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Both quantitative and qualitative evaluation of publications of research teams or institutes requires several scientometric indicators. In this paper a new composite indicator is introduced for the assessment of publications of research institutes working in different fields of science. The composite indicator consists of three part-indicators (Journal Paper Productivity, Relative Publication Strategy and Relative Paper Citedness). The different methods of calculating the composite index have only a slight effect on the value, whereas application of diverse weights for the individual part-indicators results in significant changes.
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Vinkler, P. Composite scientometric indicators for evaluating publications of research institutes. Scientometrics 68, 629–642 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-006-0123-z
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