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Citation‐based auditing of academic performance

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  • Blaise Cronin
  • Kara Overfelt

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The use of citation data in evaluating the research performance of academic programs and individual faculty members is explored in the context of a 10‐year analysis of a single academic unit. The study controls for possible accounting bias by comparing results obtained using three differing approaches to allocating citation credit: straight, whole, and adjusted counts. Citation scores are correlated with salary, time‐in‐field, and gender. The results of the study raise serious questions about the validity of research rankings derived from perception studies. © 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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  • Blaise Cronin & Kara Overfelt, 1994. "Citation‐based auditing of academic performance," Journal of the American Society for Information Science, Association for Information Science & Technology, vol. 45(2), pages 61-72, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jamest:v:45:y:1994:i:2:p:61-72
    DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4571(199403)45:23.0.CO;2-F
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