The Effect of Department Size on Quality of Research in Science : Evidence from the UK Research Assessment Exercise

We examine whether the organisation of individual researchers into departments has an impact on the average research quality, beyond the impact of the individuals themselves. Using data on science disciplines generated from the UK Research Assessment Exercises in 1996, 2001 and 2008, we find that department size has an independent positive effect on research quality

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Year of publication:	2013
Authors:	Toivanen, Otto
Other Persons:	Waterson, Michael (contributor)
Publisher:	[2013]: [S.l.] : SSRN

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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (31 p)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments February 1, 2013 erstellt
Other identifiers:	10.2139/ssrn.2239617 [DOI]
Classification:	O31 - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives ; L88 - Government Policy ; L52 - Industrial Policy; Sectoral Planning Methods ; D83 - Search, Learning, Information and Knowledge
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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