This paper investigates the impact of choosing between four data sources on the relative performance measurement of scholars concerning their research output. It compares publication measures from the Social Science Citation Index, Scopus, Google Scholar, and the Handelsblatt. The study is based...

We investigate the impact of choosing between four data sources on the relative performance measurement of scholars’ research output. Our results show that rankings can differ considerably and that the observed correlations are often even lower than those reported in previous studies. We show...

To be successful innovators, organizations must select the best ideas for implementation. Extant research shows that idea selection is distorted by a number of biases, but has failed to consider hierarchy, a key element of organizations. We examine how hierarchical distance between an idea’s...