Blar i Publikasjoner fra Cristin på forfatter "Aksnes, Dag W."
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A criteria-based assessment of the coverage of Scopus and Web of Science
Aksnes, Dag W.; Sivertsen, Gunnar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-02-21)Purpose: The purpose of this study is to assess the coverage of the scientific literature in Scopus and Web of Science from the perspective of research evaluation. Design/methodology/approach: The academic communities ... -
A Norwegian pillar in Svalbard: the development of the University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS)
Misund, Ole Arve; Aksnes, Dag W.; Christiansen, Hanne H; Arlov, Thor Bjørn (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017) -
Basic and long-term research within Engineering Science in Norway. Bibliometric analysis.
Aksnes, Dag W. (Research report, 2015) -
Benefits of open access to researchers from lower-income countries: A global analysis of reference patterns in 1980–2020
Karlstrøm, Henrik; Piro, Fredrik Niclas; Aksnes, Dag W. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)The main objective of the open access (OA) movement is to make scientific literature freely available to everyone. This may be of particular importance to researchers in lower-income countries, who often face barriers due ... -
Citation metrics covary with researchers’ assessments of the quality of their works
Aksnes, Dag W.; Piro, Fredrik Niclas; Fossum, Lone Wanderås (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)For a long time, citation counts have been used to measure scientific impact or quality. Do such measures align with researchers’ assessments of the quality of their work? In this study, we address this issue by decomposing ... -
Citations, citation indicators, and research quality: An overview of basic concepts and theories
Aksnes, Dag W.; Langfeldt, Liv; Wouters, Paul (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-02-07)Citations are increasingly used as performance indicators in research policy and within the research system. Usually, citations are assumed to reflect the impact of the research or its quality. What is the justification ... -
Exploring the relationship between departmental characteristics and research performance
Aksnes, Dag W.; Borlaug, Siri Brorstad; Eide, Thea; Stensaker, Bjørn (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Many recent higher education reforms worldwide have been legitimated by their potential impact on the performance of universities and colleges. However, we know less about the actual impact of the changes implemented. This ... -
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 ... -
Gendering excellence through research productivity indicators
Nygaard, Lynn Parker; Piro, Fredrik Niclas; Aksnes, Dag W. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)As the importance of ‘excellence’ increases in higher education, so too does the importance of indicators to measure research productivity. We examine how such indicators might disproportionately benefit men by analysing ... -
Generational differences in international research collaboration: A bibliometric study of Norwegian University staff
Rørstad, Kristoffer; Aksnes, Dag W.; Piro, Fredrik Niclas (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021) -
Global trends in international research collaboration, 1980-2021①
Aksnes, Dag W.; Sivertsen, Gunnar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Purpose: The aim of this study is to analyze the evolution of international research collaboration from 1980 to 2021. The study examines the main global patterns as well as those specific to ... -
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 ... -
Identifying gender disparities in research performance: the importance of comparing apples with apples
Nygaard, Lynn Parker; Aksnes, Dag W.; Piro, Fredrik Niclas (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Many studies on research productivity and performance suggest that men consistently outperform women. However, women and men are spread unevenly throughout the academy both horizontally (e.g., by scientific field) and ... -
Identifying gender disparities in research performance: the importance of comparing apples with apples
Nygaard, Lynn Parker; Aksnes, Dag W.; Piro, Fredrik Niclas (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Many studies on research productivity and performance suggest that men consistently outperform women. However, women and men are spread unevenly throughout the academy both horizontally (e.g., by scientific field) and ... -
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, ... -
Kjønn og vitenskapelig publisering – betydningen av kontekst
Aksnes, Dag W.; Piro, Fredrik Niclas; Nygaard, Lynn Parker (Chapter, 2022) -
Lone geniuses or one among many? An explorative study of contemporary highly cited researchers
Aksnes, Dag W.; Aagaard, Kaare (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Purpose: The ranking lists of highly cited researchers receive much public attention. In common interpretations, highly cited researchers are perceived to have made extraordinary contributions to science. Thus, the metrics ... -
Measuring the productivity of national R&D systems: Challenges in cross-national comparisons of R&D input and publication output indicators
Aksnes, Dag W.; Sivertsen, Gunnar; van Leeuwen, Thed; Wendt, Kaja (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)We investigate methodological problems in measuring research productivity at the national level by comparing official R&D statistics from the OECD with publication data from the Web of Science. Data from 18 countries are ... -
Publication rate expressed by age, gender and academic position - A large-scale analysis of Norwegian academic staff
Rørstad, Kristoffer; Aksnes, Dag W. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)This study investigates how scientific performance in terms of publication rate is influencedby the gender, age and academic position of the researchers. Previous studies have shownthat these factors are important variables ... -
The role of metrics in peer assessments
Langfeldt, Liv; Reymert, Ingvild S; Aksnes, Dag W. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Metrics on scientific publications and their citations are easily accessible and are often referred to in assessments of research and researchers. This paper addresses whether metrics are considered a legitimate and integral ...