The assessment of research based on the journal in which it is published is a widely adopted practice. Some research assessments use the Web of Science (WoS) to identify “high quality” journals, which are assumed to publish excellent research. The authority of WoS on journal quality stems...

This paper examines the role of interdisciplinarity on research pertaining to local issues. Using Colombian publications from 1991 until 2011 in the Web of Science, we investigate the relationship between the degree of interdisciplinarity and the local orientation of the articles. We find that a...

We examine corporate publishing - i.e. firms' involvement in the production of scientific publications - with two research questions. First, why do firms publish? Through systematic literature review, we propose a framework of five incentives for firms to publish: (i) accessing external...

We examine corporate publishing - i.e. firms' involvement in the production of scientific publications - with two research questions. First, why do firms publish? Through systematic literature review, we propose a framework of five incentives for firms to publish: (i) accessing external...

We examine corporate publishing-i.e. firms' involvement in the production of scientific publications-with two research questions. First, why do firms publish? Through systematic literature review, we propose a framework of five incentives for firms to publish: (i) accessing external knowledge...

In this article the reader finds a historical revision of the literature it has more than enough strategy in which the topic of the knowledge is developed like one of the most important strategic resources for the creation of the competitive advantage of the signatures. The purpose consists on...

In the last two decades many countries in the periphery of the science system have developed policies to improve the ‘quality' of their science. These policies for ‘catching up' with developed countries include policy instruments based on notions of ‘quality' or ‘excellence' – either...