A note on using revealed comparative advantages in scientometrics studies

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作者
Mansourzadeh, Mohammad Javad [1 ]
Shahmoradi, Behrooz [2 ]
Dehdarirad, Hossein [1 ]
Janavi, Elmira [3 ]
机构
[1] Univ Tehran Med Sci, Sch Allied Med Sci, Tehran, Iran
[2] NRISP, Dept Econ, Tehran, Iran
[3] NRISP, Dept Scientometr, Tehran, Iran
关键词
RCA; Revealed comparative advantages; Revealed technological advantage; RTA; Scientific specialization; INDUSTRY; SCIENCE; OUTPUT;
D O I
10.1007/s11192-019-03207-8
中图分类号
TP39 [计算机的应用];
学科分类号
081203 ; 0835 ;
摘要
In recent years, revealed comparative advantage (RCA) index has been widely considered by researchers in all fields of science. This index, which was introduced by Ballassa, is an appropriate indicator for calculating the relative advantage of a country in production of a particular product or scientific specialization in different countries. Nevertheless, due to the nature of bibliometric data such as the number of documents and citations, there are often minor limitations in the calculation of RCA in scientometrics. This note seeks to outline these limitations.
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