Giovanni Abramo
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 1499659 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Giovanni Abramo |
| NOMBRES | Giovanni |
| APELLIDO | Abramo |
| FIRMA | ABRAMO G |
| AFILIACIONES | National Research Council |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0731-3635 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 26 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 2 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 26 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2009 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
Faculty shuffle
This study explores potential institutional ‘gaming’ behaviors among Italian universities within the context of the VQR 2020–2024 national research evaluation exercise. Using mixed-integer linear programming to simulate potential faculty reallocations across departments, we assess the extent to which strategic internal restructuring can affect university performance outcomes. Results indicate that universities with lower baseline research scores …
Data source effects in research performance assessment of individuals and institutions
Performance metrics inform hiring, promotion, and funding decisions; however, the choice of bibliographic database can substantially influence these outcomes. OpenAlex has emerged as a significant open alternative to proprietary sources; however, its suitability for research evaluation remains uncertain. Existing comparative studies across databases have largely focused on coverage and product-level assessments. In contrast, our work directly com…
National contexts and gendered research performance
Gender disparities in academic research remain a persistent concern. They are reflected in publication activity, citation impact, collaboration, and representation in senior academic positions, but the magnitude and form of these gaps vary across national contexts. This study provides an exploratory, most-different systems comparison of Armenia and Italy, two countries that differ markedly in the size, resources, and institutional organization of…
Benchmarking research performance in a post-Soviet science system
Thirty years after the dissolution of the USSR, the significant disparity between the research infrastructures of former Soviet republics and Western countries remains evident. Despite various efforts to transform national research systems through policies aimed at encouraging participation in global academic networks, enhancing research quality, and disseminating results through high-impact international journals, the gap persists. This paper fi…
Do research assessment systems have the potential to hinder scientists from diversifying their research pursuits
Do research universities specialize in disciplines where they hold a competitive advantage
Enhancing the effectiveness and efficiency of national research systems is a top priority on the policy agendas of many countries. This study focuses on one aspect of the macroeconomic efficiency of research systems: whether research institutions specialize in scientific domains where they have a competitive advantage. To evaluate this, we developed a novel methodology. This methodology measures the scientific specialization indices of each organ…
The moderating role of the territorial research infrastructure on the geographic proximity effect in research collaborations
The role of non-scientific factors vis-à-vis the quality of publications in determining their scholarly impact
In the evaluation of scientific publications’ impact, the interplay between intrinsic quality and non-scientific factors remains a subject of debate. While peer review traditionally assesses quality, bibliometric techniques gauge scholarly impact. This study investigates the role of non-scientific attributes alongside quality scores from peer review in determining scholarly impact. Leveraging data from the first Italian Research Assessment Exerci…
Assessing the effects of publication requirements for professorship on research performance and publishing behaviour of Ukrainian academics
This article aims to explore the effects of Ukrainian policy reform, introducing Scopus and WoS publication requirements for professorship, on the publication behaviour and research performance of professors. Our analysis reveals a better scientific profile, at the time of promotion, of those who obtained professorship after the reform as compared to those who obtained it before. Also, we observe a bandwagon effect since the research performance …
Correlating article citedness and journal impact
In spite of previous research demonstrating the risks involved, and counsel against the practice as early as 1997, some research evaluations continue to use journal impact alone as a surrogate of the number of citations of hosted articles to assess the latter’s impact. Such usage is also taken up by research administrators and policy-makers, with very serious implications. The aim of this work is to investigate the correlation between the citedne…
How reliable are unsupervised author disambiguation algorithms in the assessment of research organization performance
Assessing the performance of universities by output to input indicators requires knowledge of the individual researchers working within them. Although in Italy the Ministry of University and Research updates a database of university professors, in all those countries where such databases are not available, measuring research performance is a formidable task. One possibility is to trace the research personnel of institutions indirectly through the…
The geographic proximity effect on domestic cross-sector vis-à-vis intra-sector research collaborations
Geographic proximity is acknowledged to be a key factor in research collaborations. Specifically, it can work as a possible substitute for institutional proximity. The present study investigates the relevance of the “proximity” effect for different types of national research collaborations. We apply a bibliometric approach based on the Italian 2010–2017 scientific production indexed in the Web of Science. On such dataset, we apply statistical too…
Impact of Covid-19 on research output by gender across countries
The massive shock of the COVID-19 pandemic has already shown its negative effects on economies around the world, unprecedented in recent history. COVID-19 infections and containment measures caused a general slowdown in research and new knowledge production. Because of the link between R&D output and economic growth, it is to be expected then that a slowdown in research activities will slow in turn the global recovery from the pandemic. Many rece…
How the Covid-19 crisis shaped research collaboration behaviour
