to assess the position of a particular research in
stitute, in terms of both its cognitive orientation and its scientific prod
uction and impact at the international research front, The combined method
is applied in an evaluation of the research scope and performance of the In
teruniversity Centre for Micro-Electronics (IMEC) in Leuven, Belgium. On th
e basis of the comments of an international panel of experts in micro-elect
ronics, the method was discussed in detail. We concluded that the method pr
ovides a detailed and useful picture of the position of the institute from
an international perspective. Moreover, we found that the results of each o
f the two parts are an added value to the other.