Scientometrics

, Volume 88, Issue 3, pp 915–928 | Cite as

Research productivity: Are higher academic ranks more productive than lower ones?

  • Giovanni Abramo
  • Ciriaco Andrea D’Angelo
  • Flavia Di Costa
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Abstract

This work analyses the links between individual research performance and academic rank. A typical bibliometric methodology is used to study the performance of all Italian university researchers active in the hard sciences, for the period 2004–2008. The objective is to characterize the performance of the ranks of full (FPs), associate and assistant professors (APs), along various dimensions, in order to verify the existence of performance differences among the ranks in general and for single disciplines.

Keywords

Research productivity Academic rank Universities Bibliometrics Italy 
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© Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, Hungary 2011

Authors and Affiliations

  • Giovanni Abramo
    • 1
    • 2
  • Ciriaco Andrea D’Angelo
    • 2
  • Flavia Di Costa
    • 2
  1. 1.Institute for System Analysis and Computer ScienceNational Research Council of ItalyRomeItaly
  2. 2.Laboratory for Studies of Research and Technology Transfer, Department of Management, School of EngineeringUniversity of Rome “Tor Vergata”RomeItaly

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