Unveiling the distinctive traits of a nation’s research performance
In this study, we analyze the research performance of Italian and Norwegian professors using constituent components of the Fractional Scientific Strength (FSS) indicator. The main focus is on differences across fields in publication output and citation impact. The overall performance (FSS) of the two countries, which differ considerably in research size and profile, is remarkedly similar. However, an in-depth analysis shows that there are large u…
Measuring and interpreting the differences of the nations’ scientific specialization indexes by output and by input
This paper compares the national scientific profiles of 199 countries in 254 fields, tracked by two indices of scientific specialization based respectively on indicators of input and output. For each country, the indicator of inputs considers the number of researchers in each field. The output indicator, named Total Fractional Impact, based on the citations of publications indexed in the Web of Science, measures the scholarly impact of knowledge …
The effect of academic mobility on research performance
This work investigates the effects of researchers’ mobility on their research performance. The reference context is that of national intrasector mobility, in a country, Italy, characterized by a research system lacking the typical elements of an academic labor market. In particular, the analysis was conducted on 568 academics working at national universities and affected by mobility in the period 2009–2014. The effect of mobility on the variation…
A bibliometric methodology to unveil territorial inequities in the scientific wealth to combat Covid-19
In this paper we develop a methodology to assess the scientific wealth of territories at field level. Our methodology uses a bibliometric approach based on the observation of academic research performance and overall scientific production in each territory. We apply it to assess disparities in the Italian territories in the medical specialties at the front line of the COVID-19 emergency. Italy has been the first among western countries to be seve…
Does the geographic proximity effect on knowledge spillovers vary across research fields
The domestic localization of knowledge flows as evidenced by publication citation
Informed peer review for publication assessments
In this work we ask whether and to what extent applying a predictor of a publication’s impact that is better than early citations has an effect on the assessment of the research performance of individual scientists. Specifically, we measure the total impact of Italian professors in the sciences and economics over time, valuing their publications first by early citations and then by a weighted combination of early citations and the impact factor o…
An assessment of the first “scientific habilitation” for university appointments in Italy
How do you define and measure research productivity?
The spin-off of elite universities in non-competitive, undifferentiated higher education systems
Higher education systems featuring intense competition have developed world-class universities, capable of attracting top professors and students and considerable public–private funding. This does not occur in non-competitive systems, where highly talented faculty and students are dispersed across all institutions. In such systems, the authors propose the budding of spin-off universities, staffed by the migration of top scientists from the entire…
Gender differences in research collaboration
An assessment of the first “scientific habilitation” for university appointments in Italy
The spin-off of elite universities in non-competitive, undifferentiated higher education systems
Higher education systems featuring intense competition have developed world-class universities, capable of attracting top professors and students and considerable public–private funding. This does not occur in non-competitive systems, where highly talented faculty and students are dispersed across all institutions. In such systems, the authors propose the budding of spin-off universities, staffed by the migration of top scientists from the entire…
Research collaboration and productivity
Gender differences in research collaboration
How do you define and measure research productivity?
The spin-off of elite universities in non-competitive, undifferentiated higher education systems
Higher education systems featuring intense competition have developed world-class universities, capable of attracting top professors and students and considerable public–private funding. This does not occur in non-competitive systems, where highly talented faculty and students are dispersed across all institutions. In such systems, the authors propose the budding of spin-off universities, staffed by the migration of top scientists from the entire…
An assessment of the first “scientific habilitation” for university appointments in Italy
Does the geographic proximity effect on knowledge spillovers vary across research fields
The domestic localization of knowledge flows as evidenced by publication citation
Informed peer review for publication assessments
In this work we ask whether and to what extent applying a predictor of a publication’s impact that is better than early citations has an effect on the assessment of the research performance of individual scientists. Specifically, we measure the total impact of Italian professors in the sciences and economics over time, valuing their publications first by early citations and then by a weighted combination of early citations and the impact factor o…
A bibliometric methodology to unveil territorial inequities in the scientific wealth to combat Covid-19
In this paper we develop a methodology to assess the scientific wealth of territories at field level. Our methodology uses a bibliometric approach based on the observation of academic research performance and overall scientific production in each territory. We apply it to assess disparities in the Italian territories in the medical specialties at the front line of the COVID-19 emergency. Italy has been the first among western countries to be seve…
The geographic proximity effect on domestic cross-sector vis-à-vis intra-sector research collaborations
Geographic proximity is acknowledged to be a key factor in research collaborations. Specifically, it can work as a possible substitute for institutional proximity. The present study investigates the relevance of the “proximity” effect for different types of national research collaborations. We apply a bibliometric approach based on the Italian 2010–2017 scientific production indexed in the Web of Science. On such dataset, we apply statistical too…
