  Although bibliometric studies for the assessment of scientific output at
university-level are relatively common, data for performance at
department-level rarely exist. In this paper we develop a methodology and tools
for conducting department-level assessments, and conduct for the first time a
complete bibliometric study of scientific output of all university departments
in Greece. The study is based on data from Scopus about the number of
scientific publications and respective citations of all faculty members in each
department for the period 2017-2021. Code scripts were developed using R to
query the Scopus database and automatically generate statistics, as well as an
online application to view the results. The results reveal interesting facts
about the scientific impact of greek university departments, which vary between
universities and thematic areas. The developed tools can be used for continuous
monitoring and evaluation of university departments worldwide.
