https://microbialcellfactories.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12934-019-1236-4
In the paper above a scientist calls for efficiency in the evaluation of research production. The same efficiency that allowed Lutz Bornmann, the recipient of the 2019 Solla Price to conclude several months ago that some top USA universities are not very efficient in turning funds in highly cited papers https://www.mdpi.com/2304-6775/7/1/4/pdf
Only such normalization can provide a more reliable picture when comparing extraordinarily wealthy universities with universities of poor countries. Why do university rankings normalize the scientific production taking into consideration the number of full-time equivalent academic staff but not by funding. What´s more important faculty or funding ?