Impact of Covid-19 on research output by gender across countries
The massive shock of the COVID-19 pandemic has already shown its negative effects on economies around the world, unprecedented in recent history. COVID-19 infections and containment measures caused a general slowdown in research and new knowledge production. Because of the link between R&D output and economic growth, it is to be expected then that a slowdown in research activities will slow in turn the global recovery from the pandemic. Many rece…
How the Covid-19 crisis shaped research collaboration behaviour
Unveiling the distinctive traits of a nation’s research performance
In this study, we analyze the research performance of Italian and Norwegian professors using constituent components of the Fractional Scientific Strength (FSS) indicator. The main focus is on differences across fields in publication output and citation impact. The overall performance (FSS) of the two countries, which differ considerably in research size and profile, is remarkedly similar. However, an in-depth analysis shows that there are large u…
Measuring and interpreting the differences of the nations’ scientific specialization indexes by output and by input
This paper compares the national scientific profiles of 199 countries in 254 fields, tracked by two indices of scientific specialization based respectively on indicators of input and output. For each country, the indicator of inputs considers the number of researchers in each field. The output indicator, named Total Fractional Impact, based on the citations of publications indexed in the Web of Science, measures the scholarly impact of knowledge …
The effect of academic mobility on research performance
This work investigates the effects of researchers’ mobility on their research performance. The reference context is that of national intrasector mobility, in a country, Italy, characterized by a research system lacking the typical elements of an academic labor market. In particular, the analysis was conducted on 568 academics working at national universities and affected by mobility in the period 2009–2014. The effect of mobility on the variation…
Assessing the effects of publication requirements for professorship on research performance and publishing behaviour of Ukrainian academics
This article aims to explore the effects of Ukrainian policy reform, introducing Scopus and WoS publication requirements for professorship, on the publication behaviour and research performance of professors. Our analysis reveals a better scientific profile, at the time of promotion, of those who obtained professorship after the reform as compared to those who obtained it before. Also, we observe a bandwagon effect since the research performance …
Correlating article citedness and journal impact
In spite of previous research demonstrating the risks involved, and counsel against the practice as early as 1997, some research evaluations continue to use journal impact alone as a surrogate of the number of citations of hosted articles to assess the latter’s impact. Such usage is also taken up by research administrators and policy-makers, with very serious implications. The aim of this work is to investigate the correlation between the citedne…
How reliable are unsupervised author disambiguation algorithms in the assessment of research organization performance
Assessing the performance of universities by output to input indicators requires knowledge of the individual researchers working within them. Although in Italy the Ministry of University and Research updates a database of university professors, in all those countries where such databases are not available, measuring research performance is a formidable task. One possibility is to trace the research personnel of institutions indirectly through the…
Do research assessment systems have the potential to hinder scientists from diversifying their research pursuits
Do research universities specialize in disciplines where they hold a competitive advantage
Enhancing the effectiveness and efficiency of national research systems is a top priority on the policy agendas of many countries. This study focuses on one aspect of the macroeconomic efficiency of research systems: whether research institutions specialize in scientific domains where they have a competitive advantage. To evaluate this, we developed a novel methodology. This methodology measures the scientific specialization indices of each organ…
The moderating role of the territorial research infrastructure on the geographic proximity effect in research collaborations
The role of non-scientific factors vis-à-vis the quality of publications in determining their scholarly impact
In the evaluation of scientific publications’ impact, the interplay between intrinsic quality and non-scientific factors remains a subject of debate. While peer review traditionally assesses quality, bibliometric techniques gauge scholarly impact. This study investigates the role of non-scientific attributes alongside quality scores from peer review in determining scholarly impact. Leveraging data from the first Italian Research Assessment Exerci…
Benchmarking research performance in a post-Soviet science system
Thirty years after the dissolution of the USSR, the significant disparity between the research infrastructures of former Soviet republics and Western countries remains evident. Despite various efforts to transform national research systems through policies aimed at encouraging participation in global academic networks, enhancing research quality, and disseminating results through high-impact international journals, the gap persists. This paper fi…
Faculty shuffle
This study explores potential institutional ‘gaming’ behaviors among Italian universities within the context of the VQR 2020–2024 national research evaluation exercise. Using mixed-integer linear programming to simulate potential faculty reallocations across departments, we assess the extent to which strategic internal restructuring can affect university performance outcomes. Results indicate that universities with lower baseline research scores …
Data source effects in research performance assessment of individuals and institutions
Performance metrics inform hiring, promotion, and funding decisions; however, the choice of bibliographic database can substantially influence these outcomes. OpenAlex has emerged as a significant open alternative to proprietary sources; however, its suitability for research evaluation remains uncertain. Existing comparative studies across databases have largely focused on coverage and product-level assessments. In contrast, our work directly com…
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