Master 2 - Research Seminar
Bibliometrics, Research metrics, Rankings

Michel Beaudouin-Lafon - 16 January 2017 / 21 february 2017

Lecture

• Slides of the lecture
• Audio recording for the January 16 session

h-index

• J.E. Hirsh - An index to quantify an individual’s scientific research output
• Wikipedia article on H-index
• Peter A. Lawrence - The Mismeasurement of Science
• Jens Palsberg - The H-index for Computer Science

Sample pages from Google Scholar, showing h-index:

• Google Scholar - Michel Beaudouin-Lafon
• Google Scholar - Serge Abiteboul (one of the top French computer scientists)

Impact factor

• Wikipedia article on Impact Factors
• Wikipedia article on ISI Web of knowledge
• J. Mattern - Bibliometric Evaluation of Computer Science

Rankings

"Shanghai" ranking:

• Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities
• Wikipedia page on the Shanghai ranking

Times & QS rankings:

• Times Higher Education World University Rankings
• QS Top Universities Rankings
• Wikipedia page on the Times & QS University Rankings

Other:

• Mines ParisTech Professional ranking of world universities
• US News and World Report University Rankings

Other documents discussed in class

• Article on Open Access in Communications of the ACM
• Sample invitation to be a guest editor for an unknown journal

General interest

• Bruno Latour - Science in Action
• Stephen Jay Gould - The Mismeasure of Man