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Are international co-publications an indicator for quality of scientific research?

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  • Ulrich Schmoch

    (Fraunhofer Institute Systems and Innovation Research)

  • Torben Schubert

    (Fraunhofer Institute Systems and Innovation Research)

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This article deals with the role of internationally co-authored papers (co-publications). Specifically, we compare, within a data-set of German research units, citation and co-publication indicators as a proxy for the unobserved quality dimension of scientific research. In that course we will also deal with the question whether both citations and co-publications are considerably related. Our results suggest that, although there is a strong partial correlation between citations and co-publications within a multivariate setting, we cannot use reasonably normalised co-publication indicators as an alternative proxy for quality. Thus, concerning quality assessment, there remains a primer on citation analysis.

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  • Ulrich Schmoch & Torben Schubert, 2008. "Are international co-publications an indicator for quality of scientific research?," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 74(3), pages 361-377, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:scient:v:74:y:2008:i:3:d:10.1007_s11192-007-1818-5
    DOI: 10.1007/s11192-007-1818-5
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