Ranking of Politics Scholarship in Ireland
Updated: 4 June 2008 The preliminary version of a paper that profiles departments and ranks the top scholars working in Ireland on politics, government, and international relations according to...
View ArticleWho should be included in and who should author scholarly impact assessments?
“Everyone heading for the top / But tell me how far is it from the bottom / Everybody want to go to heaven / But nobody want to die.” – Peter Tosh Following the initiation of my research project on...
View ArticleValidation of Google Scholar as an Impact Measure for Political Science
 One interesting side finding of the citations data from my paper with Michael Marsh was the cross-validation, throuch comparison with other measures, of the results from Google Scholar compared to...
View ArticleTCD political science on a par with "best of Britain"
Michael Marsh and I have just finalized our comparative assessment of the research output an impact of political studies scholars in Ireland. This exercise compares citation measures for all...
View ArticleCMP error dataset page now up
I’ve just posted, somewhat late, the full replication materials and error dataset from: Kenneth Benoit, Slava Mikhaylov, and Michael Laver. 2009. “Treating Words as Data with Error: Uncertainty in...
View ArticlePolitical Science Impact Ranking to be Published
The paper I wrote last year with Michael Marsh, “A Relative Impact Ranking of Political Studies in Ireland will be published in the 3rd issue of Economic and Social Review. A corrected manuscript can...
View ArticleHungary's Fidesz will win a Two-Thirds Majority of Seats on April 25
My forecast of the final parliamentary seat distribution for the Hungarian elections is the following: Fidesz: 264 seats (68.4%) MSZP: 58 seats (15%) Jobbik: 48 seats (12.4%) LMP: 16 seats (4.1%) I’ve...
View ArticleMy pre-first round Hungarian forecast judged the most accurate
You have to be able to read Hungarian, but here is the story: “A Republikoné és a Századvégé volt a legpontosabb mandátumbecslés” Don’t read Hungarian? Try...
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