Non-English papers decrease rankings

Author(s):
Raan, A.F.J. van (0000-0001-8980-5937); Leeuwen, T.N. van; Visser, M.S.
Published
2011
Publication type
Article / Letter to editor

Abstract

In applying a set of standard

bibliometric indicators to rank

the scientific status of 500

universities worldwide for the 2010 Leiden Ranking, we have discovered that the language of publication has a dramatic and largely underestimated effect on citation-based measurements of research performance.

Date issued
2011-01-05
Language
English
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Is part of
Nature (2011), 34
hdl
1887/3762422
doi
10.1038/469034a