2018
DOI: 10.2478/jdis-2018-0020
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The Flemish Performance-based Research Funding System: A Unique Variant of the Norwegian Model

Abstract: The BOF-key is the performance-based research funding system that is used in Flanders, Belgium. In this paper we describe the historical background of the system, its current design and organization, as well as its effects on the Flemish higher education landscape. The BOF-key in its current form relies on three bibliometric parameters: publications in Web of Science, citations in Web of Science, and publications in a comprehensive regional database for SSH publications. Taken together, the BOF-key forms a uni… Show more

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“…Finally, the analysis of indexation in WoS is based on the set of all peer-reviewed journal articles and proceedings papers only (N = 53,040; book publications are excluded from this set, since they cannot be indexed in the WoS indexes that are used in the Flemish PRFS, cf. Engels and Guns, 2018).…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Finally, the analysis of indexation in WoS is based on the set of all peer-reviewed journal articles and proceedings papers only (N = 53,040; book publications are excluded from this set, since they cannot be indexed in the WoS indexes that are used in the Flemish PRFS, cf. Engels and Guns, 2018).…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…-Coverage in Web of Science: The WoS coverage of publications is studied in this article because of the history and particularities of the Flemish PRFS, which started off as a PRFS exclusively based on WoS (Debackere and Glänzel, 2004). Only later on, with the introduction of the VABB-SHW database, measures to ensure a more appropriate inclusion of SSH publications in the PRFS where taken Engels and Guns, 2018). For the period before the VABB-SHW, however, comparative research showed that although WoS-coverage could not be considered a valid indicator of internationalization, Flemish SSH scholars did increase their share of articles indexed in WoS through two routes, viz.…”
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“…In recent years, especially in the context of performance-based funding systems, good progress has been made to evaluate the social sciences, arts and humanities on an equal footing as the natural sciences, engineering and medicine, see e.g. (Sivertsen, 2018;Engels & Guns, 2018).…”
Section: Remarks On Some Of These Types Of Assessment Exercisesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…in many performance-based research funding systems (PRFS) [6]. This is also the case for Flanders; in order for publications to be counted in the Flemish PRFS, the criterion of verifiable peer review needs to be met [7].…”
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confidence: 99%