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- Title
Assessing the quality of university research -- RT factor.
- Authors
Tatavarti, R.; Sridevi, N.; Kothari, D. P.
- Abstract
We discuss here the mechanisms to quantify the quality of research output of a university and highlight the pros and cons of evaluating and quantifying research quality. The concerns arising due to indiscriminate use of impact factors for assessing quality of research are pointed out. Nevertheless, the necessity of having metrics for determination of the research quality is acknowledged and we propose a new metric, Research Turnover (RT), which would aid in arriving at an assessment - by the university research administrators to provide incentives; by the academies of science and engineering to award fellowships; and by the funding agencies to award research grants. Typical examples are also elucidated which help in assessing individual researchers and award them accordingly, in consonance with performance-based incentive schemes.
- Subjects
RESEARCH funding; RESEARCH grants; FEDERAL aid to research; ENGINEERING -- Research -- Universities &; colleges; QUALITY; IMPACT factor (Citation analysis)
- Publication
Current Science (00113891), 2010, Vol 98, Issue 8, p1015
- ISSN
0011-3891
- Publication type
Article