An analysis of assessments and management issues in Dutch economics and business research programs

Assessments of quality and productivity of academic research programs become more and more important in gaining financial support, in hiring and promoting research staff, and in building academic reputation. Most assessments are based on peer review or on bibliometric information. This paper analyze...

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Published inResearch policy Vol. 35; no. 9; p. 1362
Main Authors Groot, Tom, García-Valderrama, Teresa
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Amsterdam Elsevier Sequoia S.A 01.11.2006
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Bibliometrics
Economics
Peer review
Productivity
Studies
University research
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Summary:Assessments of quality and productivity of academic research programs become more and more important in gaining financial support, in hiring and promoting research staff, and in building academic reputation. Most assessments are based on peer review or on bibliometric information. This paper analyzes both bibliometric data and peer review assessments of 169 research groups in economics, econometrics and business administration. The purpose of this study is twofold. The first part sees to what degree bibliometric information relates to peer review judgments. The second part of this study aims at explaining differences in research output quality and productivity by organizational factors, like size of the research group, composition of staff, sources of research funding and academic discipline. The main conclusions from this study are that the number of publications in international top journals is the best predictor of peer review assessment results.
ISSN:0048-7333
1873-7625