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Quasity, when quantity has a quality all of its own—toward a theory of performance

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  • Gangan Prathap

    (CSIR National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources)

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Quality, Quantity, Performance,… An unresolved challenge in performance evaluation in a very general context that goes beyond scientometrics, has been to determine a single indicator that can combine quality and quantity of output or outcome. Toward this end, we start from metaphysical considerations and propose introducing a new name called Quasity to describe those quantity terms which incorporate a degree of quality and best measures the output. The product of quality and quasity then becomes an energy term which serves as a performance indicator. Lessons from kinetics, bibliometrics and sportometrics are used to build up this theme.

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  • Gangan Prathap, 2011. "Quasity, when quantity has a quality all of its own—toward a theory of performance," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 88(2), pages 555-562, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:scient:v:88:y:2011:i:2:d:10.1007_s11192-011-0401-2
    DOI: 10.1007/s11192-011-0401-2
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    1. Gangan Prathap, 2010. "Is there a place for a mock h-index?," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 84(1), pages 153-165, July.
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