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A Multidimensional Ranking of Australian Economics Departments
Author(s) -
RODGERS JOAN R.,
VALADKHANI ABBAS
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
economic record
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.365
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1475-4932
pISSN - 0013-0249
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-4932.2006.00291.x
Subject(s) - ranking (information retrieval) , rank (graph theory) , journal ranking , citation , cluster (spacecraft) , group (periodic table) , quality (philosophy) , statistics , marketing , actuarial science , economics , library science , mathematics , business , computer science , information retrieval , combinatorics , chemistry , philosophy , organic chemistry , epistemology , programming language
This study uses cluster analysis to classify Australian economics departments into groups that have similar quantities of research output, measured by two publication counts, and similar quality of research output, measured by a citation count. Three groups of departments are identified and factor analysis is used to rank the groups. Whether research output is measured in total or on a per staff basis, Melbourne is in the group that ranks first, the remaining members of the ‘group of eight’ are in one or other of the top two groups, and at least 15 other departments are in the third‐ranked group.