The governance and standardisation of research information in different science systems: A comparative analysis of Germany and Italy

Biesenbender, Sophie

doi:10.1111/hequ.12193

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“…The UK Research Excellence Framework only uses bibliometric data to inform peer review [9,25], but the sample includes evaluations from several important British funding agencies, including the Medical Research Council and the Wellcome Trust. Germany has no national framework for research evaluation [43], and my search strategy did not yield any bibliometric assessments from France. A longitudinal analysis reveals that bibliometric assessment only recently spread to Eastern European countries, including Romania, Lithuania, Serbia, and Slovakia.…”

Section: Bibliometric Research Assessment Is Most Frequently Used In mentioning

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Professional standards in bibliometric research evaluation? A meta-evaluation of European assessment practice 2005–2019

Jappe

2020

PLoS ONE

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Despite growing demand for practicable methods of research evaluation, the use of bibliometric indicators remains controversial. This paper examines performance assessment practice in Europe-first, identifying the most commonly used bibliometric methods and, second, identifying the actors who have defined widespread practices. The framework of this investigation is Abbott's theory of professions, and I argue that indicator-based research assessment constitutes a potential jurisdiction for both individual experts and expert organizations. This investigation was conducted using a search methodology that yielded 138 evaluation studies from 21 EU countries, covering the period 2005 to 2019. Structured content analysis revealed the following findings: (1) Bibliometric research assessment is most frequently performed in the Nordic countries, the Netherlands, Italy, and the United Kingdom. (2) The Web of Science (WoS) is the dominant database used for public research assessment in Europe. (3) Expert organizations invest in the improvement of WoS citation data, and set technical standards with regards to data quality. (4) Citation impact is most frequently assessed with reference to international scientific fields. (5) The WoS classification of science fields retained its function as a de facto reference standard for research performance assessment. A detailed comparison of assessment practices between five dedicated organizations and other individual bibliometric experts suggests that corporate ownership and limited access to the most widely used citation databases have had a restraining effect on the development and diffusion of professional bibliometric methods during this period.

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Section: Bibliometric Research Assessment Is Most Frequently Used In mentioning

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Professional standards in bibliometric research evaluation? A meta-evaluation of European assessment practice 2005–2019

Jappe

2020

PLoS ONE

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“…Last, Biesenbender () takes a policy‐analytical perspective on the evolution of standards of research information (RI) and provides a framework for analysing the processes of RI standardisation in different research systems. It focuses on the choice of policy instruments on the macro level (government) and their effects as regards policy reactions, decisions and practices on the meso level (higher education institutions).…”

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Policy turnaround: Towards a new deal for research and higher education. Governance, evaluation and rankings in the big data era

Daraio

Heitor²,

Meoli

et al. 2019

Higher Education Quarterly

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Dimensionen und Qualitätsmaße zur Evaluation medizinischer Forschung – Kontext und Ansätze des Projekts QuaMedFo

Biesenbender

2024

Higher Education Research and Science Studies

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ZusammenfassungDas Verbundprojekt „Qualitätsmaße zur Evaluation medizinischer Forschung“ (QuaMedFo, Projektzeitraum 2019–2022) war der Ausgangspunkt für den vorliegenden Sammelband „Qualitätsmessung als Prisma“, welcher verschiedene Perspektiven auf die Evaluation medizinischer Forschung in Deutschland versammelt. Dieser Beitrag enthält eine Beschreibung des Projekts QuaMedFo und eine Einordnung in den allgemeinen Stand der Forschung sowie die aktuelle Diskussion zum Thema datengestützte Bestandsaufnahmen und Forschungsevaluationen. Am Beispiel der medizinischen Forschung und bestehender Evaluationspraxen im deutschen Wissenschaftssystem werden strukturelle, methodische und praktische Herausforderungen bei Entwicklung adäquater Betrachtungs- und Bewertungsinstrumente skizziert. Das Kapitel umfasst eine Kontextualisierung und Hinführung zu den im QuaMedFo-Projekt durchgeführten Analysen verschiedener Dimensionen und Datenzugänge für die Evaluation medizinischer Forschung und setzt den konzeptionellen Ausgangspunkt für die Ableitung von Empfehlungen und Denkanstößen.

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The governance and standardisation of research information in different science systems: A comparative analysis of Germany and Italy

Cited by 6 publications

References 32 publications

Professional standards in bibliometric research evaluation? A meta-evaluation of European assessment practice 2005–2019

Professional standards in bibliometric research evaluation? A meta-evaluation of European assessment practice 2005–2019

Policy turnaround: Towards a new deal for research and higher education. Governance, evaluation and rankings in the big data era

Dimensionen und Qualitätsmaße zur Evaluation medizinischer Forschung – Kontext und Ansätze des Projekts QuaMedFo

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