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Effect of high energy physics large collaborations on higher education institutions citations and rankings

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We analyze the effect of High Energy Physics Large Collaboration articles, an important example of Big Science and well traceable in Web of Science, on the output and citation records at the country and institutional levels. Furthermore, the effect of these specific bibliometric data on two different university rankings, the SCIMAGO and the THE, is addressed. The results suggest that these rankings may be significantly affected by this class of output, suggesting the necessity of a discussion about methodologies differentiating them from other outputs, as well as the time range considered by the rankings.

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  1. Instituto de Física Gleb Wataghin, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Rua Sérgio Buarque de Holanda, 777, Campinas, SP, 13083-859, Brazil

    Edmilson J. T. Manganote

  2. FACAMP—Faculdades de Campinas, Estrada Municipal UNICAMP-Telebrás Km 1, s/n Cidade Universitária Zeferino Vaz, Campinas, SP, 13083-970, Brazil

    Edmilson J. T. Manganote

  3. Faculdade de Ciências Aplicadas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, R. Pedro Zaccaria, 1300, Limeira, SP, 13484-350, Brazil

    Peter A. Schulz

  4. Instituto de Física Gleb Wataghin, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Rua Sérgio Buarque de Holanda, 777, Campinas, SP, 3083-859, Brazil

    Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz

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Manganote, E.J.T., Schulz, P.A. & de Brito Cruz, C.H. Effect of high energy physics large collaborations on higher education institutions citations and rankings. Scientometrics 109, 813–826 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-016-2048-5

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