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Panel 15 – LTH | product development
Impact of publications-best five
• Citations Good (3)
The number of citations ranges between 0 and 5, with an
average of 3. Citations per publication.
• Type of Journal (impact factor) Insufficient (2)
The impact factor of the journals ranged between 0,265 and
5.151. If the medically oriented paper (which is an exception) is
not considered the average of 0.627 is low for the discipline.
• Hirsch-index Good (3)
Only three of the (6) academics of the Division had a non-zero
citation score. The average citation score for them was 47
(9,5,127) and the average h-index is 2.7 (2,1,5)
• PhD/Researcher Ratio Insufficient (2)
There are 4 PhD students (in industry) for 6 academics, which is
quite low.
1.4.3 Relevance Very good (4)
The two Divisions have an extensive portfolio of contracts with industrial
companies in Sweden and abroad. This amounts, for the period
2003-2007, to 18 projects for DMD and 39 for DPL. Unfortunately, the
size and type of these contracts could not be inferred from the provided
data, but these numbers clearly demonstrate the high industrial and/or
societal relevance of the two Divisions.
As an outcome of their R&D efforts between 2003 and 2007, DPL was
granted one (1) patent while DMD got five (5) patents, however no spinoffs
were established from the research out put of these two Division’s
were found. Since the research topics (both current and foreseen) are of
high relevance, potentially significant more patents and spin-offs should
be forthcoming.
DPL cannot meet the demand for graduates for research and industry.
1.4.4 Vitality
The Department as a whole has seen its academic staff grow from 17 in
2003 to 28 in 2007, with an equivalent increase in PhD students from 17
to 46. It is unclear how the two Divisions DMD and DPL have evolved.
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