Bernauer, T; Gilardi, F. 2010. Publication Output of Swiss Political Science Departments. SWISS POLITICAL SCIENCE REVIEW 16 (2): 279-303.

[Eugene Garfield]

Bernauer, T; Gilardi, F. 2010. Publication Output of Swiss Political Science 
Departments. SWISS POLITICAL SCIENCE REVIEW 16 (2): 279-303.

Author Full Name(s): Bernauer, Thomas; Gilardi, Fabrizio
Language: English
Document Type: Article

Author Keywords: Publication Output; Swiss Political Science; Bibliometric 
Analysis
KeyWords Plus: JOURNALS

Abstract: This article compares the scientific publication output and 
international academic visibility of Swiss political science departments, using 
three indicators (number of publications, number of citations, and the h-index) 
and publicly available data from two sources: the Web of Knowledge and 
Google Scholar. We also examine whether the publication output of political 
science professors and postdoctoral researchers in Switzerland varies as a 
Junction of academic age. We observe rather strong variations both across and 
within departments. The analysis also shows that the most prolific professors 
tend to be those who completed their Ph.D. about 10-20 years ago and that 
some postdocs are on a very promising publications trajectory. We derive some 
benchmarks for publication output that might be useful for hiring decisions or 
promotions.

Addresses: [Bernauer, Thomas] Swiss Fed Inst Technol, Ctr Comparat & Int 
Studies, CH-8092 Zurich, Switzerland; [Gilardi, Fabrizio] Univ Zurich, Ctr 
Comparat & Int Studies, CH-8001 Zurich, Switzerland; [Gilardi, Fabrizio] Univ 
Zurich, Dept Polit Sci, CH-8001 Zurich, Switzerland

Reprint Address: Bernauer, T, Swiss Fed Inst Technol, Ctr Comparat & Int 
Studies, Weinbergstr 11, CH-8092 Zurich, Switzerland.

E-mail Address: thbe0520 at ethz.ch; gilardi at ipz.uzh.ch
ISSN: 1424-7755
author copy: 
http://www.ipw.unibe.ch/unibe/wiso/ipw/content/e7289/e7749/files7750/public
ations_swissfinal_ger.pdf