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Research performance evaluation of leading higher education institutions in Malaysia


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1 CSIR National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram 695 019, India
2 University of Malaya, Faculty of Science, Institute of Mathematical Science, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
 

We carried out a research performance analysis of leading higher education institutions in Malaysia using bibliometric data from the latest (2014) release of the Scimago Institutions Rankings (SIR). We tracked the complete performance chain: input–output–excellence– outcome–productivity using indicators that represent quantity, quality and productivity dimensions. The quantity dimensions are size-dependent, whereas the quality and productivity dimensions are sizeindependent. The largest active institutions, the most productive institutions and the fastest improving institutions over the period 2009–2014 were also identified.

Keywords

Bibliometrics, higher educational institutions, performance chain, research performance.
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Authors

Gangan Prathap
CSIR National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram 695 019, India
K. Ratnavelu
University of Malaya, Faculty of Science, Institute of Mathematical Science, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Abstract


We carried out a research performance analysis of leading higher education institutions in Malaysia using bibliometric data from the latest (2014) release of the Scimago Institutions Rankings (SIR). We tracked the complete performance chain: input–output–excellence– outcome–productivity using indicators that represent quantity, quality and productivity dimensions. The quantity dimensions are size-dependent, whereas the quality and productivity dimensions are sizeindependent. The largest active institutions, the most productive institutions and the fastest improving institutions over the period 2009–2014 were also identified.

Keywords


Bibliometrics, higher educational institutions, performance chain, research performance.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv109%2Fi6%2F1159-1164