• Data integration in Scandinavia 

      Sivertsen, Gunnar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      Recent developments in Scandinavia may be of interest in relation to developing an integrated European research information structure that could provide the basis for an improved knowledge base for research policy. This ...
    • Examining national citation impact by comparing developments in a fixed and a dynamic journal set 

      Schneider, Jesper; van Leeuwen, Thed; Visser, Martijn; Aagaard, Kaare (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      In order to examine potential effects of methodological choices influencing developments in relative citation scores for countries, a fixed journal set comprising of 3232 journals continuously indexed in the Web of Science ...
    • Gender gaps in international research collaboration: a bibliometric approach 

      Aksnes, Dag W.; Piro, Fredrik; Rørstad, Kristoffer (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-06-13)
      This paper addresses gender differences in international research collaboration measured through international co-authorship. The study is based on a dataset consisting of 5600 Norwegian researchers and their publication ...
    • How can differences in international university rankings be explained? 

      Sivertsen, Gunnar; Piro, Fredrik (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      University rankings are typically presenting their results as league tables with more emphasis on final scores and positions, than on the clarification of why the universities are ranked as they are. Finding out the latter ...
    • How does prolific professors influence on the citation impact of their university departments? 

      Aksnes, Dag W.; Rørstad, Kristoffer; Piro, Fredrik (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      Professors and associate professors ("professors") in full-time positions are key personnel in the scientific activity of university departments, both in conducting their own research and in their roles as project leaders ...
    • International migration of researchers and gender imbalance in academia—the case of Norway 

      Wendt, Kaja Kathrine; Gunnes, Hebe; Aksnes, Dag W. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Female representation among students and graduates in higher education is growing internationally. This is a promising trend for achieving gender balance in top positions in academia. But there is still a long way to go, ...
    • Publication patterns in the social sciences and humanities: Evidence from eight European countries 

      Kulczycki, Emanuel; Engels, Tim C. E.; Pölönen, Janne; Bruun, Kasper; Dušková, Marta; Guns, Raf; Nowotniak, Robert; Petr, Michal; Sivertsen, Gunnar; Starčič, Andreja Istenič; Zuccala, Alesia A (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      This study investigates patterns in the language and type of social sciences and humanities (SSH) publications in non-English speaking European countries to demonstrate that such patterns are related not only to discipline ...
    • Research collaboration in groups and networks: differences across academic fields 

      Kyvik, Svein; Reymert, Ingvild (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      The purpose of this paper is to give a macro-picture of collaboration in research groups and networks across all academic fields in Norwegian research universities, and to examine the relative importance of membership in ...
    • Should open access lead to closed research? The trends towards paying to perform research 

      Zhang, Lin; Wei, Yahui; Huang, Ying; Sivertsen, Gunnar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Open Access (OA) emerged as an important transition in scholarly publishing worldwide during the past two decades. So far, this transition is increasingly based on article processing charges (APC), which create a new paywall ...
    • Taking scholarly books into account: current developments in five European countries 

      Gimenez-Toledo, Elea; Manana-Rodriguez, Jorge; Engels, Tim C. E.; Ingwersen, Peter; Pölönen, Janne; Sivertsen, Gunnar; Verleysen, Frederik T; Zuccala, Alesia A (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      For academic book authors and the institutions assessing their research performance, the relevance of books is undisputed. In spite of this, the absence of comprehensive international databases covering the items and ...
    • The R&D composition of European countries: concentrated versus dispersed profiles 

      Piro, Fredrik (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-03-02)
      In this study, we use a unique dataset covering all higher education institutions, public research institutions and private companies that have applied for funding to the European Framework Programs for Research and ...