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Panel 7 – ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT (LUSEM)
PhD students and total revenue) but the largest one as far as revenue for
research is concerned. It is second (after the Department of Economic
History) when considering the ratio between revenue from research
sources and revenue from undergraduate education.
6.2 Research infrastructure
Teaching and research is organized in a number of specialized areas (eight
research profiles composed by 5–10 senior researchers and the same
number of PhD students) with the potential for fruitful interactions.
6.3 Research
Quality. DE undertakes high quality research on a broad range of
themes. The panel received a more detailed list of 180 publications for
DE, including 89 articles (this being a narrower set than the publications
listed in Form 1.3). These articles were evaluated by the panel on the
basis of the French CNR 13 ranking which range from five stars for top
generalist journal to one star. The data were also evaluated using the
Journal Citation Reports databank. Due to the absence of a bibliometric
analysis, it was necessary to use these indicators, which however should
be considered with some caution. Twenty (out of 89) articles were
published in top field journals (four stars journals). Of these, six articles
were published in journals with an impact factor greater than 2. Five or
six groups with high quality publications could be identified.
Productivity. Research productivity at DE has reached a good standard
by international levels and has considerably improved overtime. Articles
(table 1.3) per academic staff full time equivalent (table 1.1) increased
from 1,7 in 2003 to 2,8 in 2007. This would be a very good level only if
all the articles considered were published in journals included in international
databanks such as Scopus. The overall figure for publications
per academic staff full time equivalent also rose from 2.07 in 2003 to 3.7
in 2007. Better data however would be necessary to offer a more precise
evaluation of productivity.
13. French National Committee for Scientific Research (July 2004), Journal Ranking in
Economics and Management
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