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The heterogeneous landscape of bibliometric indicators: Evaluating models for allocating resources at Swedish universities

In English

Författare

Summary, in English

The use of bibliometric indicators on individual and national levels has gathered considerable interest in recent years, but the application of bibliometric models for allocating resources at the institutional level has so far gathered less attention. This article studies the implementation of bibliometric measures for allocating resources at Swedish universities. Several models and indicators based on publications, citations, and research grants are identified. The design of performance-based resource allocation across major universities is then analysed using a framework from the field of evaluation studies. The practical implementation, the incentives as well as the ‘ethics’ of models and indicators, are scrutinized in order to provide a theoretically informed assessment of evaluation systems. It is evident that the requirements, goals, possiconsequences, and the costs of evaluation are scarcely discussed before these ble systems are implemented. We find that allocation models are implemented in response to a general trend of assessment across all types of activities and organizations, but the actual design of evaluation systems is dependent on size, orientation, and the overall organization of the institution in question.

Publiceringsår

2016-01-11

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

292-305

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Research Evaluation

Volym

25

Issue

3

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

Oxford University Press

Ämne

  • Information Studies

Nyckelord

  • research evaluation
  • performance indicators
  • university governance
  • bibliometrics
  • Sweden

Status

Published

Projekt

  • "Forskningen granskad": Användningen av prestationsindikatorer för att mäta akademisk forskning, praktiker och effekter

Forskningsgrupp

  • Information Studies

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 0958-2029