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Which differences can be expected when two universities in the Leiden Ranking are compared? Some benchmarks for institutional research evaluations

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  • Lutz Bornmann

    (Administrative Headquarters of the Max Planck Society)

  • Wolfgang Glänzel

    (KU Leuven
    Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences)

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The comparison of two universities in terms of bibliometric indicators frequently faces the problem of assessing the differences as meaningful or not. This Letter to the Editor proposes some benchmarks which can be used for supporting the interpretation of institutional differences.

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  • Lutz Bornmann & Wolfgang Glänzel, 2018. "Which differences can be expected when two universities in the Leiden Ranking are compared? Some benchmarks for institutional research evaluations," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 115(2), pages 1101-1105, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:scient:v:115:y:2018:i:2:d:10.1007_s11192-018-2700-3
    DOI: 10.1007/s11192-018-2700-3
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    1. Lutz Bornmann & Wolfgang Glänzel, 2017. "Applying the CSS method to bibliometric indicators used in (university) rankings," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 110(2), pages 1077-1079, February.
    2. Lutz Bornmann & Rüdiger Mutz & Hans‐Dieter Daniel, 2013. "Multilevel‐statistical reformulation of citation‐based university rankings: The Leiden ranking 2011/2012," Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, Association for Information Science & Technology, vol. 64(8), pages 1649-1658, August.
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