The Bibliometric Office provides support to the University’s administrative offices, Departments’ Directors and to the main boards and committees involved in research assessment with a particular focus on the productivity, impact, visibility and internationalization of Unimore’s academic publishing, either concerning single researchers, research groups or disciplinary areas (SSD, Aree CUN).



Bibliometric Data Processing

Percentage of faculty members passing the Italian ASN thresholds, number of publications in the last 5 years, etc.

THE BIBLIOMETRIC OFFICE GATHERS and processES ALL DATA CONCERNING bibliometric indicators REQUIRED by UNIMOre’s university evaluation board AND ALL THE OTHER INTERNAL ENTITIES DEALING WITH QUALITY ASSURANCE, SUPERVISION AND COURSES ACCREDITATION, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE OTHER RELEVANT OFFICES.

IT MOREOVER PROVIDES SUPPORT ON BIBLIOMETRIC DATA REQUIRED BY UNIMORE’S “INTERNATIONAL RANKINGS” WORKING GROUP.

USEFUL LINKS
» accreditation criteria FOR PHD COURSES AND Specialisation Schools (ITALIAN)
» UNIVERSITY BOARDS (OR-NDV-PQA) LIST OF INDICATORS (ITALIAN)
» MOST IMPORTANT INTERNATIONAL RANKINGS (Italian)

Collaborative and Joint Projects

Analysis of methods adopted by Unimore’s researchers to share the results of their activity, newly-hired researchers training activities on publication strategies, etc.

THE BIBLIOMETRICS OFFICE COLLABORATEs WITH THE UNIVERSITY’S GOVERNING BODIES IN ORDER TO ELABORATE SPECIFIC PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES ON PUBLISHING AND RESEARCH EVALUATION.

IT DEFINED, JOINTLY WITH THE RESEARCH OBSERVATORY, A QUESTIONNAIRE ON ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIOURS OF RESEARCHERS WHILE DEALING WITH RESEARCH PUBLISHING ACTIVITIES AND ASSESSMENT.

IT WILL ESTABLISH, JOINTLY WITH THE quality assurance committee and the evaluation board OF THE UNIVERSITY, NEW TRAINING ACTIVITIES DEDICATED TO YOUNG AND NEWLY-HIRED RESEARCHERS ON BIBLIOMETRICS, OPEN ACCESS AND RESEARCH ASSESSMENT.

useful links
» publish or perish? survival guide
» publishing, sharing and assessment methods and TIPS (italian)

Reports for Areas and Departments

Lists of top 10 and class A journals publications, estimation of assessment based on the algorithm used by the Italian Evaluation of Research Quality (VQR), etc.

THE BIBLIOMETRIC OFFICE PROVIDES AN ANNUAL DATASET OF UNIMORE’S FACULTY AND RESEARCHERS PUBLICATIONS INCLUDING BIBLIOGRAPHIC METADATA AND BIBLIOMETRIC INDICATORS.

AFTER THE PUBLICATION OF THE ANNUAL Evaluation of Research Quality (VQR) CALL FOR APPLICATIONS, THE DATASET IS INTEGRATED WITH THE INDICATORS SPECIFIED WITHIN THE NEW CALL.

USEFUL LINKS
» VQR | GUIDELINES AND 2015-2019 CALL FOR APPLICATIONS (ITALIAN)