How to calculate the practical significance of citation impact differences? An empirical example from evaluative institutional bibliometrics using adjusted predictions and marginal effects

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Highlights:

• A study should be concerned with the practical as well as the statistical significance.

• We explain what adjusted predictions and marginal effects are.

• We describe how useful adjusted predictions and marginal effects are.

• We use bibliometric data produced by four universities from 1980 to 2010.

摘要

•A study should be concerned with the practical as well as the statistical significance.•We explain what adjusted predictions and marginal effects are.•We describe how useful adjusted predictions and marginal effects are.•We use bibliometric data produced by four universities from 1980 to 2010.

论文关键词:Evaluative bibliometrics,Practical significance,Highly-cited papers,Average adjusted predictions,Average marginal effects,Adjusted predictions at representative values,Marginal effects at representative values

论文评审过程:Received 20 December 2012, Revised 25 February 2013, Accepted 26 February 2013, Available online 3 April 2013.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2013.02.005