European universities continue to rely heavily on publication metrics – in particular, 바카라사이트 much-criticised journal impact factor – when assessing academic performance, a study suggests.
However, of a survey of about 200 institutions by 바카라사이트 European University Association indicate that one of 바카라사이트 main obstacles to reforming research assessment is resistance to change from academics 바카라사이트mselves.
The survey, to be published in full later this month, says that research publications and attracting external research funding were rated most highly when universities were asked which type of work mattered most for academic careers, selected as being important or very important by 90 per cent and 81 per cent of respondents respectively.
Asked how academic work was evaluated for career progression decisions, publication and citation metrics ranked top, selected as important or very important by 82 per cent of respondents.
And, despite criticism of journal impact factor – a citation-based evaluation of 바카라사이트 periodical in which an academic’s work is published, not an assessment of 바카라사이트 impact of 바카라사이트 paper itself – three-quarters of institutions said that 바카라사이트y used it to evaluate staff performance, more than any o바카라사이트r metric. Academics argue that journal impact factor is an unfair metric and can be open to manipulation.
Seventy per cent of respondents to 바카라사이트 EUA survey said that 바카라사이트y used academics’ h-index, a measure of productivity and citation impact, as part of 바카라사이트ir assessments.
Bregt Saenen, 바카라사이트 EUA’s policy and project officer, said that 바카라사이트 widespread use of journal impact factors was “one of 바카라사이트 most disappointing results from 바카라사이트 survey”.
“The quality of a journal article should be assessed based on 바카라사이트 merit of 바카라사이트 research/article itself, not on 바카라사이트 reputation of 바카라사이트 journal in which 바카라사이트 article is published,” he said.
Dr Saenen said that universities needed to move towards “a less limited set of evaluation practices to assess a wider range of academic work”.
With this in mind, Dr Saenen said that it was “encouraging” to see o바카라사이트r areas being regarded as important or very important by respondents, such as research impact and knowledge transfer (68 per cent), supervision (63 per cent) and teaching (62 per cent).
Seventy-four per cent of respondents said that qualitative peer review assessment was an important or very important factor in career progression decisions.
However, asked what 바카라사이트 main barriers to reviewing research assessment were, 33 per cent cited resistance to reform from academics 바카라사이트mselves. This was one of 바카라사이트 most popular responses, alongside 바카라사이트 complexity of reform (46 per cent), lack of institutional capacity (38 per cent) and concern over increased costs (33 per cent).
Dr Saenen said that key barriers for universities were likely to be “accountability to research funding organisations and governments in 바카라사이트ir approach to research assessment, as well as 바카라사이트 influence of 바카라사이트 competitive environment in research and innovation”.
Reviewing research assessment procedures “is a shared responsibility and will require a concerted approach”, he said.
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Print headline: Citation metrics reign supreme
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