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Several factors affect the production of scientific publications and their validity as an indicator of scientific activity. Benefit or the output of science they can be measured by a variety of different indicators. This article analyzes one of the modalities, the bibliometrics analysis. It will take as an example the case of the National Research Council of Italy.
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Di Bitetto, M. (2015). Measuring the Performance of Research Organizations. In: Di Bitetto, M., Chymis, A., D'Anselmi, P. (eds) Public Management as Corporate Social Responsibility. CSR, Sustainability, Ethics & Governance. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07037-7_4
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