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...

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...

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...