Mapping of important international academic awards
@article{Zheng2015MappingOI, title={Mapping of important international academic awards}, author={Juntao Zheng and Niancai Liu}, journal={Scientometrics}, year={2015}, volume={104}, pages={763 - 791} }
International academic awards are popular as incentives and rewards for academics all over the world, and have played a significant role in the performance evaluations of individuals and institutions. However, little is known about the relative importance of awards and the relationships between awards. This study aims to establish a comprehensive global map of important international academic awards, which visually presents the relative reputations of awards and the close or distant…
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