In this paper, we report the results of an exploratory study commissioned by the Advisory Board for the Research Councils to produce bibliometric research profiles for academic and related institutions within the UK. The approach adopted is based on the methodology developed by CHI Research whereby publications from a given institution are weighted according to the influence of the journal in which they appear. Although certain technical limitations were encountered with the approach, the study nonetheless yielded potentially useful information on the comparative research output of British universities and polytechnics.
['M. P. Carpenter', 'Forbes Gibb', 'M. Harris', 'John Irvine', 'Ben R. Martin', 'Francis Narin']
Bibliometric profiles for British academic institutions: An experiment to develop research output indicators