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Abramo, Giovanni; D'Angelo, Ciriaco Andrea; Di Costa, Flavia – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2019
This work investigates the research performance of foreign faculty in the Italian academic system. Incoming professors compose l.1% of total faculty across the sciences, although with variations by discipline. Their scientific performance measured over 2010-2014 is on average better than that of their Italian colleagues: the greatest difference is…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Foreign Nationals, Intellectual Disciplines, Scientific Research
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Abramo, Giovanni; D'Angelo, Ciriaco Andrea; Di Costa, Flavia – Evaluation Review, 2009
The study of "scientific excellence" is taking on increasing importance in the development of research policies in many nations. However, scientific excellence is difficult to define because of its multidimensional and highly complex character. This work contributes to the state of the art by exploring an effective, simple, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Research, Research Methodology, Bibliometrics