This article presents a model allowing us compare the scientific production of universities on clear and explicit grounds. Such bilateral comparisons are then used to build dominance networks, rankings, and reference classes. The paper presents the results obtained for the main us research...

Much has been analyzed regarding the origins and the impact of rankings and metrics on policies, behaviors, and missions of universities. Surprisingly, little attention has been allocated to describing and analyzing the emergence of metrics as a new action field. This industry, fueled by the...

This article presents a process for benchmarking scientific productivity fit for public policy purposes, in which quantitative indicators have the major role of initiating and focusing the discussions. It shows that the calculation of a research productivity indicator defined as the ratio of the...

Since indicators play an increasing role for decisions regarding research policy and management, the issues of their epistemological status and conditions of robustness are important ones. The purpose of this article is to show that the building and interpretation of S&T indicators is a...

[fre] La bibliométrie des brevets : une mesure de l'activité technologique . des brevets en Europe émanent d'Européens et la moitié des brevets aux États-Unis sont déclarés par des Américains. Mais, l'analyse fait surtout ressortir la performance technologique du Japon sur ces deux...

This paper conceptualises networks of excellence (NoEs), a new funding instrument in the EU's Sixth Framework Programme for research, to propose how to monitor and assess the achievement of their objectives. It analyses the dynamics of NoEs and potential changes taking place in an NoE during its...

[eng] Progress and advances on several major issues in economics of technological change are requiring important empirical works of a very precise and rigourous nature. Survey data appear as necessary but not sufficient ; while bibliometric data and tools could serve as a base for further...