How Certain Is an Institutional Research Profile? Three Undeclared Decisions, and a Neutrosophic Reading of What They Cost

Authors

• Alexis Matheu Perez, Universidad Bernardo O'Higgins, Institutional Research Center, Santiago, Chile
• Bastian Gutierrez, Universidad Bernardo O'Higgins, Institutional Research Center, Santiago, Chile

Abstract

Institutional bibliometric profiles report Lotka's exponent, a Bradford core and a Price ratio as if they were properties of the institution. They are properties of the institution together with three decisions that the reporting almost never states: which source defines the corpus, which document types are compared, and which population of authors the laws are fitted on. This article measures what each decision is worth, using Universidad Bernardo O'Higgins (UBO, Santiago, Chile) as the case and Universidad Bolivariana del Ecuador as a control. Since the resulting uncertainty is not sampling error, we give it a place to be reported: a neutrosophic (T, I, F) reading of an institutional profile.

Recommended Citation

Matheu Perez, Alexis and Bastian Gutierrez. "How Certain Is an Institutional Research Profile? Three Undeclared Decisions, and a Neutrosophic Reading of What They Cost." Neutrosophic Sets and Systems 101, 1 (2026). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/nss_journal/vol101/iss1/20