TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Oswald, Andrew J.
        TI  - A Suggested Method for the Measurement of World-Leading Research (Illustrated with Data on Economics)
        PY  - 2009/Jul/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 4313
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp4313
        AB  - Countries often spend billions on university research. There is growing interest in how to assess whether that money is well spent. Is there an objective way to assess the quality of a nation's world-leading science? I attempt to suggest a method, and illustrate it with modern data on economics. Of 450 genuinely world-leading journal articles, the UK produced 10%, and the rest of Europe slightly more. Interestingly, more than a quarter of these elite UK articles came from outside the best-known university departments. The proposed methodology could be applied to almost any academic discipline or nation.
        KW  - evaluation
KW  - European economics
KW  - United Kingdom
KW  - peer-review
KW  - Research Excellence Framework (REF)
KW  - science
KW  - citations
KW  - Research Assessment Exercise (RAE)
        ER  -