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2003, Vergidis et al. [7] discovered that the productivity is highest in
Western Europe, followed by North America, and that productivity in Asia,
Central and South America, and Eastern Europe saw the highest growth
rates during this period.
Citation analyses summarize the number of citations per article by the
distinction of the academic journal and the country. The impact factor (IF)
has been used to gauge the distinction of academic journals, and is derived
from the Science Citation Index database of Thomson Reuters. The IF is
based on the total number of articles published within the last two years
and the number of times that those articles were cited in the selected year
[4]. Vergidis et al. [7] performed an international comparison of the
average IF in microbiology during the years 1995–2003. Their results
showed that journals in North America had the highest IF (3.4), followed
by Western Europe (2.8), and the average IF of other journals was 2.4. The
IF is typically used for purchasing decisions in libraries, but it is considered
unsuitable for evaluating personal achievements [4]. On the other hand,
co-author analysis is appropriate for assessing the performance of an
individual, and it can be used to evaluate the progress in collaboration
between researchers at a given institution [5].
Diversity analyses have been suggested by Rafols and Meyer [8],
Stirling [9], and Porter and Rafols [10]. Rafols and Meyer [8] introduced
diversity indicators to describe the diversity of a bibliometric set viewed
from pre-defined categories. This is using a structural approach that
locates each of the elements (e.g. papers) of the set on one of the
categories of the global map of science.

Table 1 Classification of institutional research evaluation
Category Purpose Analytical method
Analysis of - Productivity index of the article
the number - Scale index of research activities - Simple tabulation

of articles
Group 1 - Citation analysis
-Consumption index of - Co-author analysis
the article - (Acknowledgment
Analysis of -Quality index of research Different field analysis)
the number activities fusion index - (Co-word analysis)
of citations of - (Attendant
within and article/author classification analysis)
between Group 2 [Groups 1 and
these articles - Specialized field index 2] - Specialized field
of the article/author analysis
- Diversity index of the - Diversity analysis
article/author
Boldface indicates the subjects of this study. Parentheses are used to denote minor cases.

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